DOJ sues for Atlanta-area voting data from 2020 election - POLITICO

DOJ's Civil Rights Division has sought access to several states' voter rolls under the same logic. On Friday, DOJ sued four states — Nevada, Massachusetts, Colorado and Hawaii — for access to their voter databases, including personal information like driver's licenses numbers or the last four digits of Social Security numbers. In total, DOJ has sued 18 states for their voter data…

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/12/trump-2020-election-georgia-lawsuit-00689593 

 

CDC shooting in Atlanta leaves workers angry at RFK Jr. and vaccines backlash - The Washington Post

Documents from the shooter's home showed his discontent with coronavirus vaccines, authorities said. CDC workers want RFK Jr. to denounce vaccine misinformation...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/08/12/cdc-shooting-atlanta-rfk-vaccine/

 

Gunman in CDC attack fired over 180 shots at building and broke 150 windows

Georgia man who blamed Covid vaccine for making him depressed and suicidal shot and killed a police officer…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/11/atlanta-cdc-shooting

 

Trump SCAM in Atlanta has SHOCKING NEW DETAILS

Shocking new details about the scam Donald Trump pulled in Atlanta.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whhsZ8l2x9o

I studied 1 million home sales in metro Atlanta and found that Black families are being squeezed out of homeownership by corporate investors

In the years since the Great Recession, when housing prices dramatically fell, Wall Street investors have been buying large numbers of single-family homes to use as rentals. As of 2022, big investment firms owned nearly 600,000 such properties nationwide.

https://theconversation.com/i-studied-1-million-home-sales-in-metro-atlanta-and-found-that-black-families-are-being-squeezed-out-of-homeownership-by-corporate-investors-211478

Atlanta officer fired after man’s Taser-related death ruled a homicide - The Washington Post

Johnny Hollman Sr., 62, died in August after being Tasered by the officer after a minor car crash…

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/10/11/johnny-hollman-atlanta-officer-fired/

What we know about Atlanta man Johnny Hollman's death at hands of police - ABC News

The family of Johnny Hollman, the 62-year-old Atlanta man who died last month after he was shocked with a stun gun by a police officer, is planning a march Saturday, calling for the public release of body camera footage of the altercation...

https://abcnews.go.com/US/atlanta-man-johnny-hollmans-death-hands-police/story

Man found dead eaten by bed bugs in Atlanta jail, lawyer says

On 13 September 2022, three months after being arrested, Thompson was discovered dead inside a dilapidated cell covered in grime and insects. The cell was so filthy that an employee wore a hazmat suit upon entering, the Washington Post reported...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/apr/15/atlanta-jail-man-dead-eaten-bed-bugs

Two Black Comedians Sue Police Over Search at Atlanta Airport - The New York Times

From September 2020 to April 2021, the police seized about $1 million from passengers, according to the lawsuit, which was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia...

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/16/us/eric-andre-clayton-english-atl-lawsuit.html

Antonio May: Six Atlanta sheriff’s deputies indicted on murder charges following death of inmate - The Washington Post

… "my staff and I are working through the backlog of cases left by my predecessor involving use of force by law enforcement officers."…

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/11/17/antonio-may-six-deputies-indicted-murder/

No, Atlanta did not lose two-thirds of its police force - PolitiFact

…Atlanta has seen more than 300 employee departures since 2020 but they weren't "en masse" resignations and, even if calculated at its most liberal interpretation, does not equate to anywhere near 75% of the department…

https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/oct/29/facebook-posts/no-atlanta-did-not-lose-two-thirds-its-police-forc/

Atlanta lynching: Police officer, Klan leader Samuel Roper orchestrated Thomas Finch killing in 1936 - The Washington Post

The lynching began with a knock on the door. It was 3 a.m. on Sept. 12, 1936, a steamy late summer morning in Atlanta. Thomas Finch and his family were sound asleep. Then, the knocking. When Finch’s father opened the front door, he found five white men standing there: two police officers and three other burly men the family had never seen before. ....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2020/07/19/atlanta-lynching-police-ku-klux-klan/

6 Atlanta Officers Charged After Release Of 'Disturbing' Arrest Video : NPR

Six Atlanta police officers are facing a slew of charges for their role in the arrest of two young people last weekend. The incident, during which officers used stun guns on the pair and pulled them from their vehicle, received national attention after bystanders recorded and posted video to social media. https://www.npr.org/2020/06/02/868126089/6-atlanta-officers-charged-after-release-of-disturbing-arrest-video

8 Fact-Checks On President Donald Trump Administration's This Week : NPR

The Trump administration continued to play loose with facts in week three....
http://www.npr.org/2017/02/11/514612245/8-fact-checks-on-the-trump-administration-this-week

Spicer claims he ‘clearly meant Orlando’ after citing mystery Atlanta terror attack three times (The Washington Post)

The incident drew comparisons to Kellyanne Conway's "Bowling Green massacre."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/02/09/spicer-claims-he-clearly-meant-orlando-after-citing-mystery-atlanta-terror-attack-three-times/?utm_term=.1c4bae7a8f02

Seth Meyers Exposes Trump's Complete Hypocrisy About John Lewis' District

If Atlanta is such a "crime-infested" hellscape why did Trump want to build a $300 million condo there?...
http://www.alternet.org/video/seth-meyers-exposes-trumps-complete-hypocrisy-about-john-lewis-district

Trump's exaggerated claim that John Lewis' district is 'falling apart' and 'crime infested'

President-elect Donald Trump kicked off Martin Luther King Jr. weekend by sparring with Democratic Georgia Rep. John Lewis, after the civil rights icon said he doesn’t see Trump as a "legitimate president."

Lewis, in an interview with NBC, said he wouldn’t attend the presidential inauguration because he thought the Russians had helped Trump win election. A few hours later, Trump hit back on Twitter, saying the place Lewis represents is "crime infested."...
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2017/jan/15/donald-trump/trumps-john-lewis-crime-invested-atlanta/