The Atlanta Child Murders

After watching the 2020 version of this, I decided to watch this version to get the full story.. I made it about 10 minutes in and had to turn it off. The exact same racist blame game as the latest effort. All of Atlanta's problems, all of the crime, everything negative, is down to white America. How or why on earth HBO would promote this sort of garbage is beyond me. I guess with no more GOT or Sopranos or... they have nothing better to do with their time over there. This is a big fat fail.

This three part series was excellent. It's not about racist cops pinning murders on a black man. Wayne is guilty of perhaps some of the murders, but he isn't guilty of all of them. This is about re-opening all the evidence that was collected and retesting it. There are interviews from the families of the dead children, interviews from those who investigated the crimes. The series goes over the politics of investigating and prosecuting the crimes. This was a fascinating series and I do hope they do an update when all the evidence has been thoroughly tested.

In March 2019, " a surprise announcement, Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms said that the city is re-examining evidence and facts from the Atlanta Child Murders - a crime spree that plagued families from 1971 to 1981 and took the lives of 29 African American children."

"For one Atlanta woman, Catherine Leach, the reexamination is just another step in the search for the truth, as she was never really convinced Williams was the one who killed her son, Curtis Walker."

"I want some justice. So that I can rest in peace," she explained. "I want to know who killed Curtis."

"Atlanta Police Chief Erika Shields said her goal is to make sure that all of the evidence in the case is sorted through properly, after it has sat untouched in evidence rooms for decades."

I came here after seeing the first two episodes of the HBO series. Will Packer did a great job producing this series. So many questions arose as I watched this, like what were the police thinking? Also, you see such a similar attitude by police today; black lives clearly don't matter and often times, law enforcement and their affinity with white supremacist groups is too close for comfort.

Started watching this yesterday and finished in one sitting. Absolutely powerful and thought provoking.

I am full of admiration of these families. They always held their heads up high whilst different factions fought political games with their children's murders. That is the one positive dominating factor of this documentary. Yusef Bell's mother in particular is a woman full of courage and determination.

Always thought this conviction was less than watertight but having watching this brilliant mini series, I am convinced Wayne Williams has been the victim of a massive travesty of justice. He has been used as a scapegoat to "solve" the murders and prevent racial tensions erupting.