Atlanta Police Issue Warning After Young Men Report Being Drugged, Robbed in Buckhead
Law enforcement records say young men have reported they were targeted by criminals in the affluent Buckhead area of Atlanta.
Law enforcement records say young men have reported they were targeted by criminals in the affluent Buckhead area of Atlanta.
Ten Republican Georgia senators joined all Democrats this past week in dealing a legislative blow to the Buckhead City Committee, which has long been pushing for the wealthy Buckhead neighborhood of Atlanta to deannex from the city.
The Republican-controlled Georgia Senate rejected a bill Thursday that would have paved the way for residents of the wealthy Buckhead neighborhood to vote by ballot referendum on whether to deannex from Atlanta and create their own city.
A bill has made progress in the Georgia Senate that would allow residents to vote on whether they want the wealthy Buckhead neighborhood of Atlanta to deannex from the city.
An elderly woman was found fatally stabbed in her home in the affluent Atlanta neighborhood of Buckhead on Saturday, according to the Atlanta Police Department (APD).
A man in Atlanta’s Buckhead community allegedly tried to take an officer’s gun Wednesday afternoon and was shot dead.
The Georgia Republican Party announced eight “advisory questions” Wednesday that it plans to include on Republican primary ballots for the May 24 election.
Former President Donald Trump weighed in on Saturday on the Georgia legislature’s Buckhead City proposal, calling for state lawmakers to revive the popular bill, which is currently tabled indefinitely, and using the issue as a means to reiterate his grievances with Gov. Brian Kemp (R) over the 2020 election.
Chairman Bill White said the movement to deannex from Atlanta has gotten so popular because of rising crime rates in the city.
Former Sen. David Perdue (R-GA), who is running for governor of Georgia, denounced state lawmakers for tabling the popular Buckhead City proposal, providing his remarks during an interview on Breitbart News Saturday.
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) approves of the debate happening over the Buckhead City proposal that is dominating local conversations in his state, he said during an interview on Breitbart News Saturday.
Buckhead City Committee CEO Bill White’s movement to deannex his wealthy suburb from the crime-ridden city of Atlanta is making progress, he told SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Saturday.
The Georgia Senate plans to grant the Buckhead City proposal a hearing during its upcoming special session, a sign that the push for the wealthy district to deannex from Atlanta is continuing its momentum.
Rising crime in Atlanta has driven community members of Buckhead, a wealthy residential and commercial suburb of the city, to pursue separating off of Atlanta to create Buckhead City, which would have, among other typical city features, its own police department.