Wingo Smith

[Riley Bunch @ribunchreports]

At a press conference on Monday in Midtown, city officials gave no timeframe for when repairs would be completed on the break at 11th and W Peachtree. And the mayor left without taking questions after a resident complained about a lack of timeline. #atlpol https://t.co/0jNreNnYPV

[Wingo Smith @wingosmith]

No one wants to be part of the defunct Weimar Republic, asking what more could I have done.

Trump's social media account shares a campaign video with a headline about a 'unified Reich' https://t.co/WBDHu91B93

[Wingo Smith @wingosmith]

@_bithia @IamKingWilliams I like the walking tours a lot, too. Enjoy!

[GORA4ORRAU @InoperableSink]

APF and APD tried to do a propaganda campaign "to oppose the narrative that ATL is the most surveilled city in America" (while simultaneously campaigning on growing the VIC program) - only to realized they didn't understand how to read their own numbers 🧵 #FOIAfriday

[Wingo Smith @wingosmith]

@ajc Why publish at this point without the details? You’re amplifying a press release without any other information. Seems irresponsible for journalists to serve as an echo chamber, esp. since many readers won’t hunt down a follow-up story and will only rely this initial impression.

[Sean Keenan @ThatSeanKeenan]

SCOOP: HUD has banned Forest Cove owner Millennia from seeking government contracts (including Section 8 deals)

@AtlCivicCircle story coming soon; here's a teaser:

[Tiff Roberts @shedefendsit]

Today marks a pretrial motions deadline in the RICO prosecution targeting 61 people for allegedly opposing #CopCity.

@southerncenter 🧵 on what that means and how you can support the defense fund.

[Vianna Davila @ViannaDavila]

For a long time, I’ve been curious how TX AG Ken Paxton’s legal
troubles — his impeachment, his securities fraud case, the whistleblower case against him — might have affected staffing at the state agency.

So I made a spreadsheet of resignations in 2023. One unit stood out. 🧵

[Cody Bloomfield @CodyBlooms]

A thread on what's at issue in the Vote to Stop Cop City referendum case, and what went down on Thursday.

Started tweeting about my piece, and realized there was no way this could be a one-tweet explanation.
https://t.co/q1joiBQFcp

[Timothy Pratt @TimothyJPratt]

ICYMI: Atlanta police use Signal (encrypted app) to discuss ‘Cop City’ – w/APD, FBI, corp's, NYPD...is it to avoid open records laws?
IN Michigan, legisl. banned such apps, to promote transparency/accountability. :

@equalityAlec @SDonziger @ACLUofGA

https://t.co/w8xrY7CW0g

[Tiff Roberts @shedefendsit]

Atlanta police are statistically MORE trained, have implemented 21st Century Policing reforms and yet have become increasingly violent. Data, research & human stories matter. None point to #CopCity being worthy of the vulgar and harmful sacrifices made on its behalf.

[Tiff Roberts @shedefendsit]

🧵Here’s why the unredacted #CopCityVote petitions are posted:
-@andreforatlanta began repeating a talking point that he didn’t know what was “in the [petition] boxes”
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[Brian Goldstone @brian_goldstone]

A stunning statistic from this new piece by @rmc031: Among those lucky enough to receive a housing voucher in America, some *40 percent* of recipients end up losing the voucher because no landlord will rent to them.

https://t.co/PWH6F2J0iR

[The Appeal @theappeal]

A report published by the DOJ last year found that more than 5,000 deaths in the criminal legal system had gone uncounted over the previous three years. Fifteen states failed to report any arrest-related deaths in that period. https://t.co/YPRVedhP0y

[Timothy Pratt @TimothyJPratt]

DOZENS facing felony charges, no indictments months later, lives changed: I talked w/ppl arrested in connection w/Cop City abt how they're doing.
@will_potter @SDonziger @micahinATL @marisapk @MariahforAthens
https://t.co/bWDGVcRPJC

[Matt Scott - ACPC @MattACPC]

So you’re telling me Cop City’s number one supporter, Mayor Andre Dickens, who said the referendum cannot win honestly is against signature matching?

Who made that call? Because city council contacts say it wasn’t them.

[Space Cadet @DieWeibeRose]

As seen in Mexico City:

"For the forest and the land, Tortuguita is here"

❤️ #StopCopCity ❤️

[Vote to Stop Cop City @CopCityVote]

UPDATE: We are calling on the city to share plans for verification & be transparent in the preparation. We're proud to have gathered over 100,000 signatures, & our work continues!
Call on the city to implement a fair verification process: 404-660-6030. The people must be heard.

[Atlanta Community Press Collective @atlanta_press]

COP CITY REFERENDUM — This morning the Stop Cop City Coalition announced it had collected 104,000 signatures on the petition add a ballot question to the next election asking Atlanta voters to decide if the 2021 Atlanta Public Safety Training Center lease should be overturned.

[Vote to Stop Cop City @CopCityVote]

Return your completed petitions ASAP to either of our offices so we can keep our total count up to date! And then grab another stack of blank petitions and head back out! 🌟

486 Park Ave SE, M-Sat 11am to 8pm OR
711 Catherine St SW, Suite 150, M-Sun, 11am to 8pm