Atlanta mayor keisha lance bottoms told reporters she did not think the shooting on friday night of 27 year old rayshard brooks after a confrontation with two officers who tried to arrest him.
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As demonstrations turned violent in atlanta mayor keisha lance bottoms delivered an impassioned speech urging protesters to go home friday night. Atlanta mayor keisha lance bottoms married derek w. The city of atlanta is now under a curfew until sunrise. But after launching her political campaign in 2017 she decided the time was right to open up about his drug arrest and incarceration when she was just 8 years old.
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