Charles Rambo wants to be the next Fulton County Sheriff

Photo by Kerri Phox/The Atlanta Voice A candidate for Fulton County Sheriff didn’t always want to be involved in law enforcement. Charles Rambo grew up in Gary, Indiana, and if you know Gary, you know that during the 60’s, 70’s, and 80’s, the city was dangerous. Police included.& “I was not intending to join law enforcement,” said Rambo, who visited The Atlanta Voice offices earlier this week. Rambo enlisted in the United States Air Force following high school graduation in 1986. After eight years in the service, he began following his dream of becoming a mortician. “I wanted to attend mortuary school. I had no plans and no desire to move to Atlanta.” Rambo may have begun his career pursuit at the Powell Coleman Funeral Home in Gary, where he worked from the age of 12 until he left town for the military, but Atlanta was where he would live for the entirety of his adult life and professional career. Rambo worked at the Murray Brothers Funeral Home, one of the city’s oldest and most connected Black-owned businesses in Atlanta. There he would rub elbows with city elites, including many who would steer him toward a career in law enforcement....