Blake Feldman

senior policy counsel at @southerncenter • was at @justice4ms @splcenter @ACLU_MS • here in my personal capacity • he/him • @3lake.bsky.social

[GORA4ORRAU @InoperableSink]

City of ATL is lookging for medical and behavioral health care for detainees at the City of Atlanta Detention Center - better idea, shut down ACDC

[Blake Feldman @bfeldman89]

R|T DAIRIES CLUBHOUSE WHEN THE KNICKS TOOK THE LEAD

[Renny Gong @rennyxgong]

JFK TERMINAL 8 TONIGHT WHEN THE KNICKS TOOK THE LEAD

[Blake Feldman @bfeldman89]

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[Adam Klasfeld @KlasfeldReports]

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."

[Blake Feldman @bfeldman89]

omg

[brian b.dot™️ miller @bdotTM]

this looks like when they tried to integrate schools in the south.

[WABE News @wabenews]

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

[Blake Feldman @bfeldman89]

“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

[Sam Park @SamforGeorgia]

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

[Georgia First Amendment Foundation @Georgia1stAmend]

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

[Greg Bluestein @bluestein]

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

[Dr. Michelle Au @AuforGA]

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.

https://t.co/gEmdO8uXow

[Nicholas Kristof @NickKristof]

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

[Blake Feldman @bfeldman89]

The bill also expanded the list offenses for which prosecutors could bypass grand juries and proceed to trial by accusation rather than indictment.

[Greg Bluestein @bluestein]

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.”

[GORA4ORRAU @InoperableSink]

Did you know ATL is in a 10y contract w Axon for an estimated $109,228,874? Here's what 2026 is supposed to include

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

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.

[Blake Feldman @bfeldman89]

Bipartisan group on Fulton commission want Kemp to consider suspending sheriff https://t.co/tJyTnow57Q

[Alec Karakatsanis @equalityAlec]

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

[Blake Feldman @bfeldman89]

“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

[The Redistrict Network @RedistrictNet]

#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.

[Madison Taylor @MS_Appeals]

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