i cleaned the garage until after 2am

[AE 87]

Yeah with Techwood Homes being removed before the 1996 Olympics it made it safer to do that. Those old enough to remember Techwood Homes know what I mean.

Remember the bat patrol?

 

[northgajacket]

Remember the bat patrol?

Bat Patrol?

 

[AE 87]

Bat Patrol?

In response to a bunch of kids being murdered in 1981, the community organized a self-defense group which carried baseball bats.

 

[northgajacket]

In response to a bunch of kids being murdered in 1981, the community organized a self-defense group which carried baseball bats.

Oh yeah, I thought that was at Bowen and Bankhead Courts. That was before I was born, but I have seen plenty of old newscasts about the murders.

 

[MikeJackets1967]

In response to a bunch of kids being murdered in 1981, the community organized a self-defense group which carried baseball bats.

I remember those commercials on WTBS during the Atlanta Child Murders in 1980-1981 where Mayor Jackson sat in front of a table with over 30,000 dollars on it asking for information about the killer.

 

[northgajacket]

I remember those commercials on WTBS during the Atlanta Child Murders in 1980-1981 where Mayor Jackson sat in front of a table with over 30,000 dollars on it asking for information about the killer.

I could only imagine the tension in Atlanta during that time, especially in 1980.

 

[MikeJackets1967]

I could only imagine the tension in Atlanta during that time, especially in 1980.

Really bad times

 

[northgajacket]

Really bad times

Yeah my parents remember it pretty vividly.