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Atlanta, GA -- They say that karma is a bitch, but that just gives female dogs a bad name. But karma was exactly what happened to Atlanta city councilman Antonio Brown on Wednesday.
Brown was at a ribbon-cutting ceremony around noon when about four children jumped into his car and gleefully took off, leaving him to wonder what the hell is going on?
"You don’t immediately think, ‘Oh, these kids are going to steal my car,’" Brown said, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
The operant words for Brown are: 'You don't immediately think.'
Brown, who has a winning smile and no car, joined the city's mayoral race less than three weeks ago, is running on a campaign of "reimagining public safety," the newspaper reported.
Last year, when he still had a car, he voted in support of an ordinance to withhold $73 million from the budget of the Atlanta Police Department. The ordinance was narrowly voted down, proving not every progressive is totally oblivious to reality; just most of them.
Brown said the thieves jumped in his car Wednesday after he got out to speak with community leader Ben Norman. He mentioned that his white Mercedes-Benz coupe has keyless push-to-start ignition and he failed to realize it had been started by the kids as they drove off, hoping to travel to places near and far.
The councilman described the kids as being between ages 6 and 12, FOX 5 reported. It was likely that the 12-year-old was able to reach the gas pedal while the others had recently finished their toilet training.
Brown, who has a winning smile and no car, joined the city's mayoral race less than three weeks ago, is running on a campaign of "reimagining public safety," the newspaper reported.
Last year, when he still had a car, he voted in support of an ordinance to withhold $73 million from the budget of the Atlanta Police Department. The ordinance was narrowly voted down, proving not every progressive is totally oblivious to reality; just most of them.
Brown said the thieves jumped in his car Wednesday after he got out to speak with community leader Ben Norman. He mentioned that his white Mercedes-Benz coupe has keyless push-to-start ignition and he failed to realize it had been started by the kids as they drove off, hoping to travel to places near and far.
The councilman described the kids as being between ages 6 and 12, FOX 5 reported. It was likely that the 12-year-old was able to reach the gas pedal while the others had recently finished their toilet training.
"One kid was in the driver’s seat. Ben attempted to open the door to get him out of the car. He fought with Ben. I then engaged and tried to get him out of the car. The three other kids were trying to figure out how to get in the car or stay out of the car. He started to hit on the gas," Brown said.
Brown added that he held on to the car in an attempt to stop them and was dragged about a block down the road before letting go.
It was like a comedy about a seedy politician who was the arch enemy of the local police and one day became the victim of a crime perpetrated by children.
"As he started to speed up, and I knew that if I had not let go, I knew I probably could have killed myself because he was going so fast, I would have started to tumble. And I would have hurt him," the councilman said, sounding a bit like Joe Biden. [How would his tumbling hurt the driver?]
Brown doesn't plan on filing charges against the kids, who he says, reading their young minds, acted out of desperation. Atlanta's WSB-TV reported.
"This is a generational poverty issue. These kids, it’s 12:30 in the afternoon. Why aren’t they in school? Why aren’t we enforcing systems to ensure that if they are not in school, they’re in recreational centers?" he asked naively.
"As he started to speed up, and I knew that if I had not let go, I knew I probably could have killed myself because he was going so fast, I would have started to tumble. And I would have hurt him," the councilman said, sounding a bit like Joe Biden. [How would his tumbling hurt the driver?]
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Brown doesn't plan on filing charges against the kids, who he says, reading their young minds, acted out of desperation. Atlanta's WSB-TV reported.
"This is a generational poverty issue. These kids, it’s 12:30 in the afternoon. Why aren’t they in school? Why aren’t we enforcing systems to ensure that if they are not in school, they’re in recreational centers?" he asked naively.
One possibility as to why they're not in school is the probability they come from fatherless homes with no supervision--just a guess.
Atlanta police, who were not defunded yet, are investigating.
By the way, Brown is under indictment on federal fraud charges related to alleged incidents that occurred several years prior to him winning the council seat in 2019, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. No wonder he wants to defund the police.
Atlanta police, who were not defunded yet, are investigating.
By the way, Brown is under indictment on federal fraud charges related to alleged incidents that occurred several years prior to him winning the council seat in 2019, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. No wonder he wants to defund the police.
This perhaps also explains his Mercedes Benz.
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Atlanta 'defund the police' backer has car stolen -- by kids in broad daylight: reports
(Brown, who has a winning smile and no car) funny as hell!
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