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Clerk wishes building wasn’t reopening today
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The Fulton County Courthouse was closed to the public until 8:30 a.m. Monday morning. Jurors, attorney and court employees began filtering in about 7:30 a.m.
Jeff Pombert, an attorney from Canton, had not been in the courthouse since September. He arrived, carrying a leather file folder under his arm, at the courthouse about 8 a.m., for a civil mediation. He was not concerned about security. “After an event like Friday, my guess it will be a safer place to come to,” he said as he walked through the Pryor Street entrance.
Other court employees were not so comfortable. Sebrina Lane, a deputy Superior Court clerk, said she never entered the courthouse Friday after seeing the crowds and law enforcement on the sidewalk when she arrived for work. She called her supervisor on her cell phone and was told to return home. She was fearful when she arrived at the courthouse Monday morning. “I definitely didn’t want to come back today,” she said. “I was hoping it would be closed today.”
Lane said security at the courthouse had long been a concern for employees.
“It’s easy to walk in and go everywhere. I don’t think it is secure,” she said.
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