So here's what happened: Atlanta has a wealthy neighborhood of Buckhead, which was originally merged with Atlanta to disenfranchise black people. That was fucked up. Over time the disenfranchisement was nullified and Buckhead remained a part of Atlanta. They shared an uneasy relationship, until the current mayor, Keisha Lance Bottoms, blew it up.
There was a justified shooting of a black guy by a white cop, but unlike Floyd, the black guy was on drugs, and, much more importantly, actually armed. No, he wasn't armed with the sidewalk, he was actually armed. So justly fearing for his life, the cop shot him. Without any investigation, Keisha Lance Bottoms fired the cop, and a bunch of other cops quite in protest. Atlanta's crime rate spiked, as did Buckhead's.
In the US, one of the main objectives of the city government is to provide security to its residents. Atlanta's mayor failed. So Buckhead, which provides quite a bit of revenue to the government in Atlanta, but gets very little in return, decided to secede so that said revenue could be redirected toward a more efficient police force that actually stops crime. The residents are leaning toward secession and the Georgia Legislature is allowing it.
Realizing that quite a bit of her revenue will go when Buckhead goes, mayor Kiesha Lance Bottoms decided to do what all responsible mayors do, scream "RACISM!" and how if Buckhead leaves now, Atlanta will be fucked and race relations in Atlanta will be irreparable. I'm not joking - if Buckhead leaves, the financial situation of Atlanta will become extremely precarious.
So what does NSG think?
I think that Altanta's voters failed to elect a mayor that would keep Buckhead safe, and Buckhead has a right to secede as a result.
Sauce: https://www.ajc.com/opinion/opinion-a-n ... 6XHYREP6I/