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South Fulton mayor seeks moratorium on asset forfeiture, pledges pedestrian-safety spending
Summary
Mayor Kobe asked the City Council to place a moratorium on the city's practice of seizing citizens' cash and property and outlined plans to use speed-camera revenues for pedestrian safety improvements, including more speed tables and studies on placements.
Mayor Kobe, speaking at the City of South Fulton’s anniversary event, said he will ask the City Council to place a moratorium on the city’s policy of seizing citizens’ cash and property until Fulton County clears a backlog of criminal cases and procedures are put in place to protect due process. "I'll be asking our council and our city to place a moratorium on this policy of confiscating people's property until Fulton County can clear the 5 year backlog of our cases," he said.
The moratorium request responds to the city's use of civil asset forfeiture under Georgia law; the mayor said the city has seized "over…
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