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re: 2 police officers killed serving warrant in Cobb Co., GA
Posted on 9/9/22 at 3:48 pm to deeprig9
Posted on 9/9/22 at 3:48 pm to deeprig9
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As a Kennesaw Native who grew up there in the 80's and 90's, I'm gonna have to disagree with you there.
Nah, we still have Wildman's downtown. You're probably talking about the "Marietta" part of Kennesaw.
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Posted on 9/9/22 at 3:55 pm to MetroAtlantaGatorFan
Deputies named
As though there are not bat shite crazy people in Woodstock. Basically the same type of person who committed this crime lives everywhere, no matter how many times you take "flight".
As though there are not bat shite crazy people in Woodstock. Basically the same type of person who committed this crime lives everywhere, no matter how many times you take "flight".
Posted on 9/9/22 at 3:57 pm to deeprig9
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As a Kennesaw Native who grew up there in the 80's and 90's, and having an elderly father who still maintains his primary residence there, I'm gonna have to disagree with you, respectfully.
so when does it end? I grew up in gwinnett and that officially went in the toilet 20 years ago. It used ot be that going north of atlanta was the move, but if kennesaw has already been comprimised what's next? Just move up to canton or dahlonega?
Posted on 9/9/22 at 3:59 pm to RandySavage
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Wild story, I grew up in that neighborhood until my freshman year of high school. It's in a tweener area between wealthy West Cobb and some of the less desirable parts of the county. Obviously some undesirables made it into the neighborhood.
I reviewed the area.
Yes, this is still a good neighborhood, probably why it's getting so much press. If this happened in many other places it wouldn't get so much. I had many friends that lived two subdivision up John Ward Rd, the Windwood subdivision.
Posted on 9/9/22 at 4:00 pm to WG_Dawg
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so when does it end? I grew up in gwinnett and that officially went in the toilet 20 years ago. It used ot be that going north of atlanta was the move, but if kennesaw has already been comprimised what's next? Just move up to canton or dahlonega?
Biden only got 29.5% of the vote in Cherokee.
Posted on 9/9/22 at 4:05 pm to MetroAtlantaGatorFan
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Biden only got 29.5% of the vote in Cherokee.
Cherokee County needs to put this on bill boards on every road leading into the county and they will be the only county to avoid the coming real estate crash.
Posted on 9/9/22 at 4:08 pm to MetroAtlantaGatorFan
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Nah, we still have Wildman's downtown. You're probably talking about the "Marietta" part of Kennesaw.
Wildman was somethin else. Passed away recently-ish. The family or employees have since vowed to keep the store and ‘museum’ open.
City has been trying to change building codes and everything else they can do to shut the place down.
He had incredibly hard to find history books in there and a hell of a Civil War Atlanta relic collection, the rest was not so great and he was certainly a character. I believe he stated often back in the day that he was Thomas J Jackson reincarnated.
Posted on 9/9/22 at 4:09 pm to MetroAtlantaGatorFan
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Nah, we still have Wildman's downtown.
That's doesn't mean Kennesaw hasn't been ruined by urban sprawl and yankee migration.
I met Dent several times. I have exchanged emails with his wife a couple times doing historical research of the area.
If/when that place closes down, there needs to be a historical marker.
Posted on 9/9/22 at 4:13 pm to deeprig9
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doing historical research of the area
See my post above. Do we know each other
If not, wanna be historical nerd friends?
Dent certainly mellowed in his latter years I think compared to when my mom first took me in there in the 80’s.
This post was edited on 9/9/22 at 4:15 pm
Posted on 9/9/22 at 4:15 pm to Drank
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Wildman was somethin else. Passed away recently-ish. The family or employees have since vowed to keep the store and ‘museum’ open.
Not sure why you put museum in quotation marks. You had to pay 25 cents to go behind the curtain, and it truly is a museum. Relics of the past, very very interesting artifacts, and very offensive, but a museum none the less. The store was up front with the mostly unoffensive stuff, the museum with the Klan stuff was "opt-in" by today's terminology.
Posted on 9/9/22 at 4:17 pm to Drank
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Do we know each other
If not, then we certainly have mutual acquaintances.
Harrison class of 96 here.
Posted on 9/9/22 at 4:18 pm to WG_Dawg
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It used ot be that going north of atlanta was the move, but if kennesaw has already been comprimised what's next? Just move up to canton or dahlonega?
Your initial reasoning is wrong. If you keep fleeing from perceived ghettos rather than working to make the community in which you live better by addressing the underlying problems, you will never find a safe space.
All these neighborhoods people flee to have rather large drug problems in the high schools and plenty of spoiled teenagers that have too much time on their hands and not enough personal responsibility. As someone who spends a lot of time in an area like this, there are plenty of people who are incredibly entitled and don't realize they are a big part of the problem in their chosen neighborhood.
Posted on 9/9/22 at 4:33 pm to deeprig9
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Not sure why you put museum in quotation marks
It was a museum, correct. A few labeled things in there, or at least the note cards describing were not ‘historical’. Some of the free newspapers/mags up front were also…what they were. But it was indeed a museum and his early relic hunting adventures were legendary.
There was an estate sale about a month ago with an ungodly amount of CW relics and early metal detectors. We had wondered if that was some of his stuff based on timing. I picked up a few Pickett’s Mill Items from it as I’ve been researching PM/Dallas actions over the last few years after moving on from my Cheatham Hill and Kennesaw campaign research and collecting.
Unintentionally diverted from the thread intent, may the families of the fallen LEO officers eventually find peace. The Queen rolling out has erased most mention of this and the Memphis fückstick over the last 24 hours from the usual sources
Posted on 9/9/22 at 4:40 pm to Drank
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It was a museum, correct. A few labeled things in there, or at least the note cards describing were not ‘historical’. Some of the free newspapers/mags up front were also…what they were. But it was indeed a museum and his early relic hunting adventures were legendary.
There was an estate sale about a month ago with an ungodly amount of CW relics and early metal detectors. We had wondered if that was some of his stuff based on timing. I picked up a few Pickett’s Mill Items from it as I’ve been researching PM/Dallas actions over the last few years after moving on from my Cheatham Hill and Kennesaw campaign research and collecting.
Unintentionally diverted from the thread intent, may the families of the fallen LEO officers eventually find peace. The Queen rolling out has erased most mention of this and the Memphis fückstick over the last 24 hours from the usual sources
My research has been focused on the Due West area activities. Do you follow Old Marietta on FB?
Posted on 9/9/22 at 4:44 pm to PassingThrough
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Your initial reasoning is wrong. If you keep fleeing from perceived ghettos rather than working to make the community in which you live better by addressing the underlying problems, you will never find a safe space.
All these neighborhoods people flee to have rather large drug problems in the high schools and plenty of spoiled teenagers that have too much time on their hands and not enough personal responsibility. As someone who spends a lot of time in an area like this, there are plenty of people who are incredibly entitled and don't realize they are a big part of the problem in their chosen neighborhood.
Your initial reasoning is wrong. I would rather have a bored teenager in Cherokee County than a bored teenager in Atlanta proper. I'll give you three guesses why.
Posted on 9/9/22 at 5:08 pm to auzach91
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my two deputies were ambushed this evening and killed,” Owens said.
This is terrible. Fry them
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One officer told Gunter it might not be until sunrise when he would be allowed into his own neighborhood
Can’t even go home. This attitude is one reason there is a disconnect. LE believe they’re above everyone else.
Posted on 9/9/22 at 5:27 pm to This GUN for HIRE
Latest reports now moving from the initial ambush story to saying the one guy was being taken into custody voluntarily when the other guy came out shooting. Also the warrant wasn't failure to appear, it was for several theft charges. Lots of changes happening in this story really fast. Furthermore, still not mugshots of the suspects, even though they have been in custody for damn near 24 hours now, and named in the media.
Posted on 9/9/22 at 5:37 pm to deeprig9
this link provides some info and includes video of their first court appearance...
11alive news report
11alive news report
Posted on 9/9/22 at 5:38 pm to deeprig9
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I would rather have a bored teenager in Cherokee County than a bored teenager in Atlanta proper. I'll give you three guesses why.
The suspect was identified as 21-year-old Robert Aaron Long, of Woodstock.[29] He was born in April 1999, in Woodstock, Georgia, and was raised in a conservative community. He graduated from Sequoyah High School in the spring of 2017. From fall 2017 to fall 2018, Long was enrolled at the Cumming campus of the University of North Georgia, but he did not earn a degree.[34][41] Long was a hunter[34] and was heavily involved in his Southern Baptist congregation.[42] Cherokee County Sheriff Frank Reynolds said Long did not have any prior interactions with law enforcement.[43]
Long spent time in HopeQuest, an evangelical treatment facility located near Acworth and down the road from the first spa that he attacked. He was a patient at the treatment center for what he described as "sex addiction", a label used by some for those that cannot control their sexual urges as expected by purity culture.[44][45] He claimed to be "tortured" by his addiction to sex since he was "deeply religious", according to his halfway house roommate.[41][46] His roommate also said that, several times during his stay at the halfway house, Long said that he had "relapsed" and gone to massage parlors to visit sex workers.[46] His parents had kicked him out of their house the night before the shooting due to concerns about his sex addiction, and said he watched internet pornography several hours each day. A report to police said that he "was emotional" after being evicted from his parents' house.[36][46]
Posted on 9/9/22 at 5:47 pm to pussywillows
Thank you Mr. Willows.
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