Thursday, August 12, 2010

Housing Crisis Reaches Full Boil In East Point; 62 Injured

By Craig Schneider and Tammy Joyner
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Atlanta News
August 12, 2010

Thirty thousand people turned out in East Point on Wednesday seeking applications for government-subsidized housing, and their confusion and frustration, combined with the summer heat, led to a chaotic mob scene that left 62 people injured.

At the Tri-Cities Plaza Shopping Center, emergency vehicles passed each other, transporting 20 people to hospitals. Medical and police command posts were set up on scene. East Point police wore riot gear. Officers from four other agencies supported them. Yet no arrests were made.

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