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City council vote 11-4 to move ahead with police and firefighter training center despite significant pushbackThe Atlanta city council early on Tuesday approved funding for the construction of a proposed police and firefighter training center, rejecting…
City council to vote on giving taxpayer money to controversial project as state characterizes opposition as work of ‘terrorists’Pressure is growing on Atlanta politicians to vote against giving $31m to a police and fire department training center known…
Police captured the alleged gunman, identified as 24-year-old man, and say all five people shot in hospital building were womenPolice have captured the suspect in a shooting at a medical building in midtown Atlanta that killed one person and injured fo…
Panel established in response to George Floyd killing will visit Washington DC, Atlanta, LA, Chicago, Minneapolis and New YorkA team of United Nations experts has arrived in the US on a tour that will focus on racial justice, law enforcement and polici…
Rasheeda Williams, who performed as Koko Da Doll, killed in third fatal shooting of trans woman in the city this yearRasheeda Williams, an Atlanta-based transgender woman who features in a forthcoming documentary that highlights the stories of four Bla…
Family of Lashawn Thompson call for criminal investigation after his death in custody in filthy jail cellAn Atlanta man died in a local jail after being eaten alive by bed bugs, alleges a lawyer representing the man’s family.The family of Lashawn Thomp…
Poll shows Atlanta divided on racial lines over planned police and fire department training centerNearly two years into protests against a controversial $90m police and fire department training center in Georgia known as “Cop City”, recent weeks saw th…
Manuel Paez Terán’s family say incident reports reveal that Georgia officials ‘planned and led the operation’ that resulted in the activist’s deathA police officer fired rounds from a pepperball gun into Manuel Paez Terán’s closed tent before an exchan…
Exclusive: Roark Capital and Silver Lake Management showed to have a web of connections to the Atlanta police foundationA new investigation has uncovered connections between private equity firms and the contentious development of a sprawling police and…
Manuel Paez Terán’s family release results of independent autopsy after protester fatally shot by Georgia law enforcementAn environmental activist who was fatally shot in a confrontation with Georgia law enforcement in January was sitting cross-legged …