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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 …
Protesters ask ‘Mayor Andre Dickens – is this enough Black folks for you?’ in demonstration against $90m training centerKamau Franklin stood in midtown Atlanta on a recent chilly, drizzly night, held a microphone and addressed a crowd that had peaceful…
The FBI returned a 2,700-year-old artifact to the government of Iraq that is believed to have been stolen during the pillaging of the Iraq Museum in Baghdad in 2003.
Move follows violent clash at weekend at proposed construction site of Georgia police training facility in forestAtlanta police on Monday charged 23 people with state domestic terrorism charges, a day after officers detained dozens of people following …
Petition to Fulton county superior court seeks halt to building work while appeal against huge police training center is ruled onRecent mornings at South River Forest, south-east of Atlanta, have begun with workers driving tractors around, clearing pat…