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    • Complete coverage: Atlanta protests

    Authorities are searching for a person accused of pepper-spraying an Atlanta police officer during last month's protest downtown.
    Crime & Public Safety
    Person sought after pepper-spraying cop at Atlanta protest
    The Avondale Alliance for Racial Justice protesters hold up signs as cars drive by in Avondale Estates's downtown strip Saturday, August 29, 2020. STEVE SCHAEFER FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
    Local News
    Avondale Estates reckons with history, eyes a more ‘welcoming’ future
    Anita Jordan, owner of Benu Glass Creations, packs up her belongings as she prepares to move out of the building she's been renting in Stone Mountain Village. (ALYSSA POINTER / ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM)
    DeKalb County
    After clashes between armed protesters, locals paint a different of in...
    Protesters and police face off in downtown Atlanta Tuesday evening, Aug. 25, 2020. BEN GRAY FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
    Intown Atlanta
    Atlanta protests over Jacob Blake shooting end in precinct damage, 8...
    The Atlanta chapter of the NAACP is holding a protest at Stone Mountain on July 4, calling for the carvings of Confederate leaders to be removed from the mountain.
    Local News
    Stone Mountain Memorial Association considers additions to park
    A similar "Black Lives Matter" mural was painted on the Atlanta Beltline earlier this summer.
    DeKalb County
    Lithonia to paint ‘Black Lives Matter’ on Main Street this weekend
    News
    Bond not revoked for officer accused in Rayshard Brooks’ death
    The Atlanta Police Department continues to investigate and arrest people seen committing crimes in the thick of the protests earlier this summer.
    Crime & Public Safety
    Atlanta police continue to make arrests connected to demonstrations
    Decatur commissioners, seated l-r Mayor Pro Tem Tony Powers and Mayor Patti Garrett, standing l-r Lesa Mayer, Kelly Walsh and George Dusenbury. Courtesy City of Decatur
    Local News
    Decatur’s ‘Black Lives Matter’ street mural to be a community project
    An internal review by the Athens-Clarke County Police Department found that officers were justified in their use of tear gas and rubber bullets against downtown protesters two months ago, the department announced Friday.
    News
    Athens police justified in use of force against protesters, internal...
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