Long story short: City of South Fulton Renaissance Wakanda City of South Fulton’s entire law enforcement division led entirely by African-American women; publicly acknowledged as “black girl magic”
Yeah, if I were still living in South Fulton county, I’d be happier if the law enforcement arm they weren’t doing photoshoots and were actually doing some work. I’m not entirely sure this is such a great story to break currently, because for those who don’t really follow what’s going down in the City of South Fulton, the whole place is kind of in shambles, infrastructure wise.
The fact that they can’t even land on a name for the city goes to show just how disorganized and lacking in structure the whole place is in general, but the law enforcement is a whole other story. Seldom does a day goes by where the front page of the AJC doesn’t have some sort of story that contains the words “shooting,” “killed,” “crime,” “South Fulton,” or any combination of them on it, because the crime is that out of control down there and continuously getting worse.
It’s the primary reason why I sold my house and moved away, and not a day goes by whenever I see a crime story emerging from down there, that I’m so glad to have gotten out of there when I did, even if it meant taking a loss on the house and going through a little bit of separation anxiety of parting ways with my first owned home, even if it was in a rapidly deteriorating area.
And as I’ve said numerous times, I’m still subscribed to the Nextdoor community online for my old neighborhood, because it’s giving me constant reminders and daily insight to just how much South Fulton is continuing to spiral downward. I can see first-hand from people that still live there just how much they’re frustrated and exasperated with the escalating crime problems down there, and this is exactly why I’m not the least impressed by articles about how South Fulton’s law enforcement is helmed entirely by African-American women.
Publicly acknowledging such in a time where crime rates are completely miserable might not be such a great idea, but I have to ask myself it it’s any surprise that it’s done anyway, because everyone’s a narcissist now, and there’s never any time like the present to capitalize on such a great photograph and the message that can be spun behind it, regardless of what the actual facts are, surrounding it.
Conversely, if I still lived in South Fulton, and I’m reading about break-ins, shootings, trespassers and other shady shit happening in communities either my own, or the ones around me, on a daily basis, this is where I’m beginning to wonder if it’s because of an all-female run law enforcement department, that crime is so terrible. In all fairness, I’d have the same thought if the entire department were all white men, all Pakistani toddlers, or entirely all of one particular demographic; frankly, I think diversity is essential to having broader perspectives, and I think South Fulton law enforcement is more in love with the idea of having an all-black woman run department, rather than actually doing their fucking jobs of enforcing the law.
Seriously, imagine the time and resources that went into taking this god damn photograph that looks more like a press release photograph for a show on the Lifetime Network or BET. You know the shoot took more than an hour and most certainly wasn’t free. And this is all time in which any one of these women could have been at their desks, on phones, or doing ANY sort of work, instead of posing for PR photos.
Meanwhile, the residents of South Fulton are fed up with the escalating crime, and the deaf ears in which their complaints and concerns are falling on, and some have literally been discussing the mass boycotting of South Fulton and Union City businesses, which likely won’t really make that much of a difference versus those who just want close convenience, but the general happiness and morale of the residents down there are most certainly not particularly green.
How about using some of this black girl magic to magically make some of all that crime disappear or something other than having photoshoots?
