When Dr. King was assassinated, we didn’t do this to our city.
She also empathized with enraged citizens as the mother of Black children, per CNN.
"I am a mother to four black children in America, one of whom is 18 years old.
And when I saw the murder of George Floyd, I hurt like a mother would hurt," Bottoms said.
"And yesterday when I heard there were rumors about violent protests in Atlanta, I did what a mother would do, I called my son and I said, 'Where are you?'