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Citing spike in crime, affluent Atlanta district looks to secede from city: 'It's a war zone'
Thanks to a in an affluent district in Atlanta, residents have mounted a campaign to secede from the majority Black city.
Most of our residents live in fear. As a result, daily activities such as getting gas, carpooling or going for a walk are no longer done without careful consideration and concern for safety,” Bill White, CEO and chairman of the committee, told Yahoo News. “We have shootings in our neighborhoods every day, at all hours of the day.”
Crime is way up, arrests way down,” White said. “Nothing makes sense.”