Atlanta police confident chaos in Charlottesville won’t happen here
It’s likely not a matter of “if” but “when” white supremacists will stage the kind of rally in Atlanta that overwhelmed Charlottesville law enforcement over the weekend.
And where white supremacists go counter-demonstrators will follow, creating a volatile mix that, as witnessed in Virginia, can quickly spiral out of control.
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Metro Atlanta policing agencies certainly have plenty of experience dealing with such protests. By and large, they’ve managed to avoid chaos by employing a tried-and-true best practice that, for whatever reason, failed on the streets of Charlottesville.
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A native Atlantan, Boone joined the AJC staff in 2007. He quickly carved out a niche covering crime stories, assuming the public safety beat in 2014. He's covered some of the biggest trials this decade, from Hemy Neuman to Ross Harris to Chip Olsen, the latter of which was featured on Season 7 of the AJC's award-winning "Breakdown" podcast.
