Following city council\’s vote to authorize a lease agreement of 381 acres of forest to Atlanta Police Foundation, demonstrators demand corporate sponsors divest from APF, the foundation be dissolved, and the Cop City lease agreement cancelled This article was originally […]
ATLANTA — Over the past year, racial justice has been at the forefront of newspaper headlines. Countless articles have started with positioning George Floyd’s death as a breaking point for calls for racial justice, the end to police brutality, and
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While the officer’s criminal justice trial remains in limbo, the Atlanta Civil Service Review Board delivered its decision to reinstate Garrett Rolfe to the force where he is placed on administrative leave ATLANTA — On Wed., May 5, the Atlanta
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After newly elected District Attorney attempted to recuse herself from the city’s most difficult cases, state attorney general denies request. Meanwhile, while countless other cases remain open in Fulton County. [This article includes excerpts from the Feb. 4 press conference
How the City of Atlanta has failed to fundamentally address gun violence and police brutality before, during, and after police killings of George Floyd and Rayshard Brooks UPDATE: We have updated the Atlanta police shootings database originally released with this
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ATLANTA — On May 29, 2020, as Atlanta Police Department cars burned, lights flickered in the shattered storefront of the College Football Hall of Fame, and fires raged in at least two Targets, Killer Mike took the mic at Mayor
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Community members in District 2 of Atlanta respond to evolving incidents involving a homeless person of color, revealing the city’s dire need for reformed systems and current leadership’s failure to act ATLANTA — Since July, there have been numerous reports
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ATLANTA — On Mon., Aug. 3, Atlanta City Council considered Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms’ veto of
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My time living on Everhart Street in Atlanta, Ga., from 2014 to 2018 There are two ways I can begin telling this story. Both are unsettling. Either: My home was robbed by my seemingly best friend’s new boyfriend in Decatur,
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A number of City Council members prove themselves to be outdated as meaningful police reform in the breeding ground of the historic civil rights movement still feels out of reach ATLANTA — We’ve been following Atlanta City Council pretty closely
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