Fort claims ‘politics’ behind campaign aide’s arrest
Mayoral candidate Vincent Fort said the arrest Tuesday of one of his top campaign surrogates “reeks of politics” -- an allegation police roundly rejected.
Community activist Tim Franzen, a vocal Fort supporter who previously acted as a spokesman for the Occupy Atlanta movement, was pulled over shortly before 2 p.m. on Campbellton Road after a run of his tag revealed he was driving with a suspended license, said APD spokesman Carlos Campos.
Franzen’s license was flagged as “served and surrender,” meaning he had been formally notified about the suspension and risked arrest if caught driving.
Campos called Fort’s suggestion that Franzen’s arrest was politically motivated “patently false and absurd on its face.”
“Mr. Franzen was driving on a suspended license, which is illegal,” he said. “It is the only reason his vehicle was stopped.”
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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.
