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Time, citing a Freedom of Information Act report request from KULR, said that 23-year-old Colin Scott was looking for a place to "hot pot," or soak in the waters — a move forbidden by park officials — with his sister.

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Rebecca Ramage-Tuttle, assistant director of the Statewide Independent Living Council of Georgia, says the the DOE rule change is “a slippery slope” for civil rights. (Hyosub Shin/AJC)

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