Atlanta mayor accepts former president Obama’s challenge to review police policy

ATLANTA — Atlanta's mayor is drawing big attention as she works to address racial issues in our community.

Keisha Lance Bottoms tweeted Wednesday that she will issue an executive order “establishing a Commission of stakeholders and organizers to examine our use of force policies and call upon them to make recommendations accordingly.”

The tweet has nearly 20,000 retweets and almost 100,000 likes.

Bottoms was responding to former president Barack Obama’s challenge for “every mayor in this country to review your use-of-force policies with members of your community and commit to report on planned reforms.”

Obama spoke Wednesday about the recent national unrest over the death of George Floyd.

Specifically, he urged the mayors to sign a pledge to reform police forces:

1. Review police use of force policies.
2. Engage communities by including a diverse range of input, experiences, and stories in the review.
3. Report the findings of the review to the community and seek feedback.
4. Reform the community’s police use of force policies.

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