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Candlelight Vigil Held for Kevin Davis in DeKalb County

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(APN) DECATUR — A candlelight vigil at the DeKalb County Courthouse on Thursday, January 29, 2015, brought out about seventy-five people to support the family of Kevin Davis, who was recently killed by DeKalb police.   As Atlanta Progressive News previously reported, Davis made the apparent mistake of calling the police for help, when a guest stabbed his girlfriend during […]

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Thirteen Activists Arrested in Lenox Road Protest of Police Brutality

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Photograph by Steve Eberhardt (APN) ATLANTA — On Saturday, December 20, 2014, five days before Christmas, thirteen activists blocked the intersection at Lenox Road and Peachtree Street during heavy holiday traffic going to Lenox Mall and Phipps Plaza to shop.   They shut down shopping as usual for ninety minutes to bring media attention to the increasing number of black […]

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