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Atlanta police: No reason to believe three recent killings in LGBT community are related By Dyan Bagh haghyatingoce com In the span of evo weeks, tee people at leet sce wh the Anis LGBT com uy have bee ill And whe the Aa Pelle Department sees that ay peopl te rox being gee, dee fa baz fom some asking “Whats going on? Are wesafe™ Apes in, thee wee 62 mies ‘Adan ts ear with tee Knowingly ead 1a the LGBT population sad Major Kei endows, commander of the Aan Police Deparen’s Major Crimes Seton, dring at inervew Mont is ofice Pubic Sty Headqinrs on Pace Set ural Robson of Tin Aan, the py Deca glo and pay proton te, vs gunned down in che mille of Hdl efor ane fhe igs weekend of he year forex — Aan Black Gay Pie leven days Tt, on Sep 5,40 young men — Sambal Blizz, 21, a Georgia Sie Cavin Senter, 26 of Aaa — were fond Shot io death ina Riehnond Cele apartment in soutbeas Anta afer pice said hey Dad atepded Black Gay Pride evens. 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"Espey with volt cies. “we want 0 do eveything we can wget ese ppl [rials] ot fear commu. It ecan do at ough eb, dant ave 2 problem” Meadows said if youre abl ale the pic show po- ‘etl danger everbody re its a pie ‘sofnfomacon, rm el bien pings furtere The mare information we puto he more we gt back" esa "Ya cn investigate 3 rer alone i Updates on recent cases Meadows provided updates on seve cen cassinvling Aana’s LGBT community Snel zz and (Calvin Sete kiled Sept 5: Paice continue oy to reac the tps of hese wo sue men, They wee den ‘rounds 10 the aad. 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Mesdows sald some information cat be dsclosed ght now as he Investigation ‘ines and leds ae racked down, He id Say the victims were not robbed afer hey were ile ‘Mesos sl call ata Pole LGBT Lisien Ofeer Paci Powll ote scene 1 alpine nso essere anf bcase of elena he ie “Oe Powel ends us eat dese stiviy and Reps wines navigate gh ‘he proces and lped us ge satenens,” Means si. alice reno even sar ifthe women were sy, be Ste wa see a Black ay re ‘he day btoe Meats didnt know where ‘lack Gay Pde the vii “The facta lst ee tm 38 at Back ‘ay Pride may’ ot playa ole the kl Ings, but al poses veto be elite, Mend. Tat Blizan's far Ive oot coftown sas an dale nesting the “thee sex oenaon ane he actual Officer Pin Powel wil coc a is of ue say semis forte LOBT commu (hon Dons a) ures theses — at his point pees tobe amr for us We have wo clinate Posies. Everhing they a ht yw Pay aol in saving the eas” esa Durand Reba, ke Ag 25: Mesos sad Rabinon wos a vicin of 2 ‘aang and ht eas shacousibe is Ford tockon Aug. 25 Police have song, eas inthis case, ‘Whether thelr made him et uo he ve Nl foe shot hime psd hi lle stotng him sat ea, howeve nthe ner fre we hope ot soe in ‘Bnotmevingalongas ike, bt weave tobe ly motical” Meadows said. ‘Wines said thy head showing sho ser I'am on Haack Steet and fen 6 aunshorwonto est “there were ote cumstances ate tothe ulumatesbooung,” Meadows did This lth a wh is se ‘nth pst elanships with peopl. Personal "ato." be si George Wall, atacked ly 10: ‘Ginger Johson A, confess othe uly 10 beating of Geage Walle, 31, an ofcer With the state Bea! of Pros 8 Paes Jotnson dl police he ook Walks ish and cellphone act. 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Jesh bit, tached and robbed July 2 The gay socal jsice minister fom Sant Mak United Mets Church as tock and robe 3 inp in Pico ark eth Is end a they ee hina exer pi nie ly? ‘A goup of young men appoachd them and asked i they wee gy saying “shuld ‘shoop oa as fo tht” The rp walked {hay bar eomed ater and igh broke ot Bexween the young en and NBL al is fend: Somehow the vere atachrs called Ferbackp before police responded Semne seers ages 2-19 were aes, and vain in sy wing cal APD is ‘used hs an ot gay is cine Patrick Holand kil! May 28, 2008: wh as eft be a by his fay Yrs in Plednnt Pak ashes cig or ox He wasted ost here “We hd frat ths expe peop Tnives ok al howe caves sce she were velop. Unfoumtely i tbe murder case, there are oo wines al. Meadows si. ‘mo Pak hat ight We don’ knoe who. He ‘othr and is ca was parked na sprate Tocton, We proceeds veile — eon Pens ound were is” Meadows id There norman his pot ha he ating was elated othe throb chr thant a file wae te weapon al of he times, Meadows a Right no we've ck wall” esi Atlanta police report five anti-gay bias crimes for 2010 Sofa his yer, the Alama Pie De- partment has classed Hive reported res Ss anny bis eimes. A ol of 17 Bas ‘mes wich als Include race, gender ae religion, have been repred and lsd byAPD for 2010. 13 2009, toa of 20a rns, Ing ag bas ees, were repated tothe APD, In 2008, thre were lg at ay bias crimes reared ut ofa lof 24 bio crimes. 'A breakdown ofthe 2010 ay bas res rm APD eps + On June 19a 21-year od male ving on Lakeside Village Dive SE called police oreo tht srmeone had ow et hisear"TThe ic) satedthathe hasbeen having lots of problems ley with cag sin the complex. He sys the jveies ae tageing hm ands ends Deease they are openly ga" states an APD report On previous oecasons, [he victim) has ad arguments with some of the veils and they sed homosewal slurs aginst im and his fends" + OnJune24 a anonymous person called pice say he hd ard ror gay man ving wis andthe Ez 0 enue was the age of oi "The cll sted that. be ed ht there wasabi pot on ‘he young an. The eal also advised hat thet was placed on the young man de to his sex rentaton” No tnpects oF pos sible ici ou be ened. + Ina crime tht made local headline, eras in th aca wae marked with te ame fay men Rev. Josh Noblit 32, ad his kindof vandals. The pit was waste fend Tren Willams, 25, were robbed wih wero he vice was a dee. and eaten a gunpoint ia Pedant Park bya group af Young men. The young men + Also on ly 10, woman, age 3 r= asked Nobit and Willams, ae y'all gay pote to pie er ex-boytiend, Randal we should whoop yours for tha.” Po- Steenberg, wasting herald despite ize ested sb suspes shorty alr the court erer to hve calc th ber Inthe Incident. The suspects are ages L-19 and txt messages, Steenberg ep ang il al be charge as adults. They retain e was gon wo kl Rinse. He also vexed Incusay awating ial Ie was ging ill one of his ex iiends ‘ends ang the eda "ag" none et, +n uly 10,26¢ear old woman parked Serene sd he was atthe Kioge ot hex Chewy Tato on Spiller NE The Monee Dive. Plce wee the Kroge and ext dy she found vandal wih pai located him and aested him, charging hin ‘eth wardsuchas "Love Nigges”“TLove with errs thas no Pas” “ve Fag a wel a r= Ings of ale and female etal Seer —Dyuna Bagby