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ACPC Staff Report Early Friday afternoon, an individual set themselves on fire outside the Consulate General of Israel in Midtown Atlanta in what appears to be an act of protest against the ongoing, U.S.-backed genocide in Palestine. The Atlanta Police Department (APD) confirmed that a Palestinian flag was recovered from the scene. More than 15,000… Read more
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On Wednesday, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis allowed the release of body camera footage from the police killing of Deacon Johnny Hollman by former Atlanta Police Department (APD) Officer Kiran Kimbrough that took place Aug. 11. Read more
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On Monday, Fulton County District Attorney (DA) Fani Willis is expected to release body camera footage of the police killing of Deacon Johnny Hollman that took place in August, according to the Hollman family’s attorney Mawuli Davis. Read more
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“We are building in a war zone,” Atlanta Police Foundation (APF) Board Member, donor, and attorney Simon Bloom told U.S. District Court Judge Jean-Paul Boulee, during a two-hour hearing Wednesday morning over a civil environmental lawsuit that could halt construction at the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center. A court-ordered halt on construction, “even for one… Read more
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The early years of the APF are deeply tied to one individual: former APD Chief Richard Pennington, who ran the department from 2002 to the end of 2009. During his tenure as police chief, the APF transitioned from a startup non-profit to a well-funded political power player in the city of Atlanta. Read more
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The Atlanta Police Department arrested long-time Atlanta activist Lorraine Fontana for the second time this year on Wednesday, after she and three other elder women blockaded one of the entrances to the construction site of the proposed police training center known by most as Cop City. Read more
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I first learned about the fight to stop cop city this time last year while I was laid up for a month and a half from a bad leg injury. I read online about how the people of Atlanta had made several hours of public comments to the City Council, only to be ignored and… Read more
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Three significant events are on the horizon for a multi-year protest movement against Atlanta’s planned police training center in Unincorporated DeKalb County as 61 individuals charged with racketeering and conspiracy will be arraigned Monday, organizers plan to hold the movement’s first Black led week of protests, and hundreds are expected to join in a mass… Read more
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A Georgia Senate panel investigating the crisis of skyrocketing deaths, overcrowding, and violence inside Fulton County’s pretrial detention system held its first public hearing on Thursday. Senate Republicans announced the special study subcommittee on Fulton’s jails in October after a tenth person died in Sheriff Patrick “Pat” Labat’s custody in just nine months. Read more
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By: Matt Scott This story has been updated to include a response from the City of Atlanta Department of Law, which was not initially received prior publication. On Oct. 3, WSB-TV ran a story on the arrest of Cop City opponent Matthew Johnson complete with a video package created by the Atlanta Police Department (APD)… Read more
