Keisha Lance Bottoms Blames George Floyd Protests for 2020 Crime Hike, Cites 20% Boost to Police and Fire Budget as Mayor

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BOTTOMS: “When I prepared to give my state of the city address in March, just before the pandemic, I was touting the drop in crime in Atlanta and unfortunately, after the summer of 20 twenty, those numbers were not. I gave police and firefighters, the largest pay increase. The history of the city of Atlanta, I also address a compression issue that was causing us to lose public safety officers because it was not economically beneficial for them to stay. After a certain number of years we increase our police and fire budget. By nearly 20 percent over the course of my term as mayor, so I am deeply saddened by the uptake that we saw across the country, but I can tell you as mayor I did every day I made every decision that I thought to be the right decision. During my term role, bollywood.”