Colin Flaherty Commentary Video "Store owners fed up with group of teens they say is terrorizing businesses" The black teens in Atlanta Georgia are accused of stealing food, vandalizing their" businesses and threatening employees. sho…
Colin Flaherty Commentary Video "Store owners fed up with group of teens they say is terrorizing businesses" The black teens in Atlanta Georgia are accused of stealing food, vandalizing their" businesses and threatening employees. shoplifting black crime hostility violence criminal justice reform
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By: Michael Seiden Updated: Sep 8, 2018 - 4:38 PM
ATLANTA - Several business owners along Peachtree Street in midtown say they are fed up with a group of teens they say are terrorizing their stores.
Seiden had just finished his interview Friday night with the general manager of a Jimmy John's when Channel 2 photojournalist Brandon Bryant recognized the kids from the smartphone video.
“They were saying that you guys go in there and knock stuff over. I mean that's their story," Seiden asked one of the teens.
“That's stereotyping," he replied.
“I just come down here to chill. I’m a grown man and I drink. There’s a lot of places you can go and have fun at in Midtown,” one of the teens said.
According to several witnesses Seiden spoke with, the teens have been riding around town on electric scooters, terrorizing numerous businesses along Peachtree Street in midtown Atlanta for weeks.
“They knocked gift cards on the floor. They’re splattered all over the floor. I don’t think my managers and employees should have to deal with that,” said Romel Nilus, who is the general manager of a Jimmy Johns sandwich restaurant. “Doesn’t matter what we say. If we say anything, they start yelling, cursing or knock stuff off the counter."
