Atlanta City Council Member Liliana Bakhtiari was involved in a confrontation with a security guard at Oakland Cemetery on Oct. 4. She said she regrets that it may have cost him his job.
Bakhtiari posted a statement online about the altercation.
The councilwoman said she and some friends were at the cemetery at sundown for a surprise wedding engagement and they had permission from the foundation to be there.
“We were asked to leave by one security guard. As we began to pack our things, our otherwise happy celebration devolved as an unidentified man began approaching us in the dark, with no flashlight, shouting obscenities at the top of his voice,” Bakthiari wrote online.
When she “stepped forward to intervene” on her friends’ behalf to have the man identify himself and protect her friends from his advance, Bakthiari said she stood her ground.
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Channel 2 Action News obtained a copy of the non-criminal incident report from the Atlanta Police Department. It gives the security guard’s details of the event.