John Rocker demands Obama, Holder apologize to Ferguson police.
There’s one thing about Atlanta everyone knows, especially those who fly into Harstfield International Airport and peer down at the seemingly endless number of highways, roads, houses and commercial developments greeting the visitor to the world’s busiest airport: traffic is a chaotic nightmare for those commuting to and from or merely passing through the city.
It’s bad.
Imagine spending two hours each day commuting to and from work (or 10 hours a week), and you have a picture of your average metro Atlanta resident’s daily drive.
If you’ve ever watched an episode of AMC’s “The Walking Dead,” you’ve seen the iconic shot of all of the cars trying to leave the city of Atlanta and some fool on horseback heading toward the city. Well, Atlanta traffic is usually bumper to bumper both ways, save for last week when something unprecedented happened.
It seems the Ferguson, Missouri, protests migrated down I-85 South Wednesday, and the Justice for Michael Brown movement found a new home making metro Atlanta commuters’ life that much worse by stopping traffic.
The pictures of these protesters immediately will remind any fan of “The Walking Dead” of the poster for the show, with Atlanta’s skyline in the distance and a line of cars halted by those holding signs reading “Ferguson, Missouri: Michael Brown murdered by the Police.”
Standing in the middle of the I-75/I-85 northbound connector, these protesters stopped traffic for miles.
Miles.
[…]
