Community reacts to violent weekend in Atlanta
Gov. Brian Kemp addresses the violent weekend in Atlanta.
ATLANTA - A community activist said too many people are silent about our children and teenagers being killed by gun violence.
Georgetta Morton has started a movement to honor and remember the young people who are killed.
She was planning a rally Sunday for several of the 37 child victims who were killed on Atlanta streets in 2020 when she heard about Diamond Johnson. Atlanta police said the 15-year-old was shot and killed when two groups of people started arguing at Grant Park, then traveled over to the Waffle House on Glenwood Avenue Saturday Night.
Community honors loved ones lost to gun violence throughout metro Atlanta
A community came together Saturday to remember some of the kids killed around metro Atlanta. These are our babies in our community, Georgetta Morton, one of the organizers of the memorial, said.
If you’re heading down Wesley Chapel Road near Snapfinger it’s hard to miss the memorial to children killed from gun violence across metro Atlanta. It’s heartbreaking to hear that. It’s almost like we are desensitized when kids get killed, Morton said. She went on to note that she could not stay silent after seeing child after child killed.