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.

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.

  • wagesj45@kbin.social
    11·
    1 year ago

    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.

    • SomeoneElse@lemmy.world
      17·
      1 year ago

      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.

        • SomeoneElse@lemmy.world
          3·
          1 year ago

          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?

          • kuontom@kbin.socialOP
            7·
            1 year ago

            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.

              • keeb420@kbin.social
                4·
                1 year ago

                and by good lawyer he means one thats not gonna release damming video of you essentially lynching a black man thinking itll be exculpatory.