Angry Georgia residents interrupted Athens Mayor Kelly Girtz Wednesday morning as he held a news briefing to discuss public safety in the community after the murder of nursing student Laken Riley on the University of Georgia campus last week.
The Democratic mayor delivered remarks Wednesday, nearly a week after an illegal immigrant from Venezuela named Jose Antonio Ibarra allegedly attacked Riley near Lake Herrick and UGA’s Intramural Fields.
“The only appropriate number of murders in this community, the number that we are gonna be working our tails off every day for, is zero,” Girtz said.
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However, protesters interrupted him as he attempted to dismiss “the notion of a sanctuary city.”
“You’re a liar,” a man shouted, repeatedly. “You’re the one who is guilty and got blood on your hands for this murder, sir!”
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Other protesters gathered quietly in the back of the room, holding signs that read “Blood on your hands” and “Make Athens safe again.” Several voices chimed in at times demanding the mayor resign.
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Girtz said Georgia law doesn’t allow for sanctuary cities and repeatedly rejected the characterization of Athens as a sanctuary.
“There’s been no legislation from this government that’s created sanctuary city status,” he said.
A reporter pressed the mayor on the issue anyway – noting that…
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