Author: Atlanta Community Press Collective
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Hollman family to march on City Hall, demand release of body cam video
The family of Johnny Hollman announced plans to march on Atlanta City Hall from Dean Rusk Park, at noon on Saturday, Sept. 23, to demand the release of footage taken from the body camera worn by the Atlanta Police Department (APD) officer who killed their loved one. The 62-year-old deacon was killed by 23-year-old APD officer…
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Block Cop City group issues call for mass action to stop construction
By: Matt Scott Update: Block Cop City organizers now say the nationwide tour will cover 70 cities. Just days after members of the clergy and other people of faith chained themselves to construction equipment at the proposed Atlanta Public Safety Training Center site, a new group, Block Cop City, announced plans for a mass action on Nov.…
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RICO repercussions: how threats to Stop Cop City implicate reproductive justice
By Nneka Ewulonu RICO charges usually invoke the image of mob bosses and crime aficionados. But in Georgia – where the state RICO law is broader than its federal counterpart – the state recently levied RICO charges against 61 Stop Cop City activists and Atlanta Solidarity Fund organizers. The sprawling 109 page indictment, first made…
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Georgia Attorney General brings RICO indictments against 61 activists
The Georgia Attorney General’s Office filed RICO (racketeering-influenced and corrupt organizations) charges against 61 individuals alleged to be part of the Stop Cop City Movement. The indictment was filed Aug. 29, but went unannounced and unnoticed until the Atlanta Community Press Collective broke the story on X, the platform previously known as Twitter, Tuesday morning.
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Not having a ball: inspector general investigates Dickens’ event expenses
By: Matt Scott A $124,566.90 invoice from the Hyatt Regency Atlanta with note instructing that the funds should be paid as a “professional courtesy” sparked an investigation into Mayor Andre Dickens’ 2022 Senior Citizen Ball that found violations in city policies regarding hotels, purchases, and the use of public funds for private benefit. The investigation…
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Referendum coalition says city will use voter suppression technique
By: Matt Scott Update: City Council Office of Communications issued a press release Monday afternoon confirmed the city plans to manually verify each signature and other information line-by-line. On Monday, the Stop Cop City Coalition announced it had collected 104,000 signatures on a referendum petition that would allow Atlanta voters to decide whether to overturn…
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Not just Cop City, referendum team threatens the Atlanta Way
On Monday, the Stop Cop City Vote Coalition is set to turn in over 100,000 signatures on the petition to put add a November ballot question asking voters to decide whether to overturn the 2021 ordinance authorizing the lease of 381 acres in the South River Forest to the Atlanta Police Foundation for the construction…
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Police accident investigation escalates suddenly, leaving man dead
Friday morning, 62 year old Johnny Hollman was pronounced dead at Grady Hospital. Earlier that night, Hillman was tased by an APD officer investigating a routine traffic accident. Police radio traffic shows the interaction suddenly escalating to violence.
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Charlotte officer sued for defamatory statements to DeKalb prosecutors
By: Matt Scott CHARLOTTE N.C. — At a press conference in front of Mecklenburg County Courthouse in Charlotte, N.C., Tim Emry and Xavier T. de Janon, attorneys for activist Jamie Marsicano, announced a complaint for damages lawsuit against Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department (CMPD) Major Brad Koch for his alleged improper handling of Marsicano’s expunged arrest…
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Retired sergeant making bank, earning $71K of overtime in seven months
A 70-year-old, retired police sergeant brought in $71,629 of overtime pay in the first 200 days of the year on an annual base salary of $80,131. The Atlanta Community Press Collective obtained Atlanta Police Department (APD) pay data in response to a community member’s open records request for salaries and demographic information for all APD’s…