AltWeeklies Wire
'Atlanta Unprotected'new
City's police union releases video documentary alleging dismal conditions.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Alyssa Abkowitz |
05-31-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Rogue Raid Reduxnew
Twenty months before the Johnston shooting, did the same cops raid another wrong house?
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Alyssa Abkowitz |
05-03-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Shooting Aftermath Reaches City Hallnew
Council committee bucks mayor; Pennington under fire from within police department.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Alyssa Abkowitz and John Sugg |
03-01-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Indigent Trapnew
Inmates are kept behind bars until they pay up.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Alyssa Abkowitz |
02-08-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Police Accountabilitynew
Proposal offered for a vamped-up board to review allegations of misconduct.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Alyssa Abkowitz |
01-25-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
No Atlanta Investigationnew
Why hasn't APD begun looking for two Mexican men?
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Alyssa Abkowitz |
05-25-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Deaf Man Duped by 'Misleading' Brokernew
Lester Wimbley was only trying to refinance his home in Decatur, Ga. But within months of contacting a broker, a lawsuit claims, he had unwittingly sold his home and was forced to pay thousands of unnecessary dollars to the broker and the home's buyer.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Alyssa Abkowitz |
01-21-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Family Members and Lawyers Describe Assaults of Teens in Prisonnew
Wayne Boatwright Sr. couldn't hold back tears as he told legislators about the death of his 18-year-old son, Wayne Boatwright Jr. He was strangled to death in February at Lee Arrendale State Prison, where children between the ages of 13 and 17 found guilty of one of seven violent felonies are sent. Once there, they often are preyed upon by the prison's older population, documents show.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Alyssa Abkowitz |
08-13-2004 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
