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Video: Hollman family calls for protest after police kill 62-year-old
By Nolan Huber-Rhoades Linked by a common cause, the grieving family of Johnny Hollman and community organizers against the proposed Atlanta Public Safety Training Center called for a protest on Thursday after Atlanta Police Department (APD) Officer Kiran Kimbrough killed 62-year-old Hollman during a routine traffic accident investigation around midnight on the morning of Aug. 11.
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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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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…
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Stop Cop City activists launch referendum campaign to cancel lease
A day after the City Council voted to approve a $67 million funding package for the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center, activists launched a referendum campaign to put the training center’s future on the ballot in November.
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Atlanta now to pay $33.5m for Cop City, Council vote likely needed
New emails between the mayor’s office and the Atlanta Police Foundation (APF) show that Cop City costs to the city increased to $33.5 million and indicate that City Council legislation will be required to approve the funding. On March 2, APF Vice President of Finance Alecia Grimes emailed an updated Cop City funding schedule to…
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Legal Memo Set Mayor Dickens as Straightest Path to Terminate Cop City Lease
On March 23, Atlanta lawyer Alex Joseph released an updated memorandum challenging the legality of the ground lease agreement between the Atlanta Police Department (APD) and the City of Atlanta. On Sept. 8, 2021, the Atlanta City Council authorized the lease, which permitted 381 forested acres of land to the Atlanta Police Foundation (APF) for the construction of a $90…
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APF Seeks to Reassure Board and Funders Cop City Construction Will Not Slow
New emails show the Atlanta Police Foundation (APF) views Mayor Andre Dickens’ proposed South River Forest and Public Safety Training Center Community Task Force as a continuation of the Community Stakeholder Advisory Committee rubber stamp approach and reaffirms that corporate interests are driving the Cop City project, which the Foundation believes will open by late…
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Trans Rights Under Threat with SB140 Up for Final Vote Today
On March 16, the Georgia House passed an amended version SB140, a bill with potentially disastrous consequences for LGBTQ+ youth. The Georgia Senate, where the bill originated, is expected to vote on the amended version of the bill Tuesday. SB140 prohibits licensed healthcare facilities from performing procedures such as hormone-replacement therapy and gender-transition surgeries for minors with…
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“We are not in the least afraid of ruins”: Food Autonomy in the Weelaunee Forest
On Friday March 10th, the first annual Weelaunee Food Autonomy Festival began in the Weelaunee (South River) Forest. The festival was a practical experiment in food production and distribution outside of, and against, the forms of state and market control that dominate industrial agriculture. Attendees came from all over the continent for the four-day event,…
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One Rabbi’s Purim in the Forest
By Nate DeGroot The Atlanta Community Press Collective received this submission from Nate DeGroot, a rabbi and Associate Director of The Shalom Center. Rabbi DeGroot recounts his experience of the police raid on the South River Music Festival on Sunday, March 5th, as well as the celebration of the Jewish holiday, Purim, in the Weelaunee…