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<blockquote data-quote="Box Ox" data-source="post: 4894407" data-attributes="member: 48469">[URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://www.ajc.com/news/after-historically-deadly-2020-atlanta-homicides-are-up-nearly-60-in-2021/N63RJ5OKQZCZVOCNH2D6376S3E/[/URL]“Atlanta police have investigated 64 homicide cases in 2021, a 58% increase over this time last year. The surge follows a <a href="https://www.ajc.com/news/atlantas-deadliest-year-in-decades-has-city-on-edge-and-demanding-change/WAF3MV7AVBD2BO2RZVANXDI6E4/" target="_blank">historically deadly 2020</a>, when authorities investigated 157 homicide cases — the most in more than two decades.”Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms has referred to the spike in violence as a “COVID crime wave,” but the city’s death toll continues to mount as more Georgians get vaccinated and life returns to normal. As of June, Atlanta’s murders are up and shootings have increased by 40%, according to the latest data. Meanwhile, overall arrests are down by about 43% as Atlanta’s police force remains more than 400 officers under its authorized level.”</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Box Ox, post: 4894407, member: 48469"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.ajc.com/news/after-historically-deadly-2020-atlanta-homicides-are-up-nearly-60-in-2021/N63RJ5OKQZCZVOCNH2D6376S3E/[/URL] “Atlanta police have investigated 64 homicide cases in 2021, a 58% increase over this time last year. The surge follows a [URL='https://www.ajc.com/news/atlantas-deadliest-year-in-decades-has-city-on-edge-and-demanding-change/WAF3MV7AVBD2BO2RZVANXDI6E4/']historically deadly 2020[/URL], when authorities investigated 157 homicide cases — the most in more than two decades.” Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms has referred to the spike in violence as a “COVID crime wave,” but the city’s death toll continues to mount as more Georgians get vaccinated and life returns to normal. As of June, Atlanta’s murders are up and shootings have increased by 40%, according to the latest data. Meanwhile, overall arrests are down by about 43% as Atlanta’s police force remains more than 400 officers under its authorized level.” [/QUOTE]

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