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Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Takes Immediate Action Upon Receiving Use of Force Advisory Council’s 14-day Recommendations Atlanta — Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms received the Use of Force Advisory Council’s 14-day recommendations as mandated in Administrative Order 2020-18. The Advisory Council provided
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Atlanta City Council Legislative Items for Monday, Nov. 16 | Atlanta Daily World
On the Agenda: Atlanta City Council Significant Legislative Items for Monday, Nov. 16 ATLANTA — The Atlanta City Council will consider legislation during Monday’s remote meeting to urge the Georgia General Assembly to amend state law to allow vehicles to be temporarily seized when used in
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Rayshard Brooks’ Death Sparks Atlanta Mayor To Announce New Rules For Police
Rayshard Brooks’ death at the hands of Atlanta police on Friday night (June 12) further ignited the city’s protests against racism and police brutality over the
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Bridging the Gap campaign to host free food distribution
The Office of the City Solicitor in Partnership with Maximum Impact, the Atlanta Police Department and the Atlanta Fire and Rescue Department host a free food distribution and mask Giveaway. … Continued
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Bernell Trammell Supported Black Lives Matter and Trump. Police are Looking for His Killer – Free Press of Jacksonville
Bernell Trammell, a local personality of Milwaukee’s Riverwest neighborhood who was known for his political activism and religious proselytizing, was shot and killed in broad daylight.  Trammell, a vocal Rastafarian sometimes nicknamed “Ras,” was best
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An Anti-Racist Advocate Is In Critical Condition After She Was Shot In London : NPR
Sasha Johnson, who played a leading role in Black Lives Matter protests last year, was shot in the head on Sunday, her party said. Police and a friend said it did not appear to be a targeted attack.
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Officers Charged In Rayshard Brooks' Death Turn Themselves In
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'It's Not a Coincidence': Atlanta Looks to Turn Page on Bloodiest Year In Decades As Violent Crime Rose In Cities Across America In 2020
Atlanta is coming off one of its bloodiest years in nearly a quarter century. Violent crime soared as a fiery summer of unrest roiled nationwide. Amid
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Chamisa appoints acting MDC Alliance president
BY DESMOND CHINGARANDE MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa, who lost his mother last week after a short illness, has appointed one of his deputies Welshman Ncube as the party’s acting president with immediate effect. Chamisa’s spokesperson Nkululeko Sibanda confirmed the development yesterday. “The
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The Cop Who Fatally Shot Rayshard Brooks Now Has His Job Back - Blavity
The officer who fatally shot 27-year-old Rayshard Brooks has been reinstated by the city board in Atlanta.
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Carl Seldon, PGA Life Member Passes Away – Dallas Post Tribune
SELDON, Carl C. was very active in the H. M. Turner High Alumni Assoc., Inc. serving as co-Team Captain of his Class (1958) and as a Life Member. He passed away on July 1, 2020. Carl, a dedicated Turner and CAU alumni, was a stellar athlete at these institutions. As captain of the Golf Team […]
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Ex-Cop Says Atlanta Police Worked With Land Developers to Arrest and Evict Black Residents
A white Atlanta police officer says he quit his job after finding out the police department was working with developers to arrest and evict Black residents.
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Atlanta City Council approves $88.4 million in Coronavirus relief funding
• An ordinance to amend the levy provisions of the Code of Ordinances for the purpose of changing the ad valorem tax rates for personal property, bond indebtedness, parks, school operations/debt and special tax districts, and provide that those rates remain fixed for one year in compliance with the
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NNPA Teams with Magic Johnson to Fund Over $100 Million in PPP Loans for Minority and Women-Owned Businesses - New Orleans Data News Weekly

July 25, 2020 (Washington, DC) — Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., President and CEO of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) announced today that he and the NNPA have agreed to assist the efforts of

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Thousands of Texas prisoners still have the coronavirus. More than 25% of inmates at four units are infected. | Dallas Weekly
Two Texas prisons each have more than 670 inmates with active coronavirus infections, according to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, the highest counts seen at any state lockup since the pandemic began. As of Monday, 672 men incarcerated at the Stiles Unit near Beaumont had active
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Malik B, founding member of The Roots, has died at 47 - Los Angeles Sentinel

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Angela Davis commits to Joe Biden, says he can be "effectively pressured" - Face2Face Africa
The Marxist philosopher and former Black Panther, Angela Davis, says she will vote for presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden come the November presidential polls. Davis spoke in an interview with RT and explained that her support for Biden rather than Donald Trump is because the former can be
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Mayor, Police Chief Apologize, Announce Firings of Two Officers for Violent Arrest of Pair of Atlanta College Students
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Deputy AG under fire over Mines Act amendments
Deputy Attorney-General Nelson Diaz was yesterday accused of stalling proposed amendments to the Mines and Minerals Act when he appeared before the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Mines. BY VENERANDA LANGA Diaz appeared before the committee together with Mines permanent secretary Onesimo
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5 Examples Of Law Enforcement Attacking Protesters Across The Nation - Blavity
The Atlanta Police Department is under scrutiny after an alarming video showed a Black couple being tased and pulled out of their car on live
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Phaedra Parks Reveals That Her Car Was Broken Into, Thieves Stole Gift from Her Former 'RHOA' Co-Star and Other 'Sentimental' Valuables
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As Police Reform Takes Center Stage, Officers Resign Nationwide
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No Rasta allowed: Jamaican high court defends dreadlock ban in schools - Face2Face Africa

In what has been described as a surprise ruling, a high court in Jamaica has defended a school's right to deny access to a child whose dreadlocks were deemed a contravention of school rules. The Kensington Primary School in Portimore had said a then five-year-old could not attend the school with

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Atlanta police insist they can still handle emergencies
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New York Couple Evade Police for Weeks After Attacking Black Hotel Worker In Connecticut, Fleeing State from Under Cops’ Noses
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