Grand juror pressed the prosecutor on whether there are "any new actual facts" on the second attempt:
"I heard this case like last week and I thought it was a crock of shit then and I still think it is."
Amid growing questions over whether local cities are adequately addressing mental illness following a series of apparently random knife attacks, another contract dispute involving Atlanta’s Policing Alternatives and Diversion Initiative has once again hampered its response. https://t.co/HkioI4z9GO
“If AL secures permission from SCOTUS to eliminate yet another diverse district by enacting a racial gerrymander... Callais’ assurances—that it neither overturned precedent nor blessed intentional racism—will be exposed as a cynical fiction.” https://t.co/TW3oowDoF6
On June 17, a nearly all-white Republican caucus is coming to purge Black, Hispanic, and Asian American lawmakers and steal what Black Georgians fought, marched, and died to build.
Enough is enough. Break the Republican trifecta.
Vote like your life depends on it. #gapol
Two bills with the potential to curb free speech were signed into law this week by Gov. Brian Kemp. Both were on our Legislative Watch list for their aim to criminalize protests in public spaces and during religious services. https://t.co/EaVbgyy3j7
Breaking: Gov. Kemp has called state lawmakers for a special session on June 17 to reshape both how Georgians vote and to redraw the state’s political maps after last month’s U.S. Supreme Court decision for the 2028 election. #gapol https://t.co/TC7qoJndbw
A remarkable story of perseverance, mercy, justice, and redemption.
Like Mr. Askew I hope @RepScottHolcomb will be able to pass his “Second Look” bill next session, to help others meted disproportionately stringent sentences find their way home.
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Critical take from Israel's Foreign Ministry on my column about sexual assaults of Palestinian men, women and children. You can read my piece here through a gift link: https://t.co/SL0oxguNmi
Shortly before GOP state Sen. Colton Moore stepped down to run a doomed campaign for Congress, Republican lawmakers passed his measure to ban local governments from levying fines and possible jail time for those who fail to lock their firearms in their vehicles. It was the first bill he authored that ever passed.
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This afternoon, Gov. Brian Kemp vetoed the legislation, saying it would “open the door to lawsuits against law enforcement officers, including in their personal capacity.”
State supreme court justices play a critical role in defending your rights and freedoms, which is why the election happening in Georgia right now is so important.
Make sure you have a plan to vote for Jen Jordan and Miracle Rankin, the only two candidates in the race with strong records of standing up for all Georgians.
Early voting is already underway and Election Day is May 19th. Find out where you can vote at https://t.co/OHJnsHnuiB.
We won! Hundreds of thousands of people who are currently detained and separated from their families in lower-level cases will be released from jail every year. An incredible victory for liberty and public safety. You can read the historic decision here: https://t.co/BEpc4DUhzT
“Judge Adams said he would resentence Mr. Askew to the requested 25 years. Mr. Askew, who had served 28 years, nodded his head forward & back, forward & back. Tears flowed down his face. He would walk free as soon as he was processed out of the system.” https://t.co/ZXo3X09sV8
#NEW: Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves has called a special legislative session to begin 21 days after the U.S. Supreme Court issues a ruling in Louisiana v. Callais (VRA decision) in order to apply the ruling to the state's Supreme Court district map.
The Mississippi Supreme Court has reversed the dismissal of Phil and Deborah Bryant's claims for defamation, false light, and loss of consortium against Mississippi Today, et al. https://t.co/hbLRQ3eEFo