The Atlanta Objective with George Chidi

The Atlanta Objective with George Chidi

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The Atlanta Objective with George Chidi
Kasim Reed is a Problem.

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.

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Jun 11, 2021
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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…

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