The Atlanta City Council is meeting at this hour to hear public comment and then vote on $31 million for the controversial public training center known to opponents as “Cop City.”
Monday on Political Rewind: Donald Trump will headline the state GOP convention this weekend in Columbus. Gov. Kemp will not attend, and he's now going after Trump publicly. The Atlanta City Council will vote on funding for the controversial police training center, with large protests expected.
Hundreds of people line up to speak as the Atlanta City Council prepares to vote on the proposed police training facility; Fulton County launches a new mobile mental health unit; and oyster harvesting season officially ends in Georgia — we'll tell you whether you can expect more oysters in restaurants across the region.
A judge has granted bond for three activists involved in supporting the protest against a planned police and fire training center in Atlanta that opponents have derisively dubbed "Cop City."
Thursday on Political Rewind: The House sent a debt ceiling bill to the Senate, though four of Georgia’s representatives voted against it. Meanwhile, the GBI and APD arrested three protestors who were raising bail funds for anti-“Cop City” activists. And election denier Kari Lake leads Georgia’s GOP convention.
Police have arrested three key organizers supporting people protesting Atlanta's proposed police and fire training center, which opponents call "Cop City." The Georgia Bureau of Investigation says its agents and Atlanta police on Wednesday arrested three officers of the group that runs the Atlanta Solidarity Fund.
Friday on Political Rewind: Former President Donald Trump's presence at the state GOP convention highlights the rift between Gov. Brian Kemp's supporters and MAGA Republicans. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene launched a campaign to impeach President Biden and other administration officials. Also: the latest on "Cop City" protests.
On the Tuesday, May 16 edition of Georgia Today: Hundreds of residents showed up to an Atlanta city council meeting to oppose a proposed police training facility; The Fulton County DA pushes back against Donald Trump; And a Georgia native earns a top spot on American Idol.
Hundreds of residents showed up at an Atlanta City Council meeting Monday to voice their opposition to a plan to allocate $30 million to build a police training center that protesters call "Cop City."
Tuesday on Political Rewind: Lawyers for the former chair of the Coffee County GOP filed a motion claiming the Fulton County investigation violated her rights. Plus, Atlanta Democrats want the DOJ to investigate the death of Manuel Teran.
Michael Moore, a former U.S. attorney and partner at Moore Hall in Atlanta, contextualizes two autopsy report on the January killing of a protester at the site of a public safety training center in Atlanta.
Students at Emory and Georgia Tech in Atlanta staged a day of action on Tuesday to protest the construction of the new Atlanta police training center in a DeKalb County park.
DeKalb County Medical Examiner released the official autopsy report for Manuel Paez Terán, the activist killed during a law enforcement raid in the South Atlanta forest. Attorneys for the family said they need the whole story.