Hopefully it was not Aretha Franklin who invited anti-Semitic, anti-American dregs to her ceremony, but even being friends with Farrakhan is disturbing. 

Despite demands made by a group affiliated with the Black Lives Matter movement to stop the Atlanta Police Department to train with the Israeli police, Mayor of Atlanta Kasim Reed refused, saying US police officers benefit greatly from Israel's counter-terrorism expertise.

Despite demands by a group affiliated with the Black Lives Matter movement to stop allowing the Atlanta Police Department to train with Israeli police, Mayor of Atlanta Kasim Reed refused, saying US police officers benefit greatly from Israel's counter-terrorism expertise.