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News Articles: Dekalb County

Dekalb County cold case task force announced at a  March 22, 2023press conference they identified the remains of Rebecca Burke after 30 years using DNA technology.

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DeKalb County identifies woman in 1993 cold case, receives grant for task force

A task force looking into unsolved cases in DeKalb County will use federal funding to identify remains in 27 cases. Now they’re asking for help from the public.

March 22, 2023
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  • Amanda Andrews
A map from the Atlanta Police Foundation website shows the proposed development bordered by Key Road in Southeast Atlanta as displayed on Feb. 1, 2023.

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Fulton judge denies stop-work order on future police training center

Eyes are on DeKalb County's Zoning Board of Appeals after a Fulton County judge made a decision in a lawsuit requesting a stop-work order on the future police safety training center.

February 20, 2023
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By:
  • Amanda Andrews
DeKalb County CEO Michael Thurmond

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Political Rewind: In conversation with DeKalb County CEO Michael Thurmond

Monday on Political Rewind: We begin a series of profiles of leaders from all over Georgia. DeKalb County CEO Michael Thurmond is a public servant who has worked for decades to reform some of the state's most broken institutions.

February 13, 2023
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By:
  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Natalie Mendenhall ,
  • and 1 more
Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens is shown standing behind a podium and speaking into microphones, flanked by police officials.

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Political Rewind: Atlanta mayor, Dekalb CEO tout training center compromise; Okefenokee input opens

Wednesday on Political Rewind: The CEO of DeKalb County and Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens announced yesterday that they had reached a deal that would begin the development of the Atlanta Police Training Center. Plus, community input is open on the proposal to mine in the Okefenokee swamp.

February 01, 2023
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  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Natalie Mendenhall ,
  • and 1 more
Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens at a press conference inside City Hall on Jan. 31, 2023

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Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens announces 'Cop City' compromise as protestors fill City Hall

Tuesday afternoon, Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens and DeKalb County CEO Michael Thurmond announced changes to the planned Atlanta Public Safety Training Center known as "Cop City." They say their compromise will protect the environment, spur local business and serve as a community resource.

 

January 31, 2023
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  • GPB News Staff
Vienna holds a photo of her slain partner, Tortuguita, in Atlanta on Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023. Officials have said officers fatally shot Tortuguita in self-defense after the protester shot a trooper on Wednesday, Jan. 18, but activists argue it was a state-sanctioned murder of a beloved community member who was renowned for having a big heart.

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Protesters: 'Cop City' activist's killing doesn't make sense

Self-proclaimed "forest defenders" in Atlanta are calling for a more thorough investigation into the death of a protester who was killed by authorities after officials said the activist shot a trooper. Friends say they knew 26-year-old Tortuguita, or "Little Turtle," as funny, curious and thoughtful, not the kind of person who would fire a gun on police. But authorities say that's just what Tortuguita did as they tried to clear an 85-acre forested area that's set to be developed as a police and firefighter training facility.

January 30, 2023
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  • Associated Press
Dekalb County District Attorney Sherry Boston announced her office would not handle the investigation into a protester being killed on Jan 18th. The case will go to an independent investigator.

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DeKalb district attorney recuses her office, requests independent investigation into Cop City death

The Dekalb County District Attorney is recusing her office from an investigation involving a shooting that killed a protestor and wounded a member of the state patrol.

January 25, 2023
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  • Amanda Andrews
GBI officer walks through the forest at a police training center site.

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Atlanta journalist discusses his recent reporting on South River Forest activists and 'Cop City'

GPB's Peter Biello speaks with David Peisner, who has been writing about the movement to protect the South River Forest, about Manuel Teran, the 26-year-old activist who was shot and killed by police last week. 

January 23, 2023
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  • Peter Biello
Burned car

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  • Politics

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 ,
  • and 1 more
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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  • Associated Press
Opponents of the $90 million public safety training center erect a flag in the trees of the Weelaunee forest. They have been protesting for months by building platforms in surrounding trees and camping out at the site. 

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5 protesters arrested at Atlanta police training center

A prosecutor says five people arrested on charges including domestic terrorism as authorities tried to remove the protesters from the site of a planned public safety training center will remain in custody without bond.

December 16, 2022
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  • Associated Press
Voters in Bibb County, Ga. wait in line at a polling place on Saturday, Nov. 26, 2022 to cast their ballots in the runoff election for U.S. Senate between incumbent Democratic Se. Raphael Warnock and Republican challenger Herschel Walker.

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Early voting for U.S. Senate runoff sees long lines amid high turnout

Fourteen Georgia counties opened polling places over the weekend Nov. 26 and Nov. 27, with statewide early voting starting Nov. 28 and ending the Friday before the Dec. 6 runoff election for U.S. Senate. 

November 28, 2022
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  • GPB News Staff
Grady Memorial Hospital

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Grady Health System will get $130 million in pandemic relief to help prepare for AMC closure

Grady Health System is expected to take on hundreds of extra patients per day following the closure of Wellstar Atlanta Medical Center on Nov. 1. 

September 15, 2022
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  • Sofi Gratas and
  • Orlando Montoya
A photo of DeKalb County Jail.

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  • Law

DeKalb County Jail infringed on Muslim inmates' religious rights and underfed them, lawsuit alleges

A lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia alleges DeKalb County Jail infringed on the religious rights of Muslims inmates and underfed them during Ramadan.

April 29, 2022
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  • Sam Bermas-Dawes
Students at Druid Hills High School explain the problems with their campus and the impact to their ability to learn.

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Major remake of Georgia school nixed after students filmed disrepair

Despite a student-produced video showing gaping holes in ceilings, crumbling bathrooms and signs warning of possible electrical shock around utilities, a metro Atlanta school board has decided not to put Druid Hills High School in line for a major modernization project.

April 20, 2022
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  • Associated Press
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