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Former Atlanta Police Officer Who Shot Rayshard Brooks Sues City Over Firing

3:18pm August 05, 2020

by Alana Wise

In the lawsuit, former police Officer Garrett Rolfe alleges that his firing turned him into a "public spectacle." He is charged in Brooks' killing in a Wendy's parking lot.

Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottom, seen here in 2018, has called for mandatory mask wearing in her city.

Atlanta Mayor Defends Legal Face-Off With Georgia's Governor Over Masks

6:56pm July 28, 2020

by James Doubek

Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms' order requiring face masks in her city has prompted Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp to sue. Bottoms discusses the legal battle and plans for schools in the fall.

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Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is taking Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms and the City Council to court to block the city's mask-wearing mandate.

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp Sues Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Over Face Mask Order

8:36pm July 16, 2020

by Vanessa Romo

"Mayor Bottoms does not have the legal authority to modify, change or ignore Governor Kemp's executive orders," Kemp argues in the lawsuit intended to stop masks from being required in Atlanta.

Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms says she'll sign an executive order requiring face coverings in public but hasn't offered specifics. She's shown here speaking on Capitol Hill in 2019.

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Atlanta Mayor To Order Masks To Be Worn In Public Spaces

1:55pm July 08, 2020

Atlanta is set to be the next big city to require face coverings when people are in public. Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms is moving forward with the plan despite resistance from Georgia's governor.

Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, shown here in 2019, says a headache is her only symptom after testing positive for the coronavirus.

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Atlanta Mayor Tests Positive, Sees 'Perfect Storm Of Distress In America'

1:29pm July 07, 2020

by Austin Horn

Keisha Lance Bottoms' diagnosis comes at an intense time for the city, which is reeling from the police killing of Rayshard Brooks and a spike in violence over the Fourth of July weekend.

Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms condemned weekend violence that included the killing of an 8-year-old girl. "You can't blame this on a police officer," Bottoms said. "You can't say this is about criminal justice reform."

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'Enough Is Enough': Atlanta Mayor Calls For Violence To End After Child Killed

1:41pm July 06, 2020

by Brakkton Booker

Police are searching for those responsible in the death of 8-year-old Secoriea Turner. She was shot over the weekend near the Wendy's restaurant where Rayshard Brooks was killed last month.

Tomika Miller weeps over her husband Rayshard Brooks as his coffin is closed at the conclusion of his public viewing at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta on Monday.

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Rayshard Brooks' Funeral Held At Church Where Martin Luther King Jr. Preached

3:37pm June 23, 2020

by Brakkton Booker

"Rayshard Brooks wasn't just running from the police. He was running from a system that makes slaves out of people," the historic church's pastor says. Brooks was fatally shot by police in Atlanta.

Pallbearers bring the remains of Rayshard Brooks into the Ebenezer Baptist Church for his viewing Monday in Atlanta, Georgia. Brooks was killed June 12 by an Atlanta police officer after a struggle during a field sobriety test in a Wendy's restaurant park

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Rayshard Brooks's Public Viewing Underway In Martin Luther King Jr.'s Church

3:49pm June 22, 2020

by Brakkton Booker

Brooks' death on June 12 added to the fury and anger already felt by demonstrators protesting against systemic racism and police brutality in Atlanta and across the nation.

Devin Brosnan leaves the Fulton County Jail in Atlanta on Thursday after turning himself in. Authorities have charged Brosnan with four counts, including aggravated assault, in the shooting death of Rayshard Brooks.

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Officers Charged In Rayshard Brooks' Death Turn Themselves In

5:40pm June 18, 2020

by Colin Dwyer

Garrett Rolfe and Devin Brosnan surrender to authorities one day after prosecutors unveiled the charges against them. Rolfe faces the possibility of execution or life in prison without parole.

This screen grab taken from body camera video provided by the Atlanta Police Department shows Rayshard Brooks speaking with Officer Garrett Rolfe in the parking lot of a Wendy's restaurant on June 12 in Atlanta. Rolfe has been fired following the fatal sh

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Former Atlanta Police Officer Who Shot Rayshard Brooks Charged With Felony Murder

7:01pm June 17, 2020

by Brakkton Booker

A Georgia county prosecutor has charged a white Atlanta police officer who shot a 27-year-old black man in the back last week in the parking lot of a fast-food restaurant.