The Dirty Secrets of Small Town Policing

For all the attention we pay to the city of Atlanta, real problems come in smaller packages.

Avondale Estates is in a prison of its own making right now. The city has grown from an English hamlet to a fair village of 3,093 people. Most of the newcomers are not white, which — given the racism in law and custom of its past — deserves mention.

I don’t believe the leadership of Avondale Estates, or most of its residents today, harbor racist intent. …