Kasim Reed is a Problem.

Former Mayor Kasim Reed just entered the race for mayor, with law and order at the top of the agenda. The irony should be obvious. It's not. That's the problem.

My formative memory of Kasim Reed comes from the Occupy Atlanta protests ten years ago this fall. The movement had taken over Woodruff Park. The city parked a gigantic mobile command center across from the park to observe the protest.

Occupy refused to leave.

Reed summoned one of the faces of the movement — housing activist Tim Franzen — along with Dr. J…