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Public commenter urges Atlanta leaders to address homelessness and racial inequity
Summary
Brother Anthony Muhammad used his three minutes during public comment to call on the Committee on Council to represent constituents experiencing homelessness, to address racial disparities, and to follow up after previous visits to City Hall; the committee offered no substantive response in the provided excerpt.
Brother Anthony Muhammad urged the Committee on Council to act on homelessness and to represent struggling constituents.
Speaking during the meeting’s public comment period, Brother Anthony Muhammad said, “we got so many people continue to live on the street” and urged council members to represent “people that don't even have access to pay for rent.” He invoked historical and constitutional references, saying, “according to citizenship, it is the 13, 14, and 15 amendment that said that we, who look like brother Anthony Muhammad and the majority members of this sick, should have the same benefits as the Caucasian.”
Muhammad told the committee he had spoken with the city attorney about representation and said he was told “I can't do nothing.” He said he has been coming to make comments since prior administrations and asked for follow-up from the committee, adding, “When I come down and make comments, we shouldn't have to come down and make comments, and we don't get nothing said.”
The committee response in the transcript is limited to an acknowledgment: “Thank you so much, brother Mohammed.” No formal action or follow-up commitment is recorded in the excerpt.
