Atlanta mayor pleads for peace, denounces violence

Floyd was killed on May 25, forty three days ago, I make it.

Daily protests and violence since then.

Atlanta Mayor Bottoms calls on violence to stop after 8-year-old’s death

Bottoms said she supports peaceful demonstrations that have focused the attention of the American public and the world on racial inequities in the wake of a string of killings by police of Black people nationwide.

“That’s an important movement that’s happening,” Bottoms said. 

“But this random wild, wild west shoot ’em up because you can, it has got to stop. It has to stop.“You can’t blame this on a police officer,” she said. 

“… This is some people carrying some weapons who shot up a car with an eight-year-old baby in the car. For what?”

The killing of Secoriea was part of a spasm of violence that shook Atlanta from sundown on Saturday until the early morning hours of Sunday.Atlanta police said that more than 20 people were shot, and two others were killed in multiple shootings in the city Saturday night and Sunday morning. 

These included 14 people wounded at a huge party on Edgewood Avenue. 

Two of them died.

Fourth of July weekend marked by violence as girl, 7, among dead in Chicago, cities see deadly shootings

The Fourth of July holiday weekend across the U.S. was marred by violence as more than 14 were killed and dozens were injured in shootings, including at a nightclub in South Carolina.

In Chicago, a city known for its bloody gun violence, more than 67 people were shot over the holiday weekend and at least 13 were killed, including a 7-year-old girl and a 14-year-old boy.

President Trump reacted to shootings in two big cities in a tweet Sunday evening. “Chicago and New York City crime numbers are way up. 67 people shot in Chicago, 13 killed. Shootings up significantly in NYC where people are demanding that @NYGovCuomo & @NYCMayor act now. Federal Government ready, willing and able to help, if asked!”

“Tonight, a 7-year-old girl in Austin joined a list of teenagers and children whose hopes and dreams were ended by the barrel of a gun," Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot wrote on Twitter late Saturday.

“As a city, we must wrap our arms around our youth so they understand there’s a future for them that isn’t wrapped up in gun violence.”