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East Atlanta's colorful crime-fighters
Johnny "Hollywood" Kastelic, owner of 13 Roses an East Atlanta tattoo parlor, puts together a pink plastic flamingo behind Joe's Coffee in East Atlanta Wednesday, Feb 17, 2009. Kastelic organized the Flamingo Protest after a rash of break ins in the community to send a message to Mayor Shirley Franklin and Chief of Police Richard J. Pennington about their "birdbrained" ways.
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Johnny "Hollywood" Kastelic, owner of 13 Roses an East Atlanta tattoo parlor, puts together a pink plastic flamingo behind Joe's Coffee in East Atlanta. Kastelic organized the Flamingo Protest after a rash of break-ins in the community to send a message to Mayor Shirley Franklin and Chief of Police Richard Pennington about their "birdbrained" ways. According to Kastelic, "they are in denial about [the crime]."
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