Posted inCrime

Independent review finds officers used appropriate force against college students in viral video

Cherokee Judicial Circuit District Attorney Samir Patel, as District Attorney Pro Tempore for the Atlanta Judicial Circuit, announced today that his office has completed a thorough and independent review of the facts in the matter of State of Georgia v. Ivory Streeter, Lonnie Hood, Mark Gardner, Ronald Claud, Willie Sauls, and Armond Jones.

Posted inYour Government

Democrats make ‘painful choice’ between McBath and Bourdeaux

Bourdeaux, McBath and state Rep. Donna McLeod are on the May 24 ballot as they compete for the Democratic nomination in this ethnically and racially diverse suburban district northeast of Atlanta. Whoever wins will face a Republican in the fall, but the seat was redrawn last year as a safer seat for Democrats.

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