Mayoral Candidate Who Supports Cutting Atlanta Police Funding Dragged by Car Thieves in Broad Daylight

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An Atlanta city councilman running for mayor, who last year supported a measure to reduce city police funding by tens of millions of dollars, had his car stolen by children on Wednesday, he and police confirmed.

Councilman Antonio Brown had been attending a ceremony in northeastern Atlanta at 12 p.m. Wednesday when several children jumped into his vehicle and drove away, he said.

โ€œYou donโ€™t immediately think, โ€˜Oh, these kids are going to steal my car,โ€™โ€ Brown told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, referring to the incident, adding that the thieves appeared to be children, although one of them โ€œacted as though he had a gun.โ€

Brown told officers that he emerged from his car to speak with someone when โ€œseveral males entered his unlocked car and drove away with it,โ€ according to police. โ€œAt this time, officers are gathering information on exactly how this happened and working to identify anyone involved in the incident and locate the stolen vehicle,โ€ the department added.

After the children got into the vehicle and were about to leave, Brown said he held onto his car and was dragged about a block down the road before he let go of it, adding that the driver โ€œstarted to go faster and faster.โ€

In an interview with FOX5, the councilman said the children were between the ages of 6 and 12.

โ€œOne kid was in the driverโ€™s seat. [Community leader Ben Norman] attempted to open the door to get him out of the car. He fought with Ben. I then engaged and tried to get him out of the car. The three other kids were trying to figure out how to get in the car or stay out of the car. He started to hit on the gas,โ€ Brown added.

Brown defended his stance on law enforcement saying โ€œthereโ€™s no amount of officers โ€ฆ that could have stopped this from happening.โ€

Brown said that he doesnโ€™t plan on filing charges against the children.

BY JACK PHILLIPS

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