Where have the children gone?
As we contemplate all the reasons crime may have risen in the city of Atlanta, consider that home schooling makes misbehavior -- and abuse -- harder to catch. That's extra true when kids disappear.
Violent crime jumped in Atlanta for a bunch of reasons. Gangsters warring over the club scene, or levelling up. Domestic violence driven by the pandemic, with people cracking because there’s nowhere to run from a bad situation. People sorting out street beef themselves because they no longer trust cops to act in their interest.
But I’m chewing on one mor…
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