{"id":1192343,"date":"2022-01-05T22:34:38","date_gmt":"2022-01-06T03:34:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1192343"},"modified":"2022-01-05T22:34:43","modified_gmt":"2022-01-06T03:34:43","slug":"former-top-aide-to-atlanta-mayor-arrested-at-airport-on-terroristic-threats-warrants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-top-aide-to-atlanta-mayor-arrested-at-airport-on-terroristic-threats-warrants\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Top Aide to Atlanta Mayor Arrested at Airport on &#039;Terroristic Threats&#039; Warrants"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fformer-top-aide-to-atlanta-mayor-arrested-at-airport-on-terroristic-threats-warrants%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1192343&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Mayor-elect-Andre-Dickens-of-Atlanta-dec14-2021-ap-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">A former top aide for newly elected Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens (D) was arrested at Atlanta International Airport last week on warrants related to charges of \u201cterroristic threats.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In November, Andre Dickens was elected mayor of Atlanta in a run-off after Keisha Lance Bottom chose not to seek a second term. Prior to Dickens\u2019 swearing-in on Monday, a former aide of his, Ali Carter, whom he has glowingly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/190535914426960\/photos\/a.240510156096202\/343238859156664\">praised<\/a> in the past, was arrested at the airport while telling police he was the incoming mayor\u2019s chief of staff.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>According to a police report <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/atlanta-mayors-chief-of-staff-arrested-at-airport-over-terroristic-threats\">obtained<\/a> by Fox News, police responded to \u201ca warrant from Douglas County Sheriffs Department\u201d and confronted him on the aircraft.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUpon arriving, we located Mr. Ali Carter on the aircraft, in seat #11F and he confirmed his identity to police by name,\u201d said the report. \u201cMr. Carter was informed of the warrant and he was transported to the police precinct for paperwork to be completed and to receive confirmation of the warrant.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The warrant pertained to an alleged incident in September 2020 when Carter threatened to use his AR-15 against his ex-wife\u2019s boyfriend if he touched his child again, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox5atlanta.com\/news\/former-aide-to-now-atlanta-mayor-andre-dickens-arrested-for-terroristic-threats-police-say\">according<\/a> to Fox 5 Atlanta.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>In the bodycam footage of the arrest, Carter told the officers that he was the new chief of staff to Mayor Dickens.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo you know who I am?\u201d Carter told police \u201cI\u2019m chief of staff to Andre Dickens.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOK, well you still have a warrant for your arrest,\u201d the officer responded. \u201cWhat are we supposed to do?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCall the mayor, man,\u201d Carter replied. \u201cI\u2019m chief of staff to our new mayor, man.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox5atlanta.com\/news\/former-aide-to-now-atlanta-mayor-andre-dickens-arrested-for-terroristic-threats-police-say\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">spokesperson&nbsp;<\/a>for the City of Atlanta said that \u201cwhile Mr. Carter previously worked for Councilmember Dickens, he is not part of the Mayor\u2019s administration and is no longer an employee of the City of Atlanta.\u201d As Fox News noted, \u201cCarter was&nbsp;previously <a href=\"http:\/\/www.westviewatlanta.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/2015-02-02-minutes.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">listed<\/a>&nbsp;as a \u2018chief of staff\u2019 to Dickens when he served as a councilman and Dickens\u2019 \u2018director of constituent services,\u2019 according to a&nbsp;2015 Facebook <a href=\"https:\/\/m.facebook.com\/Andre4Atlanta\/posts\/my-two-summer-interns-go-back-to-school-tomorrow-jocelyn-to-washington-high-and-\/521171098030105\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">post<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n[embedded content]\n<p>Video on his&nbsp;Instagram account <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CYR6NdGvohh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">appeared<\/a> to show that Carter was also present at Dickens\u2019 inauguration ceremony on Monday. Dickens and Carter have had an ongoing and public relationship since 2015, with Dickens previously&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dredickens\/posts\/10213261773832758\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">referring<\/a> to his former aide as: \u201cMy friend. My brother. My staff member.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=1261344677684371&amp;id=366207100531471\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a> post on October 2021, Carter shared a picture of himself and Dickens by a podium while the caption said, \u201cBeen rocking with @andre4atlanta since 2013 and I am 100% confident in saying that he will make a great Mayor! #choosewisely.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A former top aide for newly elected Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens (D) was arrested at Atlanta International Airport last week on warrants related to charges of \u201cterroristic threats.\u201d In November, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1192343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1192343","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1192343"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1192343\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1192343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1192343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1192343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}