Atlanta police

The firing of the former Atlanta police officer who’s charged with murder in the shooting death of Rayshard Brooks has been reversed

The family of Rayshard Brooks spoke out at a press conference on Monday, asking for the police officers involved in his death to be charged and convicted. Police shot Brooks twice in the back outside of a Wendy’s restaurant in Atlanta, Georgia, on Friday night after someone reported Brooks for sleeping in his car.

An Atlanta police officer has been fired following the fatal shooting of a Black man and a second officer was placed on administrative duty. The move announced by police early Sunday comes on the heels of the resignation of Atlanta’s police chief following the killing of 27-year-old Rayshard Brooks.

The Wendy’s location where Rayshard Brooks, a Black man, was shot and killed by police Friday in Atlanta was set on fire Saturday night after a day of peaceful protests.

Atlanta’s police chief is resigning after an officer fatally shot a man who snatched an officer’s Taser and ran during a struggle in a restaurant parking lot. Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced Police Chief Erika Shields’ resignation Saturday.

Two police officers who were fired after video showed them using stun guns on a couple of college students during a large protest in Atlanta against police brutality are looking to get their jobs back

An Atlanta woman faces charges of cruelty to children for allegedly leaving her hours-old baby girl on a stranger’s front porch, police said, as reported by NBC News. The newborn was found crying and wrapped in a white blanket outside a home at around 1:30 a.m. Tuesday, according to authorities. Atlanta police identified the baby’s mother Wednesday afternoon as Doretha...

Atlanta police say six people injured by debris from a lightning strike at the Tour Championship have been treated and released. Authorities say the injured were five were men and one female juvenile. One was treated at East Lake Golf Club. The other five were taken to hospitals and released Saturday night. A powerful bolt struck a 60-foot pine near...

Four college students were wounded when a gunman opened fire into a crowd of 200 people outside a library near Clark Atlanta University and then escaped in the chaos, authorities said. All four injured women were in stable condition after the gunfire, which happened shortly after 10:30 p.m. Tuesday. None of their injuries were life-threatening, Atlanta police said. The shooter...

The Atlanta-based rapper 21 Savage said in an interview aired Friday that he didn’t talk about his British citizenship before because he didn’t want to get deported.

Atlanta police say rapper Bow Wow has been arrested following a fight with a woman. Police couldn’t tell who was the primary aggressor, so both were charged with battery.

Thousands of football fans with Super Bowl tickets are converging on Atlanta, where two families are mourning young black men who were killed in separate police shootings this month, both believed to be unarmed, NBC News reported. Jimmy Atchison, a 21-year-old father of two, was shot last week after leading police and federal agents executing a warrant on a foot...

A day after travelers waited nearly 90 minutes in snail-speed security lines at the world’s busiest airport, Atlanta’s mayor is concerned about the waits that could result when the city hosts the 2019 Super Bowl. The ongoing partial government shutdown is “uncharted territory” amid planning for one of the world’s biggest sporting events, Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms said Tuesday. “Obviously,...

Police arrested a man at an Atlanta airport Wednesday after he allegedly went on an anti-Semitic rant on an evening flight, NBC News reported. The suspect was seen on a cellphone video struggling with three officers at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport and yelling, “I’m not doing anything!” and “White guy with blue eyes and he was just like Trump...

The musician was scheduled to perform in Atlanta on Wednesday as part of G-Eazy’s The Endless Summer Tour

Police say they are pursuing more charges against a man who rushed onstage during a Beyonce and Jay-Z concert in Atlanta.

Rapper Jim Jones has been arrested after a brief police chase in west Georgia. A Coweta County investigator said he saw a southbound Mercedes sport utility vehicle drift into the emergency lane on Interstate 85 several times late Wednesday. News outlets report when the investigator pulled the car over, he said it appeared to be filled with smoke and smelled...

More than six weeks after he was reported missing, the body of a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention employee was found in an Atlanta river this week, Atlanta police said Thursday.

Police in Atlanta are searching for a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention employee who was last seen two weeks ago, when he left work early after complaining that he felt unwell.

A light, cold rain fell on the fans tailgating and wandering around downtown Atlanta ahead of Monday night’s College Football Playoff title game, but there were no anti-Trump demonstrators in sight. At least two groups have announced plans to protest President Donald Trump’s visit to Atlanta for the game, which was set to kick off after 8 p.m. But their...