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Atlanta City Council creates Edgewood Corridor Public Safety Task Force after mass shooting
Summary
The council voted unanimously to establish a multiagency task force to develop short- and longer-term measures to deter violence and improve safety along Edgewood Avenue following a July 8 mass shooting that left one person dead and multiple people injured.
The Atlanta City Council on Aug. 5 unanimously approved a resolution establishing an Edgewood Corridor Public Safety Task Force to coordinate short-term interventions and longer-term strategies intended to reduce violence and improve public safety along Edgewood Avenue in the Old Fourth Ward and Sweet Auburn neighborhoods.
The task force was proposed after a July 8 mass shooting on Edgewood Avenue that “resulted in the death of 1 person [and] serious injuries to 10 others,” according to the resolution. Council member Liliana Bakhtiari introduced the measure; Council member Andrea L. Boone seconded it. The council then voted to send the approved task force to the mayor’s office posthaste. The final recorded vote on both adoption and immediate…
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