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Khalid Kamau, a BLM activist and Bernie Sanders supporter, thrilled the Left when he took over as mayor in South Fulton, Georgia. Quickly, he began implementing his vision.
South Fulton’s identity as a Black city is something kamau wants to embrace fully. “Black On Purpose” is a phrase coined by him referring to the types of policies he wants the city to push — ones that intentionally improve Black people’s lives.
Being “Black On Purpose” is key in his vision for the city: a highly educated citizenry and the best place to do Black business. But, getting past the growing pains of being a new city — and the Blackest city — won’t happen without having courageous conversations about identity, insecurity and purpose, he says.
Earlier that year, kamau helped found the Atlanta chapter of Black Lives Matter. By this point, he says the organization had a comprehensive platform that touched on housing, income inequality, restorative justice and more. At the time, members of the Movement for Black Lives were reluctant to get involved in electoral politics, but not kamau.
“…But this new city in the SWATS,” he recalls. “I was like, ‘This city is going to be super Black.’ And if there were ever a place, if there were ever a laboratory to test out all of these policies, the City of South Fulton is that place.”
There’s a problem in the lab.
A Georgia mayor was charged with burglary and criminal trespassing Saturday, leading the way for him to be temporarily replaced by one of five City Council members who sued him this year.
Khalid Kamau, the mayor of the city of South Fulton in metropolitan Atlanta, was charged with criminal trespassing and first-degree burglary. He was released the same day on $11,000 in surety bonds.
He was also ordered to undergo a mental health evaluation, NBC affiliate WXIA of Atlanta reported.
Williams-Brown and four other council members sued Kamau in March to remove him from office. Only two members of the council were not party to the suit, court records show.
The suit alleges that Kamau knowingly disclosed confidential information for his benefit since his election and recorded confidential executive sessions, the Atlanta-Journal Constitution reported at the time.
Kamau has been in a contentious relationship with the council for over a year. The council asked the district attorney’s office in June 2022 for an investigation of transactions Kamau’s charged on a city-issued credit card that were discovered in an audit.
He asked Georgia Bureau of Investigation to investigate the City Council for possible corruption the next month, WXIA reported
But maybe he was just redistributing some property?
The police report states that the homeowner received a notification on his phone from a surveillance camera at 6:52 a.m. that a person, identified as Kamau, was walking onto his property. The homeowner said he put on his clothes and and watched Kamau walk up the driveway toward his home and lake house, which is located a bit further away from his home on the property.
The homeowner said by the time he got into his truck, Kamau was already inside the lake house. He told police he approached Kamau in a “cautious manner” and proceeded to call 911. While he was on the phone with 911, he told Kamau to “stay put,” adding he did not want Kamau to come near him.
The homeowner said Kamau began walking away from the lake house in the yard, prompting the homeowner to shout “stay put” once again while the homeowner held a gun. Kamau responded by saying “you can’t give me orders,” the police report stated.
After the homeowner put his gun down, Kamau allegedly told the homeowner “Do you know who the f— I am? I’m the mayor and I’ll wait for my police force to get here and see what happens then.”
From BLM to… just wait till my cops get here. But turned out it was an honest cop instead.
Algorithmic Analyst says
Hard to fathom how his mind works.
Kynarion Hellenis says
Think tribal dominance. Think non-western concepts of power and conquest. Think Africa without colonial influence.
Jeff Bargholz says
Hongo. The jungle bunnies demanded tribute from every person that they encountered. Burton and Speke gave it to them and Burton got a spear through his cheek for his compliance.
Henry Morton Stanley just blew them away whenever they attacked, which was always. “Whatever happens, we have got our Maxims and they have not.”
The Maxim was a very effective machine gun.
Algorithmic Analyst says
The mitrailleuse (first French machine gun, 100 rounds per minute) could also have been a very effective weapon in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870. But it was kept in great secrecy, so that the French troops didn’t know how to use it, and there were only about 200 available at the start of the war 🙂
Jeff Bargholz says
Leave it to the French to screw up a good thing.
They did invent smokeless gunpowder, though. It saved some cowboy’s lives because some marauding Indians couldn’t pinpoint their location amid some boulders. They held out until the Indians ran out of arrows and bullets.
Kasandra says
Maybe it doesn’t.
Jeff Bargholz says
His mind doesn’t work. He’s an insane groid with a typical sense of entitlement and misplaced rage against whitey. I don’t blame him, although I don’t excuse him. He’s no doubt been told all his worthless life by white leftists and his black family that he has a legitimate grievance against whitey and he should strike.
And trespassing in the lake house was pure insanity. Nobody normal does that, much less expects to be excused. We know our country is finished when we have ELECTED politicians like him and Kari Lake. And “reporters” like Joy Reid. We’re done.We can’t recover from this.
FarmerREDWhiteandBlue says
His mind works like an entitled minority member of society who has been coddled with handouts and affirmative action for his whole life.
Guy Jones says
Black-skin privilege, arrogance and entitlement explains everything.
Chief Mac says
His mind function just like an Islamofascist – “What is mine is mine, what is yours is negotiable.” He is willing to negotiate everything you have
Angel Jacob says
Low life thugs will always act like low life thugs, no matter what position they are put in.
Greg says
Yes, and voting for low-life thugs to lead us– can you say, “The Kenyan?”– is akin to a death wish.
Kasandra says
Hasn’t Kamau claimed it’s all due to white racism yet. What’s wrong with him?
Beez says
Arrogance and hate. I pray for peace in my native state. Agitators, go home.
SPURWING PLOVER says
Now don’t expect this to make Big Headlines in the New York Slimes since their only interested in Fake News and Leftists Propaganda either Broadcast or Print
Kit_Jefferson says
The majority of tyrants do have a mental problem.
SPURWING PLOVER says
Hitler was a Vegan Lenin had Syphilis and he would often howl like a Wolf meanwhile Biden the Blunder Has a bad memory and has the tendency to wander
Algorithmic Analyst says
“Lenin may have had Syphilis an infection that attacks the brain, one possibly passed on to Lenin by his mistress, Inessa Armand, a self-professed advocate of free love.”
So that “free love” stuff caught him. Fitting Karma 🙂
Jeff Bargholz says
I hope I don’t catch an STD. I take risks. Extreme risks. When I pork homeless women I’m just asking for some nut rot. I’ll have to start using condoms. I’ll miss the money shots, though.
Scott Joplin died from syphilis. Poor bastard. It was incurable back then. He couldn’t even play his piano at the end. So sad.
I seem to remember some Roman Emperors dying from it too. Lords of creation and they died from crotch rot. Yikes. Some literary giants died from that too, although I can’t remember which ones.
FDTS says
“Khalid Kamau, the mayor of the city of South Fulton in metropolitan Atlanta, was charged with criminal trespassing and first-degree burglary.”
What do you mean arrested? He was just doing his version of “being black on purpose”. I guess “his” police force didn’t get the memo.
Jeff Bargholz says
Whoops! Kari Lake is great. That was a typo. I meant Kori Bush. My bad.
CowboyUp says
Yep, Kori’s one of those ignorant overeducated affirmative action (institutionalized racial discrimination) fools.
Christopher Robert Riddle says
Finally,I guess it’s like the Old Saying::”Give Them Enough Rope…….”????????????????????????
Una Salus says
He sounds like a strong leader. So Trump conservatariats should relate. Fortunately for Khalid he only has to provide the muscle whereas Trump conservatariats have to rely on Trump for brains.
When we analyse how much of the conservatariat MAGA movement really only relies on making people feel better about themselves in the face of a lib media onslaught which occupies the only universe they know how to exist in we gain a deeper understanding of Khalid.
CowboyUp says
Give it a rest una, or at least throw your support behind someone. I notice you never do that.
David Mu says
BLM – the Black Panther Party for our age. Thought this when first BLM arose, and there is no reason to change my opinion. And yes – the same usual fools to fund it and sing its praise.
Una Salus says
As if anything Trump could do would make people feel better about themselves at all. Actually we’re doing it in spite Trump, Cause we know he isn’t doing jack shit.
Una Salus says
Isn’t this the sort of marriage you expect from an inbred royal family huh Yanks?
Algorithmic Analyst says
With his handlers cringing all the way, in case he does something stupid 🙂
Una Salus says
For my own part yes, obviously but you know America is a different country.
Una Salus says
It’s just harmonious isn’t it?
Una Salus says
You spend all your time feeling better about yourselves. Time is running short.
Una Salus says
From health nuts to race nuts to whatever else kind of nuts the US can provide. Brazil nuts sown South.
Algorithmic Analyst says
Macadamia nuts from Hawaii. Those are actually quite good.
Jeff Bargholz says
They’re yummy. Supposedly they aren’t real nuts but I don’t know what that’s supposed to mean. They seem like nuts to me. Expensive, though.
Una Salus says
As my my Grandma used to say, how they laughed. I mean there’s laughter involved.
Algorithmic Analyst says
Too bad it is Peter Hitchens instead of his brother.
Jeff Bargholz says
They must have pulled their pants down and saw their wee willys.
Una Salus says
PH says there is no special relationship but PH is always a guess searching ahead for a clue.
Algorithmic Analyst says
Definitely, PH has no clue 🙂
Jeff Bargholz says
Power of hydrogen?
Una Salus says
And PH has had many clues.
Una Salus says
People who have no guts. People have no balls in search of a peace clue.
Una Salus says
Farage PO’d on GB News or we wish he was still PO’d because Farage when he isn’t PO’d is just insufferable electioneering tripe like Trump.
Bill Osborne says
Spending this much time here being an absolute a$$hole shows ambition – King of the A$$holes is obviously your goal, and you are well on your way.
Jeff Bargholz says
Trump is awesome and extremely likable.
Taylor says
The King of Wakanda commands that all shall tremble and obey.