A bunch of youthful thieves apparently stole the car of an Atlanta mayoral candidate who voted to cut millions of dollars from the local police department's budget.

City Council Member Antonio Brown had just gotten out of his white Mercedes coupe in northwest Atlanta's Dixie Hills neighbourhood to speak with fellow community leader Ben Norman when he noticed four or five children, the youngest of whom was just 6 or 7 years old, according to WAGA-TV.

The kids were roaming around a store and were inside Brown's car in seconds, he claimed.