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News Articles: Atlanta Police Deparment

Attorney Ben Crump discusses the conditions that 35-year-old Lashawn Thompson endured before his death in a Fulton County jail's psychiatric wing.

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Autopsy finds 'severe neglect' to blame for man's death in bedbug-infested jail cell

An independent autopsy released by lawyers for the family of a man who died in a bedbug-infested cell in a Georgia jail's psychiatric wing says that he "died due to severe neglect." Lashawn Thompson died in September, three months after he was booked into the Fulton County Jail in Atlanta.

May 22, 2023
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Hundreds of people lined up at City Hall to sign up to speak out against the police training center at a city council meeting May 15, 2023.

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Political Rewind: The latest on 'Cop City' protests; Trump vs. Kemp in Columbus; MTG takes on Biden

Friday on Political Rewind: Former President Donald Trump's presence at the state GOP convention highlights the rift between Gov. Brian Kemp's supporters and MAGA Republicans. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene launched a campaign to impeach President Biden and other administration officials. Also: the latest on "Cop City" protests.

May 19, 2023
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  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Natalie Mendenhall ,
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Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis speaks during an interview at her office, Feb. 24, 2021, in Atlanta. The prosecutor who's investigating whether Donald Trump and others broke the law by trying to pressure Georgia officials to overturn Joe Biden's presidential election victory is asking the FBI for security help after the former president railed against prosecutors investigating him.

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Political Rewind: Fulton judge extends deadline for DA; GA K-12 panel could soon erase ‘woke’ words

Tuesday on Political Rewind: Lawyers for the former chair of the Coffee County GOP filed a motion claiming the Fulton County investigation violated her rights. Plus, Atlanta Democrats want the DOJ to investigate the death of Manuel Teran. 

May 02, 2023
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  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Natalie Mendenhall ,
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Interim Atlanta Police Chief Rodney Bryant speaks to the Associated Press, June 18, 2020, in Atlanta. Bryant retired as Atlanta's police chief in June 2022. On Friday, April 14, 2023, and Saturday, April 15, Black police chiefs, commissioners, sheriffs and commanders from across the country are set to meet in Detroit for the annual CEO symposium of the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives.

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Black chiefs to meet amid debate on benefit of cop diversity

Black police chiefs, commissioners, sheriffs and commanders from across the country are set to meet this weekend in Detroit for the annual CEO symposium of the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives.

April 13, 2023
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A tent is set up at the entrance to the South River Forest in DeKalb County, Ga., near the site of a planned police training center on March 9, 2023. Activists have been protesting the center's planned construction for more than a year, derisively calling it "Cop City."

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Muddy clothes? 'Cop City' activists question police evidence

Civil liberties groups and defense attorneys are outraged at the domestic terrorism charges that have been levied against 23 people who were arrested after a masked group attacked an Atlanta-area police training center construction site. Critics have accused officials of levying disproportionate charges to scare off others from joining the "Stop Cop City" movement.

March 23, 2023
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  • Associated Press
Georgia House Speaker Jon Burns (R - Newington) speaks at the Georgia State Capitol on March 6, 2023 (GPB News / Sarah Kallis)

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Political Rewind: What's still standing after Crossover Day; Dozens charged with domestic terror

Tuesday on Political Rewind: We now know the winners and losers from Crossover Day. Sports betting falls short, but our panel breaks down what remains.
Some two dozen people were charged with domestic terrorism in response to violence at the planned police training facility. 

March 07, 2023
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  • Bill Nigut and
  • Chase McGee
Reverend Leo Seyij Allen speaks at a rally of clergy demanding the Atlanta City Council stop construction on the public safety training center and drop charges against protesters.

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23 charged with domestic terrorism at site of proposed training facility; faith leaders weigh in

Police arrested over 30 people Sunday and charged 23 with domestic terrorism after protestors at the proposed police training facility southeast of downtown Atlanta set fire to vehicles including a police car and construction equipment. ​Several Atlanta faith leaders gathered Monday afternoon at City Hall demanding the city stop construction of the new public safety training center.

March 07, 2023
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  • Amanda Andrews
This image provided by the Atlanta Police Department shows construction equipment set on fire Saturday, March 4, 2023 by a group protesting the planned public safety training center, according to police.

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23 charged with terrorism in Atlanta 'Cop City' protest

More than 20 people from around the country face domestic terrorism charges after dozens of young men in black masks attacked the site of a police training center under construction in a wooded area outside Atlanta that has become the flashpoint of conflict between authorities and left-leaning protesters.

March 06, 2023
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  • Associated Press
Burned car

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Political Rewind: Protests surrounding 'Cop City' turn violent; 50th anniversary of Roe v. Wade

Monday on Political Rewind: There's been a dramatic escalation of violence between law enforcement and opponents of the planned Atlanta Police and Fire Training Center. Meanwhile, pro-choice activists protested on the 50th anniversary of the now-defunct Roe v. Wade decision.

January 23, 2023
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  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Natalie Mendenhall ,
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News reporters question law enforcement.

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Man killed, trooper shot while 'Cop City' protesters cleared

Authorities say a Georgia state trooper was shot and injured and another man was killed in an exchange of gunfire Wednesday morning just outside Atlanta. The shooting occurred as officers tried to clear protesters from the site of a planned public safety training center that protesters have called "Cop City."

January 18, 2023
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Atlanta mayor, police under pressure after four teens die by gun violence

Fatal shootings near Atlantic Station Nov. 26 and at an Atlanta apartment complex Dec. 17 killed four teens and injured others. Mayor Andre Dickens and the Atlanta Police Department are calling the trend "unacceptable" after public outrage and a student protest.

December 19, 2022
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  • GPB News Staff
Record producer Chaka Zulu looks through material on Sept. 2, 2008, in Atlanta. Zulu, who manages rap star and actor Ludacris, faces a murder charge in Atlanta in connection with a June shooting. Police reports show that Chaka Zulu, whose legal name is Ahmed Obafemi, turned himself in to face charges Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022.

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Hurt in June shooting, Ludacris' manager faces murder charge

The manager for the rapper Ludacris faces a murder charge in Atlanta in connection with a June shooting. Police reports show that Chaka Zulu, whose legal name is Ahmed Obafemi, turned himself in to face charges Tuesday.

September 20, 2022
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An official walks out of an area where a shooting occurred, Monday, Aug. 22, 2022, at a condominium in Atlanta.

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Woman accused in Atlanta shootings had ties to victims

Authorities say the woman accused of killing two people and wounding a third in Atlanta had ties to the condominium building and office where the shootings took place. Kengne was denied bail Tuesday and remains jailed.

August 24, 2022
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Civil rights attorney L. Chris Stewart joined other prominent Atlanta-area attorneys and victim's families in demanding reforms from Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms and the city of Atlanta regarding police conduct.

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Atlanta Civil Rights Attorneys Unite To Criticize City's Handling Of Police Brutality

In a show of solidarity, several of Atlanta's prominent civil rights attorneys united in a joint press conference in front of City Hall on Monday morning to criticize what they said was a two-faced effort on behalf of Mayor Lance Bottoms and the city attorney's office in the handling of police brutality cases.

October 26, 2020
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  • Sarah Rose
"RIP Rayshard" is spray painted on a sign as as flames engulf a Wendy's restaurant during protests Saturday, June 13, 2020, in Atlanta.

The Aftermath: Wendy’s Burns, Police Chief Resigns, Activists Demand Justice

Residents of Atlanta grappled Sunday with a city roiled by the fatal police shooting of 27-year-old Rayshard Brooks and protests that resulted in the...

June 15, 2020
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  • Wayne Drash
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