Atlanta mayor calls for citizens to stop 'shooting each other' after murder of 8-year-old near BLM protest site | Fox News

Atlanta mayor calls for citizens to stop 'shooting each other' after murder of 8-year-old near BLM protest site | Fox News

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Atlanta mayor calls for citizens to stop 'shooting each other' after child's killing: 'Enough is enough'
In an emotional press conference Sunday night, Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms issued a full-throated call for citizens to stop "shooting each other up on our streets," after an eight-year-old girl was shot and killed on the Fourth of July near a Wendy's that has become a flashpoint of anti-police Black Lives Matter protests in the city.

Bottoms, a Democrat who is considered a potential running mate for Joe Biden, made the remarks as she fought through tears -- and the nation endured a new rash of violence in cities nationwide. Sixty-three people were injured and 17 killed in Chicago, including two children, over the weekend; and in New York City, 44 were hurt and at least six killed.

“Enough is enough," Bottoms said. "Enough is enough. We have talked about this movement that's happening across America and this moment in time when we have the ears and the interests of people across this country and across this globe who are saying they want to see change. But the difference in this moment in time with the civil rights movement -- the civil rights movement, there was a defined, common enemy. We're fighting the enemy within when we are shooting each other up on our streets." Click here for more on our top story.

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