This is why they kneel, Black Lives Matter.
so when is more going to be done for black children that have been murdered.
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Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms is calling for change to fight "the enemy within" saying that enough is enough after an 8-year-old girl was fatally shot Saturday near the Wendy's where Rayshard Brooks was killed.
it's refreshing to see a black Mayor say enough is enough and want something done.Quote:
"Enough is enough. We have talked about this movement that is happening across America at this moment in time when we have the ears and the interest of people across this country and across this globe who are saying they want to see change."
But Bottoms said while the civil rights movement had a "defined common enemy" the current situation was different.
"We're fighting the enemy within when we are shooting each other up in our streets," the mayor said. "You shot and killed a baby. And it wasn't one shooter, there was at least two shooters," she said.
Bottoms said she wants people to have the same passion towards ending community violence that they have for police reform.
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An 8-year-old girl was shot and killed Saturday night in Atlanta near the Wendy’s where Rayshard Brooks died last month.
Police identified the child Sunday as Secoriea Turner.
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Secoriya Williamson, Secoriea’s father, also spoke out.
“They say black lives matter,” Williamson said. “You killed your own this time. You killed a child. She didn’t do nothing to nobody.”
Bottoms said the crowd outside the Wendy’s had re-erected barriers that the city had already taken down. The family was trying to get around the barrier when the confrontation happened.
Bottoms announced that after weeks of trying to negotiate with protesters occupying the Wendy’s, the efforts are over and the area will be cleared.
“A the point that an 8-year-old baby is killed, the discussions have ended,” Bottoms said.
