Incumbent Commissioner Nicole Massiah faces a rematch with Jakequeline Walls and Tommy Travis from the November 2024 special election. But a new challenger has emerged in Rev. Keyanna Jones, a renowned Stop Cop City activist who might pose the greatest threat to Massiah’s reelection.
Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr announced Thursday that a Cobb County grand jury indicted three people for their alleged actions during a 2022 Stop Cop City protest outside the Brasfield and Gorrie headquarters in Smyrna.
Everyone has the right to protest. That includes kids.
Attorney General Chris Carr appealed Fulton County Superior Court Judge Kevin A. Farmer’s dismissal of racketeering charges against 61 people. The Georgia Court of Appeals accepted the application on Wednesday, despite process challenges from the defense.
In Fulton County, a judge dismissed the 61-person Cop City racketeering charge while also ruling that domestic terrorism charges could move forward. On the same day, an activist filed a motion to dismiss her domestic terrorism charge in DeKalb County.
Allies of local nonprofit leader Rohit Malhotra accused Marci Overstreet campaign consultant Fred Hicks of creating an attack website. Tension between the candidates has only risen since.
At Emory's first senate meeting of new school year, interim president Leah Ward Sears gave non-answers about cutting DEI and firing faculty for Facebook posts.
