{"id":600098,"date":"2021-07-22T12:50:33","date_gmt":"2021-07-22T16:50:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=600098"},"modified":"2021-07-22T12:50:41","modified_gmt":"2021-07-22T16:50:41","slug":"crime-is-so-bad-in-atlanta-the-state-might-ask-locals-to-fund-the-police-for-a-tax-deduction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/crime-is-so-bad-in-atlanta-the-state-might-ask-locals-to-fund-the-police-for-a-tax-deduction\/","title":{"rendered":"Crime Is So Bad In Atlanta The State Might Ask Locals To Fund The Police For A Tax Deduction"},"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\">38<\/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%2Fcrime-is-so-bad-in-atlanta-the-state-might-ask-locals-to-fund-the-police-for-a-tax-deduction%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=600098&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--><p>Crime has become so bad in Atlanta that Republican Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan announced Thursday he would work with the state assembly to create a program where locals can donate to underfunded police departments in exchange for a tax deduction.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt should be no surprise that every state leader is concerned with the exponential rise in crime here in Georgia, especially in our Capital city,\u201d Duncan <a href=\"https:\/\/ltgov.georgia.gov\/press-releases\/2021-07-22\/lt-governor-duncan-announces-250-million-state-tax-credit-bolster-law\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a>. \u201cRising crime is affecting individuals, businesses, and Georgia families, and combatting this problem will not be accomplished by one solution alone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBig problems call for big solutions,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<p>Duncan is calling on the state assembly to create a $250 million state tax credit as part of the Law Enforcement Strategic Support (LESS) Crime Act. The legislation would allow \u201ccitizens and corporations to write a check directly to their local law enforcement agency\u201d in exchange for a \u201c100% dollar-for-dollar state tax credit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The credit would be capped at $5,000 per individual and $10,000 per married couple. The funds will be used to pay officers more, hire more officers and increase officer training.<\/p>\n<p>Atlanta residents fed up with the spike in crime and lack of police support have recently gone as far as threatening to leave the city.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/10\/crime-atlanta-police-murder-buckhead\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Buckhead<\/a> City Committee CEO <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/18\/buckhead-bill-white-leave-atlanta-high-crime\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bill White<\/a> has blamed Democratic Mayor Keisha Bottoms for the rise in crime, claiming her decision to eliminate cash bail for certain minor offenses and policies that keep low-level offenders out of overcrowded jails has contributed to the dangerous situation.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7242818\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"38\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7242818\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7242818\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1233651234-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"ATLANTA, GA - JUNE 25: Mayor of Atlanta, Keisha Lance Bottoms speaks prior to the unveiling of the Evander Holyfield statue at State Farm Arena on June 25, 2021 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Todd Kirkland\/Getty Images)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1233651234-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1233651234-168x120.jpg 168w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1233651234-620x443-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1233651234-768x549-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1233651234-1536x1097-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1233651234-2048x1463-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7242818\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ATLANTA, GA \u2013 JUNE 25: Mayor of Atlanta, Keisha Lance Bottoms speaks prior to the unveiling of the Evander Holyfield statue at State Farm Arena on June 25, 2021 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Todd Kirkland\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>White argues the Atlanta Police Department is underfunded, which only makes the situation worse. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/16\/hart-buckhead-come-for-the-shopping-stay-to-fill-out-the-police-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: HART: Buckhead \u2013 Come For The Shopping, Stay To Fill Out The Police Report)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey feel demonized, underpaid, under-recognized,\u201d White said in June on Fox. \u201cThey are being told basically not to fight crime in the way they would like to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBuckhead City\u201d would have its own court, jail and police system. The area, which was once safe, has seen a 52% increase in aggravated assaults in 2021, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.11alive.com\/article\/news\/crime\/atlanta-police-responds-to-what-it-calls-inaccurate-report-about-buckhead-crime\/85-8ef88502-70f0-47be-9e63-89ce33521a51\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">11 Alive<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/11\/25\/atlanta-georgia-homicides-record-high\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Homicides<\/a> have spiked city wide with a 58% change in the month of May when compared to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atlantapd.org\/home\/showpublisheddocument\/4078\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">data<\/a> from the same time last year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crime has become so bad in Atlanta that Republican Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan announced Thursday he would work with the state assembly to create a program where locals can donate &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-600098","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\/600098","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=600098"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/600098\/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=600098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=600098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=600098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}