The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that Georgia is on pace to double the number of fatal police shootings in 2018.
The newspaper reported Tuesday that a review of records showed that 30 people were shot and killed by police in 2017. Georgia has nearly matched that total in 2018 and it’s only July.
“It’s almost like a perfect storm coming together,” Georgia Bureau of Investigation Director Vernon Keenan told the newspaper. “There’s very much anti-police sentiment in some communities. You combine that with drugs and mental health.”
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