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Attorney Ben Crump speaks at a news conference regarding the death of Brianna Grier on Friday, July 29, 2022, in Decatur, Ga. Grier was a 28-year-old Georgia woman who died after she fell from a moving patrol car following her arrest in July. Her family is demanding answers about her death from state and local authorities.

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Family of woman who fell from patrol car demands answers

The parents of a 28-year-old Georgia woman who died after she fell from a moving patrol car following her arrest fought back tears Friday as they demanded answers in their daughter's death. Brianna Grier suffered significant injuries July 15 and died from those injuries on July 21 at an Atlanta hospital.

August 02, 2022
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  • Associated Press
Four Savannah Police Department squad cars are parked in front of one another on a brick road.

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Spate of officer-involved shootings in Savannah prompts internal review

The number of civilians killed in officer-involved shootings in 2022 has already risen to last year's total.

April 14, 2022
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By:
  • Benjamin Payne
Lawyers for father and son, Gregory and Travis McMichael, asked for a judge to grant bond for the pair, saying the elder McMichael was not motivated by race and that the younger man, never gets into trouble. But Judge Timothy Walmsley on Friday denied their requests.

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Father And Son Charged With Murder In Ahmaud Arbery Killing Are Denied Bond

"I'm relieved they'll stay behind bars," Arbery's mother said. She had asked a judge to keep the pair in jail, saying "Ahmaud wasn't allowed to go home. Ahmaud wasn't even allowed the chance to live."

November 14, 2020
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By:
  • Vanessa Romo
State Rep. Al Williams, D-Midway, and other state lawmakers met at the Glynn County Courthouse in May to announce their plans to push for a hate crimes bill and other measures, including repealing citizens arrest.

Citizen's Arrest Law Historically A Tool Of Lynchings

As Georgia’s legislative session resumes, some state lawmakers want to repeal the state’s citizen's arrest law. It has come under scrutiny following the...

June 16, 2020
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  • Emily Jones
The Rising Daughter Baptist Church in Spring Bluff, Georgia was the site of a double murder in 1985. New details on the case, thanks in part to reporting done by AJC reporter Joshua Sharpe, led to the GBI reopening the case earlier this month.

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'Atlanta Journal-Constitution' Reporter Reveals An 'Imperfect Alibi' In Georgia Murder Case

On Mar. 11, 1985, Harold and Thelma Swain were shot in the vestibule of a Baptist church in rural southeast Georgia during evening Bible study....

May 29, 2020
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  • Virginia Prescott ,
  • Pria Mahadevan ,
  • and 1 more
Kimberly Arbery, Ahmaud Arbery's aunt, was overcome with emotion addressing the crowd at a rally Friday.

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Ahmaud Arbery Family, Local Leaders Call For Brunswick DA To Resign

A huge crowd rallied in Brunswick Friday to celebrate the arrests made in the February shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery, and to call for further action.

May 08, 2020
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  • Emily Jones
Travis (left) and Gregory McMichael have been arrested on murder and aggravated assault charges for the death of Ahmaud Arbery.

GBI: 'Sufficient Probable Cause' Led To Arrest Of 2 Men In Arbery Killing

The head of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said in a Friday briefing that after two days of investigating the two-month-old shooting death of...

May 08, 2020
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler
Ahmaud Arbery (left) with his mother, Wanda Cooper Jones.

NAACP, Arbery's Mother Call For Ouster Of DA After Shooting

The family of an unarmed black man who was shot and killed near Brunswick in February is calling for the resignation of the local district attorney. A...

May 07, 2020
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  • Emily Jones
Protesters gathered Tuesday evening to demand answers and action on the February shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery.

UPDATE: GBI To Investigate Shooting Of Unarmed Black Man

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation said Tuesday evening that District Attorney Tom Durden has formally requested that the agency investigate the...

May 06, 2020
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  • Emily Jones
According to the 2012 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), approximately 1.2 million people reported using methamphetamine in the past year.

Drug Enforcement Administration: Meth Is 'No. 1 Threat' In Atlanta

Last month, investigators in Atlanta recovered about 500 pounds of methamphetamine hidden inside Disney figurines. That's worth about $2 million. Drug...

May 02, 2018
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By:
  • La'Raven Taylor and
  • Adam Ragusea

88.5 GPB-Atlanta Midday News For Friday February 2, 2018

DOE Secretary Rick Perry Visits Savannah River Site Nuclear Facility Adoption Revamp Bill Moves Forward GBI Makes Arrest In 20-Year-Old Murder Case

February 02, 2018
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By:
  • Drew Dawson

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