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'Black Lives Matter' Poster in Georgia Classroom Gets White Parents Big Mad
Parents are in their feelings—actually, wait, that’s not accurate. White parents are in their feelings after a Georgia teacher displayed a Black Lives Matter poster in her classroom. AJC reports that Paige McGaughey, a white teacher at Alton C. Crews Middle School in Lawrenceville, Ga., told the news outlet that she put up the poster…
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Georgia Cop Put on Administrative Leave After Tasing Black Woman on Her Own Front Porch
In Georgia, an investigation has been launched after a video went viral showing a cop tasing a Black woman on her front porch. According to AJC, the video shows an officer approaching a group of Black women sitting on their front porch. He tells one of the women, identified as 22-year-old Kyndesia Smith, that she’s…
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Ga. Teacher Told 6th-Graders to Create a ‘Colorful’ Nazi Mascot as Homework Assignment
Who comes up with these ideas? With whom do they hash these out or look them over? Because any reasonable person could have seen this one coming from a mile away. Nonetheless, a Gwinnett County, Ga., schoolteacher is under scrutiny after thinking it was a great idea to give sixth-graders a homework assignment that tasked…
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Ga. Judge Suspended After Comparing ‘the Nut Cases Tearing Down’ Confederate Monuments to ‘ISIS’
A Georgia judge was temporarily kicked off the bench after he compared anti-racist and anti-Confederate protesters to the Islamic State group, often referred to as ISIS, in comments on Facebook over the weekend. Gwinnett County Judge James “Jim” Hinkle started the controversy Saturday after he called anti-racist protesters in Charlottesville, Va., “snowflakes” who had “no…
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Demetrius Hollins, 21-Year-Old Beaten by 2 Ga. Cops, Says He Feared for Life During Traffic Stop
Demetrius Hollins’ encounter with two Gwinnett County, Ga., police officers during a traffic stop went viral last week after one officer was seen punching the motorist in his face, and another officer was seen racing to the scene later, only to stomp the young man in his face. Those officers have since been fired from…
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2 Ga. Cops Fired After Video of Them Punching, Kicking Motorist During Traffic Stop
It seems as if you can’t just beat up a man at a traffic stop even as a law enforcement officer. Two Georgia police officers who authorities say were involved in the assault of a man during a traffic stop—where one punched the man as his hands were raised, and the other stomped the man…
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Ga. Cop Seen on Video Kicking Handcuffed Man in the Head During Traffic Stop
A Gwinnett County, Ga., police officer has prompted social media outrage after video of him kicking a handcuffed man in the head went viral. A Gwinnett County Police Department spokesperson called the video “very disturbing” and said that the officer involved has since been placed on administrative leave, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. The incident, which…
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Ga. Brothers Plead Guilty to Parents' Brutal Attack, Get Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison
Two Georgia brothers pleaded guilty to a brutal attack on their parents late Monday afternoon, expressing remorse for their actions even as they were sentenced to 20 years in prison, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. Christopher Ervin, the older brother, told the court and everyone in it that he had been in a bad place at…
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Ga. Teen Wakes From Coma Speaking Fluent Spanish After Severe Concussion
A Georgia teen who survived a near-fatal concussion awoke from a coma speaking fluent Spanish, WSB radio reports. Last month, 16-year-old Reuben Nsemoh was kicked in the head while playing goalie for his travel soccer team, the station reports. The teen suffered a severe concussion, his third concussion in his short life. According to WSB…
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Ga. Family Demands Answers About Teen Shot Dead at House Party
It has been almost a week since a Gwinnett County, Ga., teen was shot dead at a house party, and his family remains frustrated at the lack of progress in the case, WSB-TV reports. “I find that hard to believe that within a week, there has been nothing uncovered,” Saviour Branch, the father of the…