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Georgia State Governor Brian Kemp, has issued an executive order declaring a state of emergency throughout the territory and authorizing the deployment of 1,000 National Guard personnel, after “weeks of dramatic increase in violent crime and destruction of property” in the capital, Atlanta.
In a statement, Kemp explained that during the weekend, in which the festivity of the Independence Day in America, “more than 30” citizens of the state have been wounded with firearms, five of which have died.
The death of another young black man in Atlanta rekindles racial protests in the US
Rayshard Brooks died in the early hours of Friday morning shot by a white police officer after a fight with two officers in the parking lot of a fast food restaurant
“The peaceful protests have been hijacked by criminals with a dangerous and destructive agenda,” said the governor. “Now innocent Georgia citizens are being attacked and shot,” he lamented, while insisting that “this anarchy must be stopped and order must be restored “in Atlanta.
So, Kemp who is republican, has defended that the order that it has issued obeys that “the safety” of the citizens “comes first”. “This measure will allow troops to protect public property and send law enforcement officers to patrol our streets,” he explained.
“The peaceful protests have been hijacked by criminals with a dangerous and destructive agenda,” said the governor.
One of the five people killed in Atlanta this weekend is an eight year old girl who was hit by a bullet while he was in a car with his mother and another person.
Democrats approve reform against police brutality in the US
It has been an initiative driven by the wave of protests generated by the death of the African American George Floyd at the hands of the Police in Minneapolis
According Atlanta Police, the car was trying to enter a parking lot with barricades. In addition, it happened near the place where an agent shot the African-American Rayshard Brooks in mid-June, as reported by the CNN television channel. The agent in question, Garrett Rolfe, is under arrest and faces eleven charges for Brooks’s death, including murder.
After the death of African American citizen George Floyd At the hands of the Police, protests against racism and police brutality were unleashed in various parts of the United States in late May. In Atlanta, many of these protests have ended looting and vandalism.
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