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Olsen Claims He Feared for his Life from an Unarmed, Naked Man

May 26, 2018 GLORIA TATUM 3 comments

(APN) DECATUR — In a packed courtroom, former DeKalb County police officer Robert Olsen, claimed self-defense in the 2015 shooting death of Anthony Hill, an unarmed and naked, mentally ill man who Olsen shot and killed. http://atlantaprogressivenews.com/2015/03/23/feature-in-san-antonio-anthony-hill-wouldve-been-helped-not-shot/ The two-day immunity hearing for Olsen concluded on Tuesday, May 22, 2018 in DeKalb County Superior Court with Judge J.P. Boulee […]

Michael Williams’s Deportation Bus Hits a New Low in Republican Primary for Governor

May 20, 2018 GLORIA TATUM 2 comments

(APN) CLARKSTON — On Wednesday, May 17, 2018, Georgia Republican gubernatorial candidate Michael Williams, a State Senator from Cumming, Georgia, rolled into the cities of Decatur and Clarkston with his huge “Deportation Bus,” containing racist and hateful messages on the back of the bus: “Murders, rapists, kidnappers, child molesters, and other criminals on board….follow me to Mexico.” Clarkston, Georgia […]

Health, Environmental Harms Ignored at Plant Vogtle VCM 18 Hearings (UPDATE 1)

May 17, 2018 GLORIA TATUM One comment

(APN) ATLANTA — At the Eighteenth Semi-Annual Vogtle Construction Monitoring (VCM) proceedings, Georgia Power’s hand is out again to request approval from the Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) for 448 million dollars invested in the construction of two new nuclear power reactors, Unit 3 and Unit 4, between July 1, 2017, through December 31, 2017. Advocates and commissioners alike […]

APN Endorses Abrams; Chapman; Dawkins-Haigler, Noel

May 13, 2018 MATTHEW CHARLES 4 comments

(APN) ATLANTA — The Atlanta Progressive News Board of Directors has issued the following endorsements: DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION FOR GOVERNOR: FORMER MINORITY LEADER STACEY ABRAMS We endorse former State Rep. Stacey Abrams (D-Atlanta) because we believe she is the better choice over former State Rep. Stacey Evans (D-Smyrna) – not because we perceive Abrams to be the ultra-progressive candidate […]

APN Q&A: Becky Evans, Candidate, HD 83

May 11, 2018 MATTHEW CHARLES 2 comments

(APN) ATLANTA — In our continuing coverage of the May 22, 2018 Primary Election, Atlanta Progressive News sent questionnaires to the candidates for the Democratic Primary for House District 83, where Becky Evans is challenging State Rep. Howard Mosby (D-Atlanta). APN published Rep. Mosby’s responses earlier this week, on May 08, 2018: http://atlantaprogressivenews.com/2018/05/08/apn-qa-state-rep-howard-mosby-hd-83/ Becky Evans served as […]

APN Q&A: State Rep. Howard Mosby, HD 83

May 8, 2018 MATTHEW CHARLES Leave a comment

(APN) ATLANTA — In our continuing coverage of the upcoming Tuesday, May 22, 2018 Primary Election, Atlanta Progressive News is focusing on a contested State House Democratic Primary, for District 83, a seat currently held by State Rep. Howard Mosby (D-Atlanta). Mosby is facing challenger Becky Evans. Evans has also provided her questionnaire responses to APN, to be published […]

Councilwoman Sheperd to Seniors: Stay in Your Homes

May 5, 2018 MATTHEW CHARLES 5 comments

(APN) ATLANTA — Atlanta City Councilwoman Joyce Sheperd (District 12) urged seniors to stay in their homes and not to sell their homes at a Homeowner Empowerment Workshop at the Arthur Langford Jr. Recreation Center in Southwest Atlanta. Councilwoman Sheperd said she receives offers in the mail almost daily to purchase her home with cash. Sheperd owns her home, […]