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The US Justice Department has entered a court-enforceable agreement with Georgia’s Fulton County over jail conditions that federal investigators have described as inhumane, violent and unsanitary.
In 2003, there were an estimated 78 gangs in the Atlanta area alone. In 2015, Atlanta police announced that they were tracking an estimated 192 gangs. [2] In more recent times, Mexican drug cartels have established Atlanta as a major distribution hub for methamphetamine, marijuana, cocaine, and heroin. Drug dealing is the main source of money ...
In 2022, Atlanta police investigated 170 homicides which is the most since 1996. [26] In 2023, the Atlanta Police Department implemented Operation Heatwave which is a strategic initiative to remove more dangerous drugs, guns, and gangs from the streets of Atlanta. [27] In 2023, homicides dropped to 135, down 22% from 2022. [28]
Lagary Williams, the drug supplier based in Atlanta, mocked a victim’s poisoning death that was as a result of his drugs, according to the U.S. Attorney’s office. ... August 9, 2024 at 1:27 PM ...
The original Fulton County Jail was constructed in 1904 on Pryor Street in downtown Atlanta with a capacity of 400 people. [5] The current facility was built in 1989 at 901 Rice Street. [6] A former Fulton County jailer was remanded to prison himself in 2012 on charges of accepting bribes of more than $26,000 to distribute drugs inside the jail ...
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Comedians Eric André and Clayton English filed a lawsuit Tuesday in federal court in Atlanta alleging that they were racially profiled and illegally stopped by Clayton County police at Hartsfield ...
The death toll from the 13 August landslide at a jade mine in Hpakant, Kachin, Myanmar, increases to 31, with eight people still missing. (AFP via Bangkok Post) The death toll from the explosion in San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic, on 14 August increases to 27, after sixteen more people are found dead. The cause is still unknown.