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Keisha Lance Bottoms: Unanswered Questions
Atlanta's former mayor has never been required to answer serious questions about the decisions she made during the city's 2020 street protests.
Jun 15
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Slime Time
The bond hearing yesterday for Young Thug and other accused YSL gang members reveals a few details.
Jun 4
12
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Bearing Witness
I'm probably going to be subpoenaed by the Fulton County District Attorney's office to testify in the Trump investigation. Behold my journalistic dilemma.
23 hr ago
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Weighing the Dead
Children are heavier.
May 26
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Some Shootings Aren't Random
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YSL Faces The Music
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The Atlanta Objective: Gangs By The Numbers
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Gangsters In Concert
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The Morehouse Crackhouse
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The Atlanta Objective: Free ID is a Myth
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A Primary Interlude
I'm putting on my politics hat, briefly, to give you my picks for the May Democratic primary.
May 20
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Caught Switchin'
Young Thug, Yak Gotti and Lil Duke are all being charged with possessing a "switch" - a Glock converted into a machine pistol. That's a whole different…
May 13
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YSL Faces The Music
Young Thug, Gunna, Yak Gotti, Lil Duke, Slimelife Shawty and more get rolled up in a 56-count indictment of gang crimes, including murder.
May 10
33
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Who Mourns The Dead of Brannon Hill
A mass murder occurred last night about a mile from my house. They won't call it such, because the dead are all poor and Black.
May 9
15
Forced Pregnancies Are A Crime
The connection between abortion rates and crime rates is contentious and difficult. Terminating a pregnancy is about to become more so.
May 5
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The Kids Aren't All Right
Juvenile violence is increasing. It's not because parents have suddenly become worse. It's because the condition of poverty in Atlanta is deteriorating.
Apr 26
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A Crack In The Courthouse Marble
When Christian Eppinger - accused of shooting an Atlanta cop six times - got bond yesterday, leaders hit the roof. The process is cracked. But it isn't…
Apr 21
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Atlanta Looks For The Next Chief
While there are probably great internal candidates, finding the right person to run Atlanta's police department is harder than it looks.
Apr 18
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Some Shootings Aren't Random
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YSL Faces The Music
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The Atlanta Objective: Gangs By The Numbers
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Gangsters In Concert
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The Morehouse Crackhouse
9
3
The Atlanta Objective: Free ID is a Myth
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