georgia
118 Days and a Wake Up
Brendan O'Connor · 07/12/16 06:30AMNewspaper Publisher Indicted and Jailed After Bizarre Open Records Request Saga
Andy Cush · 07/01/16 04:40PMThe publisher of a small weekly newspaper in Georgia was indicted last week for filing an open records request with a local court, the Atlanta Journal Constitution reports. The story Mark Thomason was going after with his request is almost as strange as the fact that he was charged with a felony and jailed overnight after filing it.
"Fuckman-Ass" Judge and "Donkey-Dicked" Murder Suspect Are America's Greatest Comic Duo
Hudson Hongo · 06/22/16 08:05PMLaurel and Hardy. Aykroyd and Belushi. Nixon and Haldeman. Soon these names will be joined by “Fuckman and Donkey Dick,” better known as Judge Bryant Durham and alleged killer Denver Allen, whose performance in a Georgia courtroom last week easily ranks them among America’s most legendary comedy teams.
Georgian Neo-Nazis Throw Sausages at Vegans During Rick and Morty Screening
Hudson Hongo · 05/31/16 07:36PMSupreme Court Throws Out Death Sentence for Black Man Convicted by All-White Jury
Andy Cush · 05/23/16 10:30AMThe U.S. Supreme Court ruled this morning to overturn the death sentence of Timothy Tyrone Foster, a black man who was convicted of murdering a white woman in Georgia in 1987. Prosecutors struck all four black prospective jurors during selection for Foster’s case, leaving him with an entirely white jury deciding his fate.
182 Days and a Wake Up
Brendan O'Connor · 05/10/16 06:25AMGeorgia Governor Nathan Deal Will Veto Georgia's Anti-Gay "Religious Freedom" Bill
Rich Juzwiak · 03/28/16 11:15AMAnother Georgia Teen Has Been Arrested for Threatening Donald Trump Online
Brendan O'Connor · 03/26/16 08:55AMGeorgia Police Chief and Officer Accused of Arresting People on False Charges in Order to Extort Them
Brendan O'Connor · 03/02/16 09:32PMA police chief and an officer in White, Georgia, were arrested and charged Wednesday with false imprisonment, extortion, and violating oaths of public office. Police Chief David King and Officer Blake Scheff were accused of arresting people on fabricated charges and then reducing those charges to collect fines.
Georgia Grand Jury Indicts Police Officer Who Fatally Shot Naked and Unarmed Air Force Vet
Brendan O'Connor · 01/21/16 08:20PMGeorgia Inmate Executed After Being Denied Appeal for DNA Testing
Melissa Cronin · 11/19/15 11:12PMShould This Cop Have Lied to These Kids Whose Parents Just Died?
Brendan O'Connor · 11/04/15 07:55PMOwner of Confederate-Themed Bar in Georgia Says “N*****ita” Drink Special Is a Fake
Kelly Conaboy · 10/27/15 02:34PMGeneral Beauregard’s is a bar in Athens, Georgia, known for its sweet tea, live country music, and brazen, nauseating dedication to Confederacy. Many people readily believed an image of a drink menu offering a “N*****ita” shooter circulating on social media late Monday night came from General Beauregard’s menu. However, the bar’s owner says the viral image is a hoax.
Group of White People Toting Around Confederate Flags Will Be Prosecuted as a Street Gang
Gabrielle Bluestone · 10/12/15 04:10PMSinging "Amazing Grace," Kelly Gissendaner Becomes First Woman Executed in Georgia in 70 Years
Gabrielle Bluestone · 09/30/15 08:19AMEx-Peanut Executive Gets 28 Years in Prison for Deadly Salmonella Outbreak
Hudson Hongo · 09/21/15 06:45PMExecution Window Set For Only Woman on Death Row in Georgia
Brendan O'Connor · 09/19/15 01:30PMGeorgia Cops Shot Homeowner and Killed Dog After Responding to Wrong House
Andy Cush · 09/01/15 12:32PMA man who was injured after three DeKalb County police mistakenly responded to his Georgia home Monday night was shot by one of the responding officers, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said in a statement today. Police also killed the homeowner’s dog and may have seriously wounded a fellow officer.