Nakita Robinson lives in Adair Park and describes the neighborhood as tight-knit.
“Almost like a ‘Leave It to Beaver’ type of community,” she says. “So much so that we are literally one of those neighborhoods where you can go borrow a cup of sugar.”
But Robinson says that was a very different image portrayed in June when national and international attention was put on the area near the Wendy’s on University Avenue after the shooting death of Rayshard Brooks by Atlanta police.
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