Georgia State Patrol to drivers: Consider this statement your warning. Going forward, you're getting a ticket May 25, 2018 The Georgia State Patrol and other enforcement agencies visited Columbus Thursday for their "Make Your Summer Click" campaign. Officials want you to remember to always wear seat belts and life jackets on the road or on the water, and obey the laws. Mike Haskey … [Read more...] about Georgia State Patrol to drivers: Consider this statement your warning. Going forward, you’re getting a ticket
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In Georgia, Stacey Abrams’ supporters aren’t afraid of identity politics
Vanessa Williams, The Washington Post Published 8:09 am, Friday, May 25, 2018 window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-3', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 3', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); Photo: Photo By Kevin D. Liles For The Washington Post Image 1of/3 CaptionClose Image 1 of 3 Stacey Abrams. Stacey Abrams. Photo: Photo By Kevin D. Liles For The Washington Post Image 2 of 3 Community organizer Shannon Gaggero, left, and Perri Chandler, a diversity facilitator for the Anti-Defamation League, attend a victory party for Stacey Abrams in Atlanta on Tuesday night. Community organizer Shannon Gaggero, left, and Perri Chandler, a diversity facilitator for the Anti-Defamation League, attend a victory … [Read more...] about In Georgia, Stacey Abrams’ supporters aren’t afraid of identity politics
How Black women delivered Stacey Abrams’ historic win in Georgia
If you want to know how strong Black women are, then their coalition movement to get Stacey Abrams elected as the nation’s first African-American woman governor is a compelling case study. Black women voters mobilized by the thousands ahead of Georgia’s gubernatorial primary and brought Abrams a history-making victory Tuesday (May 22). The Democratic candidate may be able to secure her next victory during the midterms in November also because of Black women, who used several methods of communication to get the vote out to more than 150,000 members of their voting bloc. RELATED: Stacey Abrams Makes History In Georgia Black women canvassed, conducted phone banking and went door-to-door in Georgia as part of The National Coalition on Black Civic Participation (NCBCP) and Black Women’s Roundtable (BWR) coalition campaign. They also enlisted the help of Black women celebrities and public figures — Sheryl Lee Ralph, Judge Glenda Hatchett, Judge … [Read more...] about How Black women delivered Stacey Abrams’ historic win in Georgia
Georgia police chief defends officers cleared by grand jury in shooting
SAVANNAH, Ga. — A Georgia police chief said Thursday that officers acted professionally and appropriately when they fatally shot a 20-year-old man in January, and he urged the public to review all the evidence and witness statements in the case. Savannah Police Chief Mark Revenew's comments came a day after a grand jury issued a report determining that police were justified in shooting Ricky Boyd as they sought to arrest him on a felony murder warrant. His family insists he was unarmed when he was killed outside his house on Jan. 23. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation said he was holding a BB pistol that appeared to be a real gun. Revenew told reporters Thursday he had to remain quiet as the case was investigated and presented to the grand jury. Since the shooting, he said, "the public has been subjected to a one-sided, calculated campaign of misinformation." "We encourage everyone, including the media, to objectively review the evidence and witness statements in their … [Read more...] about Georgia police chief defends officers cleared by grand jury in shooting
Lady Vols ‘a different team’ entering NCAA super regional rematch with Georgia
This story was updated May 24, 2018, at 11:59 p.m. KNOXVILLE — With the scoreboard behind him showing an eight-run loss on April 1, Tennessee softball co-head coach Ralph Weekly stood on the Lady Volunteers' home field and admitted that in 16 years with the program, he couldn't remember such a situation. His team had lost four of five conference games. Tennessee co-head coach Ralph Weekly, right, watches from the dugout in the first inning against Tennessee in the NCAA Women's College World Series softball game in Oklahoma City, Thursday, May 28, 2015. Florida won 7-2. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki) Tennessee co-head coach Ralph Weekly, right, watches from... Photo by Associated Press /Times Free Press. "Right now we've got to find ourselves," Weekly said that day. It took time. Georgia earned a series victory over Tennessee with an 8-0 win the next day, and the Lady Vols lost a third straight SEC series the next weekend. Eventually, however, the Lady Vols found themselves. … [Read more...] about Lady Vols ‘a different team’ entering NCAA super regional rematch with Georgia