Out Atlanta Police Chief Erika Shields Resigns Following Police Shooting of Rayshard Brooks Katie Burkholder Atlanta June 14, 2020 0Out Atlanta Police Chief Erika Shields has resigned from her position following the police killing of Rayshard Brooks in Downtown...
Atlanta police claim ‘miscommunication’ led to early closure of LGBT bars during Black Gay Pride Dallas Duncan Atlanta September 5, 2017 0An Atlanta Police Department spokesman claims a “miscommunication” between city police and APD led to the closure of several Midtown...
Atlanta has its first openly gay police chief Georgia Voice Atlanta June 1, 2017 0Atlanta Police Chief Erika Shields came out in an interview with Atlanta Magazine. The revelation is part of a profile...
Vandals tag Midtown car with homophobic, racist, anti-Semitic slurs Georgia Voice Atlanta February 14, 2017 0The night before the Super Bowl, a car parked in Ansley Park was tagged with graffiti including the words “nigger,”...
The path of ‘born activist’ Tracee McDaniel to Atlanta police oversight board Robbie Medwed Atlanta November 17, 2016 0The Atlanta Citizen Review Board is designed to be “a credible, independent forum where complaints and accusations” of misconduct among...
Atlanta police: Fight at Carver school not hate crime Dyana Bagby Atlanta April 23, 2015 0Atlanta police will not be investigating the fight this week at New Schools of Carver as a hate crime. Elizabeth...
Atlanta police ask for public’s help in finding armed robbers of lesbian-owned Delia’s Chicken Sausage Dyana Bagby Atlanta February 6, 2015 0Atlanta police and Crime Stoppers are asking for the public’s help in finding two armed men who robbed lesbian-owned Delia’s...
Disturbing video shows anti-gay hate crime in heart of Midtown Atlanta Patrick Saunders Atlanta December 30, 2014 0Disturbing video of a violent hate crime in the heart of Midtown Atlanta shows an unknown suspect reportedly yelling homophobic...
5 questions with Atlanta Police LGBT liaison Eric King Dyana Bagby Atlanta November 12, 2014 0Atlanta Police Officer Eric King was appointed as a department LGBT liaison in August, joining Senior Patrol Officer Brian Sharp...
Atlanta Police cement trans policies into department procedures Dyana Bagby Atlanta November 7, 2014 0The Atlanta Police Department is soon adding “transgender interactions” to its Standard Operating Procedure that will hold officers accountable when...
Atlanta Police adopt new policies on interacting with transgender community Patrick Saunders Atlanta October 9, 2014 0On the eve of Atlanta Pride, Atlanta Police Chief George Turner announced in a press release new policies for interactions...
