Death By Nuisance

The killing of three people at KISS Ultra Lounge raises a question: how much death does it take to shut a place down as a nuisance property?

Anyone suggesting that violent crime has receded in Atlanta can safely be called a liar after this weekend. At best, we can say that it is growing more slowly. This has been a bad week, even accounting for a bad year.

Three people were killed in the parking lot of the KISS Ultra Lounge on Whitehall Street early Sunday morning, one in a wheelchair. These…