Category Archives: Felicia Thomas

Symbolic Memorial Service Held for Victims of Police Killings in Georgia

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(APN) DECATUR — On Saturday, May 02, 2015, a symbolic funeral procession, for Black people killed by police, started in Atlanta’s West End neighborhood, wound through downtown Atlanta, and ended nine miles later at Oakhurst Baptist Church in Decatur.   The procession was led by one hundred bicycle riders, a black hearse with a Rest in Power banner on the […]

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1,000 Demand Justice for Nick Thomas, Slain by Smyrna PD

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(APN) ATLANTA — An estimated one thousand people gathered outside of Smyrna City Hall on Tuesday, March 31, 2015, to hold a vigil for Nicholas Thomas, the latest Metro Atlanta victim of police homicide.   On March 24, 2015, Mr. Thomas, age 24, was working at a Goodyear Tire Shop near Cumberland Mall, when Smyrna police arrived to serve him […]

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