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Imani Bell holds a basketball while looking upward

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$10M settlement announced in heat death of Georgia student

The parents of a Georgia high school basketball player who collapsed while practicing outdoors in sweltering heat and later died announced that they have agreed to a $10 million settlement with the school district. 

November 29, 2022
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  • Associated Press and
  • Orlando Montoya
This undated file photo provided by the Gwinnett County Sheriff's Department shows Clayton County Sheriff Victor Hill. A federal jury on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022, returned a guilty verdict on six of seven charges Hill, accused of violating the constitutional rights of people in his custody by unnecessarily strapping them into restraint chairs.

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Suspended Georgia sheriff convicted of civil rights abuses

A federal jury has returned a guilty verdict on six of seven charges against a suspended Georgia sheriff accused of violating the constitutional rights of people in his custody by unnecessarily strapping them into restraint chairs.

October 27, 2022
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  • Associated Press
Clayton County Schools

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Georgia schools struggle with how to stop violence at their doors

In a moment where gun violence has reached record highs, educators say they alone can’t keep students safe.

October 19, 2022
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  • Riley Bunch
Clayton County Sheriff Victor Hill

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Sheriff charged with civil rights violations to stand trial

An Atlanta-area sheriff stands accused of punishing detainees by having them strapped into a restraint chair for hours even though they posed no threat and obeyed instructions. Now it will be up to a jury to decide whether Clayton County Sheriff Victor Hill violated the men's civil rights.

October 12, 2022
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  • Associated Press
Comedian Eric André, right, speaks at a news conference outside the federal courthouse in Atlanta on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022, as his attorneys Allegra Lawrence-Hardy, left, and Richard Deane watch. André and comedian Clayton English filed a lawsuit Tuesday alleging that they were racially profiled and illegally stopped by Clayton County police at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.

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Comedians sue over drug search program at Atlanta airport

Comedians Eric André and Clayton English are challenging a police program at the Atlanta airport they say violates the constitutional rights of airline passengers. They say the program particularly targets Black passengers through racial profiling and coercive searches.

October 11, 2022
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  • Associated Press
Monteria Robinson, standing before microphones assembled by local media outside of the Clayton County Police Department, is accompanied Aug. 4, 2022, by supporters of her son, Jamarion Robinson, who was killed by police in 2016.

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Victim's mother, family want answers from Clayton County PD on hiring of indicted officer

The mother of a man shot more than 100 times is calling for the firing of one of the law enforcement officers that was involved in her son’s death. 

August 05, 2022
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  • Donnell Suggs
An Atlanta home from which people were removed

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Georgia Today: One metro Atlanta landlord filed more evictions during the moratorium than any other

An investigation finds one apartment complex in Clayton County has filed more evictions against tenants than any other landlord across metro Atlanta — including during the federal government's pandemic eviction ban that was designed to keep people in their homes and stem the spread of COVID-19.

January 21, 2022
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  • Steve Fennessy and
  • Jess Mador
Imani Bell's father (in purple) stands with his attorneys, reacting to news of criminal charges against two high school basketball coaches involved in the heat-related death of the 16-year-old in August 2019.

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Family Reacts to New Criminal Charges Against Coaches In Girl's 2019 Heat-Related Death

Two Clayton County high school basketball coaches have been indicted on criminal charges of second degree murder, second degree child cruelty, involuntary manslaughter, and reckless conduct.

August 11, 2021
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  • Amanda Andrews
Preschool girls at a desk, looking at a notebook

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Georgia Needs Universal Preschool To Stay Competitive, Education And Policy Experts Say

The lottery-funded Georgia Pre-K program simply is not enough to fill the gap in funding. That’s what Clayton County Schools Superintendent Dr. Morcease Beasley said during a recent hearing on early childhood education hosted by the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute.  

July 30, 2021
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  • Ellen Eldridge
Robin Kemp

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Georgia Today: What One Reporter Saw As Clayton County Flipped Georgia For Biden

More than a week after the presidential election, Georgia is headed for an election audit including a hand recount prompted in part by allegations of election fraud — despite no evidence. How did we get here? On Georgia Today, Clayton Crescent founder Robin Kemp shares what she saw in the days after the election as the votes that put Joe Biden over the top in Georgia were counted.

November 13, 2020
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  • Steve Fennessy and
  • Pria Mahadevan
Roderick Walker attends a press conference on Friday, Sept. 18, 2020 in Atlanta.

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'I Feared For My Life:' Man Beaten By Clayton County Deputies Speaks

Roderick Walker, 26, addresses the media Friday after posting bond in Fulton County. Walker was filmed being beaten by Clayton County deputies during his arrest.

September 18, 2020
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  • La'Raven Taylor
Roderick Walker, 26, has been moved to Fulton County Jail for pre-existing charges prior to Clayton County incident filmed on camera.

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Man Beaten By Clayton County Sheriff's Deputies Moved To Fulton County Jail

Roderick Walker, 26, has been moved to Fulton County Jail for pre-existing charges prior to Clayton County incident filmed on camera.

September 15, 2020
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  • La'Raven Taylor

Officer Points Gun At Black Teens In Video; Police Explain

A video showing a police officer in Georgia pointing a gun at group of teenagers has gone viral, while residents voice their disdain for the officer’s...

June 17, 2020
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  • Associated Press
Clayton County Sheriff Victor Hill (pictured left) is being sued by the SCHR and ACLU of Georgia for not disclosing documents about COVID-19 in the county jail.

ACLU, Southern Center File Lawsuit Against Clayton County Sheriff For Lack Of COVID-19 Transparency

The Southern Center for Human Rights and the American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia filed a lawsuit against Clayton County Sheriff Victor Hill...

May 28, 2020
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  • Ben Abrams

Clayton County Named One Of Top 25 U.S. Counties For Potential Measles Outbreak

As health officials across the country continue to fight a growing measles outbreak, Clayton County is among the places that the disease might spread...

May 10, 2019
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  • Taylor Gantt
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