SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) – Mayor Van Johnson responded to online criticism Tuesday following a deadly shooting outside a Target over an parking dispute, calling recent high-profile attacks “anomalies” and urging residents to make “better and smarter decisions.”
Johnson acknowledged the limits of policing while stressing that city and law enforcement officials are focused on controlling all that they can.
“We have on social media all of these police chiefs and law enforcement folks that don’t have no idea what they’re talking about — ‘oh you should’ve done this, you should’ve done this’ — you know the reality is that we control the things that we can control,” he said. “We need people to make better and smarter decisions.”…