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Atlanta police shot and killed a 25-year-old woman, who may have been handcuffed in the back of a police car, after she allegedly pulled a…

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Two white Atlanta police officers have been cleared of racial profiling allegations against filmmaker Tyler Perry. Although Perry never filed a formal complaint about the traffic stop, the Atlanta Police Department used statements he made on his Facebook page to conduct its four-month internal investigation. Perry was pulled over earlier this year outside his southwest […]

Atlanta police have launched an internal investigation into Tyler Perry’s claim he was racially profiled by two white officers who pulled his car over, CNN reports. The Atlanta based filmmaker put a post on his Facebook page recently describing a tense encounter with police, which he suggested “could have turned for the worse.” “It was […]

In an incident that is beginning to receive national attention, an off-duty Atlanta police officer was captured on video slapping and striking a woman in the face during a melee at an IHOP restaurant in Buckhead. The four women who were part of the scuffle have already secured legal representation. Atlanta attorney Bobby Aniekwu believes […]

The family of Kathryn Johnston, a 92-year-old woman who was killed in an illegal police raid has received $4.9 million, the Atlanta Journal Constitution is reporting. Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed announced Monday morning that the estate of Kathryn Johnston, led by her niece Sarah Dozier, would be getting a $4.9 million settlement. The full city […]