Notify police whenever you have a "party" where 10 people come to your house? If that is your choice, feel free. Heck, invite them in and allow them to search you and your house for contraband while you are at it.

Make this "party notification" a state law or city ordinance? What a stupid - and unconstitutional - idea.

Think about it: You are sitting down to Thanksgiving Dinner with your wife, three grown children & their spouses, and your six grandchildren. As you carve the turkey the cops start banging on your door to cite you for your misdemeanor violation of the Tillman Act: You did not notify the police that you were having a "party" and your neighbor, fearing the three extra cars in your driveway, called the cops.

Sounds like a win-win for the lawyers. See you in court.

Douglasville Police Chief Womack said on the Rob Johnson radio program on 640 AM that "at this point we want notification to be voluntary."

Uh-oh, sounds like mission-creep to me. Is the next point to make it a mandatory law?

You bet it is. Get ready to be tased, just like Reverend Freeman. How do ya' think they're gonna fill up the new Douglas County Jail? Now ya' know.

I fully understand the underlying basis for asking the City to pass a resolution in reaction to this most tragic event. In fact, I can't understand how teenagers could be and were so brutal in our own county, but they were.

No one so far has mentioned that there is a passage in our Constitution that deals with Lawful Assembly. Well unfortunately, this situation turned into anything but a lawful assembly and that presents the conundrum. Yes, when my family comes together for Thankgiving or Christmas it is a get together, but we could also call it a party.

In today's political world, there is a considerable part of the politically involved that would support more local control of how we live life in our community. It's usually more of a conservative talking point than a progressive point. More local control of education. More local control of how we spend available Federal grant programs. The message seems to be, “get the Federal Government out of our life and let the local government make the rules”. Well, they just did!

We all need to remember though that we are given rights of Lawful Assembly.

There is no disrespect intended in my comments, but Bobby Tillman did not die because he was at a party with more than 10 people. He died because there were thugs at the party.

I feel the same as LeeR, it is most disturbing to realize we have such brutal people in our community.

The laws are in place against the violence such as what took Bobby Tillman's life. More resolutions, ordinances, or laws will not change the hearts of the thugs that choose to behave as animals.

I feel that once again, we are endorsing a Nanny State. Can you imagine a 6 year old's birthday party being reported to the police? What about a bar-b-q at the Fire Department? Maybe a Swim Party at Boundry Water Park? Or perhaps a Church Christmas Party? This is going overboard. Let's remember that every citizen has the right to contact the police department if they are going to have a function which they think could get out of control. By putting this on the books as a law at a later date, wastes the time of our legislators, adds another law on the books that will not be inforced, etc. I guess if I have a party of nine people, that it is impossible for a teenager to get killed? I totally feel sorry for the family that lost their teen last year, but even if the police were notified that there would be a party, they (the police) would not be in attendance, and the loss of life could and probably would have still occurred.

In stead of making a new law (voluntary at this time), why don't we enforce the current laws. If we want to keep our teens totally safe, put them in a harm proof bubble, don't allow them to drive or be out of your sight, home school them, child proof their environment, etc., etc., etc.. This is as ridiculous as making a law to notify the police. Aren't they already patrolling our community? Aren't we paying for 911 service? Aren't the police already prepared to respond? Here is another dumb solution - Party Security Guards.

I suppport the decison, presevation of the community and help the police in their efforts to keep us safe. They do their best and we should all do what we can to stand in support.

I support this as a resolution, but not as a future law. When we start dictating that people notify police when a large group of people get together for a party or perhaps another event, then we will tie up the Police department, cause more law enforcement personnel to be hired, needing more cars, utilizing more gas, paying more retirements, when it is the responsibility of the individual hosting such an event to take responsibility. When someone drinks to much at a bar, we hold the bartender responsible. When three friends who are hanging out together decide to jump and rob or possibly kill some other person, will we now have to notify police if we are walking in groups of three? Nothing would have stopped the tradgedy which caused this topic to arise. There were enough people there who could have stopped this, but did nothing. Once the police drive by, and are out of sight, this individual could still have been killed. If you aren't already looking out for your fellow man, then you are the problem, not the solution.

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I support this resolution in the sense that it may save another teenagers life but it seems that many are against it. The law is for the lawless. I really do not think it should become a law because we already have laws in place to deal with thugs however, the real reasons why Bobby Tillman died is because no one tried to step in and help him they just stood by and watched the life get beaten, punched, stomped and kicked out of Bobby Tillman. He was human being, a child of God, and he did not have to die did he? Just think about it! four thugs and sixty plus uninvited people at a party surely the fight could have been stopped. As a community we choose not to care or get involved because we do not want to get hurt (but ask yourself this question what if that was my son or daughter) what would you do?? In addition, what about the mother of the girl who hosted this party in her home when she saw ten plus, twenty plus, or fifty plus uninvited teens in her yard why didn’t she ask them to leave? She is responsible for Bobby's death, as well, this resolution cannot teach people how to show compassion or how to be a better and responsible parents or a society that only comes from a relationship with God.