A Threat to Human Life or just another Wire Theft?

By C. Henry Adams


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Monday Morning, October 22nd 2012, neighbors in the Collier Heights Community of the Kevin Heights Neighborhood woke up to No Phone, No Internet and No way to call 911 yet again!

"Jeezh Man-net-ty!, "What the H- E double L", "Oh Snap", "Really Man, No Freaking Service again!?

These are just some of the nicer ways to paraphrase neighbors who are now completely fed up with the theft of thousands of tiny copper wires that give them access to the World.

Because, I am a small business man looking forward to making it through the rest of the day; I will re-frame from saying what the small business owners or entrepreneurs would likely say.

But here's facts to check and confirm:

1)  Neighbors are said to have lost service around 3:00 am 10/22/2012.

2) Telephone Trunk Link was cut again near the property of 50 Linkwood Road.

3) The Atlanta Police was suppose to be vigilant of the area on Day Watch (7am thru 7pm, which consist of 3 shifts.)

4)  Can  this incident now be considered an act of Domestic Terrorism?

http://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/publications/terrorism-2002-2005

There is no single, universally accepted, definition of terrorism. Terrorism is defined in the Code of Federal Regulations as “the unlawful use of force and violence against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a government, the civilian population, or any segment thereof, in furtherance of political or social objectives” (28 C.F.R. Section 0.85).

Domestic terrorism is the unlawful use, or threatened use, of force or violence by a group or individual based and operating entirely within the United States or Puerto Rico without foreign direction committed against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a government, the civilian population, or any segment thereof in furtherance of political or social objectives.

The FBI Divides Terrorist-Related Activities into Two Categories:

• A terrorist incident is a violent act or an act dangerous to human life, in violation of the criminal laws of the United States, or of any state, to intimidate or coerce a government, the civilian population, or any segment thereof, in furtherance of political or social objectives.

5) The GBI or even perhaps the FBI should look into this investigation.

6) A person in the underlying area who has the Analog Phone service affected by this outage can not dial 911.  Therefore, this is a serious event that has occurred more than once.


I'm going to stop here and pray for a blessing to get out of this epedemic of wire theft.  It's going to stop, but just like the economy... it will take the Amercian People-  specifically those in Atlanta , as well as, Small Business to make that a reality.  Just my thoughts.  What are yours?


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