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Protesters Shut Down Smyrna City Council Meeting, Demand Justice For Nick Thomas

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(APN) SMYRNA, Cobb County, Georgia — Smyrna City Council members fled their chamber when the family of Nick Thomas––an unarmed Black man killed by a Smyrna police officer––and at least one hundred supporters interrupted their meeting on Monday, February 15, 2016.   Sgt. Kenneth Owens killed Thomas in March, 2015 while the young man was working at a Goodyear in […]

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What We’re Reading – Saturday, January 02, 2016

To access links, pls click on full post. #### Atlanta Begins Charging for a Streetcar named Undesirable by Some New York Times www.nytimes.com/2016/01/02/us/atlanta-begins-charging-for-a-streetcar-named-undesirable-by-some.html   Kids in Need of Defense (KIND) Opens Atlanta Branch to Represent Immigrant Children Fleeing Central American Violence Fulton County Daily Report http://www.dailyreportonline.com/id=1202746045313/Kids-in-Need-of-Defense-Opens-Atlanta-Branch-to-Represent-Immigrant-Children-Fleeing-Central-American-Violence   Two more Atlanta Area Cities Eye Disney Style Monorail (Brookhaven and Chamblee) http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/morning_call/2015/12/two-more-atlanta-area-cities-eye-disney-style.html […]

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