Kemp: State-Local Cooperation Helped During Protests In Georgia

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June 1st, 2020

The “coordination that we were able to have with the locals, with the Guard, the State Patrol and all our other resources, as well as having surveillance in the air, especially Saturday night, was awesome,” Gov. Brian Kemp said.

Ron Harris, Pool / Associated Press

Updated at 10 p.m. on Monday

Georgia’s governor said Monday that close coordination between state and local officials gave law enforcement the upper hand over the weekend after an initially peaceful demonstration over the death of George Floyd in Minnesota turned chaotic and destructive Friday night in Atlanta.

Republican Gov. Brian Kemp’s comments came during a video teleconference with President Donald Trump and governors across the country, according to an audio recording reviewed by The Associated Press. Law enforcement and national security officials also joined the call.

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