The Atlanta Police Department's Defunding Plan

After the killing of Richard Brooks by Garrett Rolf, Atlanta City Councilman Charles Dickens co-sponsored legislation that would prohibit APD from using crowd control munitions and military style vehicles against protesters. This legislation though, unsurprisingly went nowhere and we were hit with tear gas and pepper balls for the rest of the summer. While the legislation was under debate in city council, thousands of residents called in for public comment. And to kind of think through what all needs to be done at the center strong signal that we want reform and we want change.