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With national news outlets positioned outside the Fulton County Courthouse in anticipation of District Attorney Fani Willis issuing grand jury indictments against Donald Trump on Monday, a crowd gathered in the afternoon before the charges were announced and began to chant, “Donald Trump, Andre Dickens, I don’t know the f—ing difference.” Read more
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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. Read more
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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… Read more
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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… Read more
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By: Nolan Huber-Rhoades On the evening of July 11, deputies from the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office (FCSO) found teenaged Noni Battiste-Kosoko dead behind the bars of a cell in the Atlanta City Detention Center (ACDC). A representative from the Southern Center for Human Rights (SCHR) said that Battiste-Kosoko was a vibrant young woman who… Read more
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This afternoon, DeKalb District Attorney (DA) Sherry Boston announced that after a formal review of the evidence, her office is withdrawing from the prosecution of 42 cases against individuals opposed to the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center, more commonly known as Cop City, a $90 million training center being built by the Atlanta Police Foundation… Read more
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Disclaimer: This article describes actions taken to create an un-authorized strike and neither endorses nor opposes these actions. ACPC supports the right to organize and labor in general in all the myriad ways the struggle for labor rights may express itself. On May 2, Broadway actor and screenwriter Kim Steele, stood in front of the Turner Broadcast… Read more
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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. Read more
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Marlon Kautz, Adele Maclean and Savannah Patterson were booked at DeKalb County Jail and charged with one count each of money laundering and charity fraud. A representative from the Solidarity Fund said Maclean was taken to Grady Hospital for a pre-existing spinal condition before being transported to DeKalb County Jail. Read more
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As a proposed funding ordinance for the initial construction plans of the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center, better known as Cop City, works its way through Atlanta City Council, new information suggests the ordinance could come with a total price tag of $51 million in public funds, instead of the $30 million that city officials… Read more
