Atlanta mayor to George Floyd protesters: 'There is something better on the other side of this'

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'There is something better on the other side of this.' Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms projected optimism as she used a megaphone to speak directly to a crowd of demonstrators amid the widespread protests sparked by the death of George Floyd.

Washington Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms on Thursday projected optimism about the widespread protests sparked by the recent killing of a black man by a white police officer, telling protesters in the city that"there is something better on the other side of this."

Using a megaphone to speak directly to a crowd of protesters, Bottoms, a Democrat, said her political success is owed to her enslaved forefathers, who she said"believed there was something better on the other side.""And what I'm saying to you all today: There is something better on the other side of this.

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