Atlanta Escorts: Brazen shooting stuns residents
Posted on November 1st, 2009 in Atlanta escorts
Taft Washington said the killing, which took place down the street from his tidy brick home, is a case of criminals taunting the city. “They know police are scarce. They know no one’s around. They know they can do what they want,” he said.
Washington has lived for 22 years in the Sylvan Hills neighborhood just south of the woodsy, 50-acre Perkerson Park, perhaps one of the prettiest in the city. When they bought in 1987, “most people owned their homes, nice people,” said his wife, Mary. Adjacent neighborhoods have witnessed rejuvenation in recent years, but the recession, mortgage fraud and other economic woes have curbed that momentum.
The door and windows of Washington’s home are protected by burglar bars. His property is festooned with “No Trespassing” placards. He pointed to several vacant homes nearby — there are at least seven within a block — and displayed a spotlight he uses sometimes to illuminate prostitutes and shoo them away.
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