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What We’re Reading – Friday, August 14, 2015

August 14, 2015 MATTHEW CHARLES Leave a comment

To access links, view full post. Well wishes, Support Pour In for Jimmy Carter WSBTV Channel 2 television news http://www.wsbtv.com/news/news/local/president-jimmy-carter-diagnosed-cancer/nnJK7/ State Outlines Arguments against Medicaid Waiver Georgia Health News http://www.georgiahealthnews.com/2015/08/state-outlines-arguments-medicaid-waiver/ Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed says Peachtree and Pine Homeless Shelter Tolerated for too Long Saporta Report http://saportareport.com/atlanta-mayor-kasim-reed-says-peachtree-pine-homeless-shelter-tolerated-for-too-long/ Major Will Condemn, Close Controversial Shelter WSBTV Channel 2 television […]

APD Denies Targeting Organizers of Police Brutality, Occupy Protests

December 6, 2014 ANNA SIMONTON Leave a comment

With additional reporting by Matthew Charles Cardinale, News Editor (APN) ATLANTA — Progressive activists are concerned about what they see as Atlanta Police singling out and cracking down on social justice organizers, as protests against state-sanctioned, racist police violence sweep the nation. They cite three incidents over the last week and a half, including two arrests of organizers Tim Franzen […]

Atlantans Protest Ferguson Grand Jury; 26 Arrested

November 30, 2014 ANNA SIMONTON Leave a comment

(APN) ATLANTA — Last week, some twenty-six Metro Atlantans, including two journalists, were arrested, during Atlanta protests in the wake of a grand jury decision not to indict Darren Wilson, the police officer who killed Michael Brown, an unarmed teenager, in Ferguson, Missouri, in August 2014. The decision was announced late Monday, November 24, 2014. On Tuesday, November 25, thousands […]

Young Activists Blockade I-75/85 in Ferguson Solidarity Action

October 27, 2014 ANNA SIMONTON Leave a comment

By Anna Simonton, Staff Writer (October 27, 2014) (APN) ATLANTA — On Wednesday, October 22, 2014, activists shut down four lanes of northbound traffic on I-75/85 for more than half an hour. The action was part the 19th annual National Day of Protest to Stop Police Brutality, Repression, and the Criminalization of a Generation. It was also part of a […]

Atlanta Police Arrest Fast Food Workers Fighting for a Living Wage

September 4, 2014 ANNA SIMONTON Leave a comment

By Anna Simonton, Special to The Atlanta Progressive News (APN) ATLANTA — Ten fast food workers were arrested on Thursday, September 04, 2014, after blocking one lane of traffic on Ponce de Leon Avenue, near Boulevard, in an act of civil disobedience. The action was intended to pressure their employers to pay a living wage and allow workers to […]

Councilwoman Moore Seeks Study on APD Body Cameras

August 22, 2014 MEGHAN SIMONS Leave a comment

(APN) ATLANTA — The shooting of an unarmed teen by police officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri has spurred the City Council of Atlanta to take action. On Monday, August 18, 2014, the Council unanimously passed legislation by Councilwoman Natalyn Archibong (District 5) to implore U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder require local police to install surveillance cameras in […]