@samantha-hogan.bsky.social gets immediate action on her investigation that just published Head of Atlanta’s police watchdog agency will have 1 month to report to city lawmakers why the agency has not investigated police shootings or custody deaths, per a new resolution www.ajc.com/news/investi...

“I can’t breathe” Ricardo Dorado yelled as Atlanta police held him down on his stomach for 17 minutes. Dorado is one of 39 deadly force cases yet to be investigated by an Atlanta citizen review board, @ajc.com www.ajc.com/news/investi...

A far-right Northwest Georgia senator was detained Thursday after he refused to abide by a ban on entering the House chamber made by the speaker last year.

City leaders empowered the Atlanta Citizen Review Board in 2020 to investigate all cases of deadly force used by police officers. In four years, the board hasn’t started even one investigation, the @ajc.com found. www.ajc.com/news/investi...

Atlanta police officers held Ricardo Dorado Jr. down on his stomach for 17 minutes before he went into cardiac arrest on Aug. 21, 2022. The @ajc obtained previously unreleased body camera video of the fatal arrest. www.ajc.com/news/investi...

The first bill approved by the U.S. House this year is named after the nursing student killed on the University of Georgia’s campus last year. www.ajc.com/politics/bil...

Gov. Kemp seeks more than $600 million for the Georgia Department of Corrections over the next 18 months. Kemp’s proposals come after the @ajc.com, in a series of investigations, highlighted deep failures within the prison system. www.ajc.com/news/georgia...

Former President Jimmy Carter of Georgia has died, family confirms. Stay with @ajc.com for more coverage www.ajc.com/news/former-...

Explosion leaves one dead at southwest Georgia poultry plant, @ajc.com www.ajc.com/news/busines...

When the #Georgia General Assembly convenes in January, lawmakers must decide what portrait of the Department of Corrections they see, the @ajc.com digs into the contradictions between the agency's statements, experts' findings and the AJC's reporting: www.ajc.com/news/investi...

Thousands of women left the state for elective or medically necessary abortions since Georgia enacted one of the country’s strictest abortion laws. Three of those women spoke with @samantha-hogan.bsky.social and me about their experiences. #gapol #abortionnews @ajc.com www.ajc.com/politics/num...

Georgia sheriffs say full jails will complicate federal efforts to act on Trump's promise of mass deportations, read at @ajc.com www.ajc.com/politics/if-...

The @ajc.com spoke with three women that traveled out of #Georgia in order to receive an abortion, since the state enacted one of the strictest laws in the country banning the procedure. These are their stories: www.ajc.com/politics/num...