Khalid Kamau, mayor of the City of South Fulton, was charged with criminal trespassing and first-degree burglary. He was released the same day on $11,000 in surety bonds.
The councilwoman who is serving as mayor pro tem following Khalid Kamau’s arrest is one of five members who filed suit against him earlier this year.
Really need more information to make any kind of call. On the one hand, I’m reluctant to believe that a mayor just broke into someone’s home for some petty theft. On the other hand, I’m also pretty suspect of any politician that claims that God is using them and their “persecution.” What is this beef between the mayor and the council? Did the council have something to do with the trespassing/burglary charges? Like wtf is this story.
From the New York post so make of it what you will:
Kamau admitted to police that he was aware he was trespassing on the homeowner’s property, despite telling FOX 5 Atlanta he believed the home was “abandoned.”
The homeowner, who has not been publicly identified, said he saw the mayor walk up his driveway and approach his lake house when he rushed to get dressed and called police from inside his truck.
The owner of the home then approached Kamau and held him at gunpoint until police arrived, warning the mayor to stay put, the report states.
Georgia sounds like a wild fuckin’ place to live. Was the mayor actually inside the home, I wonder? It doesn’t really say. And why do they think he had intent to steal anything?
I use question marks, but really we can’t know until more info comes out.
I read it as he was outside. He walked up the driveway and the homeowner decided to grab his gun, call the police and detain him until they arrived. As a Brit the thought of someone holding me at gunpoint because I walked up their driveway is absolutely terrifying.
It’s not less terrifying here, just more common. Honestly, the fact that he wasn’t shot is news on its own.
Just seeing a gun irl - usually only at the airport - makes me physically recoil. They’re just so rare here. I hate that you’re right about him not being shot being news worthy, a black man trespassing… Does Georgia have stand your ground laws where you can just shoot people if you’re scared of them?
Georgia has a no duty to retreat law where you can use deadly force against someone who invades your home and threatens you/your property, without trying to escape first. You can’t shoot someone if you were just scared of them though, at least on paper. There has to be an imminent threat. But yes with the incident involving 1. a black man, 2. trespassing, 3. Georgia… might get away with murder if you hire a ‘good’ lawyer.
I can’t bring myself to upvote this. But thank you for the explanation.
and by good lawyer he means one thats not gonna release damming video of you essentially lynching a black man thinking itll be exculpatory.
Eh, it’s no Florida.
what was he doing undressed in his truck though?
From an Atlanta Journal-Constitution article
No, but the majority of the council members want him removed from office, and the person taking over for now is one of those members. So I assume they’re happy. Good ol’ political drama
Georgia is a one party consent state. Get fucked, city council.
They got mad because he values transparency for the public, which results in them unable to govern? Lol
I’m sure there is more nuance but lol. Pathetic from the top to the bottom
if theyre talking about private matters unrelated to city governance and hes threatening to release that, they might have a case. but if they are up in arms about hi m recording and potentially releasing discussions relating to the job itself, it makes them have an appearance of guilt.