Today on June 5, #Atlanta City Council will vote on whether to authorize $33.5 million taxpayer dollars for the Atlanta Police Foundation to fund the construction of the Public Safety Training Center, aka ‘Cop City.’
👉🏼👉🏼“#Atlanta-area prosecutors investigating efforts to overturn the 2020 election results in #Georgia are in possession of text messages and emails directly connecting members of #Trump’s legal team to early January 2021 voting system breach in Coffee County #FaniWillis#legal
DULUTH, Ga. (AP) — Five adults and a 15-year-old self-described as “Soldiers of Christ” religious group members were in custody Thursday on murder charges after a woman’s body was found in the trunk of a car parked outside a popular spa in Atlanta’s suburbs.
Despite having gathered over 115,000 signatures of local voters who want to put #StopCopCity on the ballot - the city of #Atlanta is attempting to block the referendum. Today, officials refused to accept boxes of signatures, and claim they are waiting for "a decision from the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals over whether" a recent "judge’s deadline extension was lawful."
When their power is threatened - Democrats - just as with the Republicans - are doubling down on voter suppression and the trampling of basic democratic rights.
What are the "proper channels" for change, when the State is hell bent on refusing to follow even its own basic rules?
"You have the fight against environmental defense. You have the fight for racial equality. You have the fight against capitalism. And of course, you have the fight against police militarization or the fight for police abolition," said Matt Scott, a journalist w. the Atlanta Community Press Collective
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Judge unseals divorce file of lead Trump prosecutor in Georgia case
An #Atlanta-area judge ordered the unsealing of the divorce file of #NathanWade, the lead prosecutor in the #ElectionInterference case against #Trump. Wade has been accused of having a romantic relationship w/ #FultonCounty DA #FaniWillis (D), prompting calls for both lawyers to be removed from the case.
📌 “#Atlanta-area prosecutor has notified at least one witness to appear before a grand jury early next week, the most significant indication of her intention to seek indictments in the investigation of how Donald #Trump and others tried to overturn the 2020 election in #Georgia.” #FaniWillis#legal
The bike shop I work at, #REI, just got back to me to tell me that they are going ahead with their policy of installing cameras in the shop to monitor employees. They say these are not used to track productivity, but the CEO is a union busting ex-Amazon executive and he has given himself that power, so that's enough for me. My last day will be mid-May and I am now properly desperate to find a new job before I loose my house. Leads in the bike or software industry welcome in or around #Atlanta.
Some dogs get so stressed out at the shelter they're really not at their best when people come to see them. And why wouldn't they be? I get stressed out at the shelter and I don't have to live there.
But unfortunately it makes it hard for some great dogs to find a home. And there are a lot of great dogs that need homes. And some of them are going to end up being killed.
6 'Soldiers of Christ' members are in custody after a woman's body was found in a car trunk (apnews.com)
DULUTH, Ga. (AP) — Five adults and a 15-year-old self-described as “Soldiers of Christ” religious group members were in custody Thursday on murder charges after a woman’s body was found in the trunk of a car parked outside a popular spa in Atlanta’s suburbs.
Gov. Kemp says special session to remove DA Willis from election investigation will not happen (www.wsbtv.com)
Kemp said despite his personal feelings about the investigation, he does not have the authority to call a special session.