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Andre Dickens (center) listens as Feilcia Moore speaks during an Anti-Election rally where Peoplestown residents are fighting the city of AtlantaÕs year long attempt to take away their homes. The city is trying to do so in order to improve the flood protection conditions in Peoplestown. The two mayoral runoff candidates say they support the people but one of them will ultimately be on the opposing side come January. PHIL SKINNER FOR THE ATANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION

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Faye Yager, who ran an underground for families after there were accusations of molestation, used Satanism as a tool. FX photo

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Atlanta police are investigating a shooting in the Rosa L. Burney Park area. Multiple people were shot late Sunday afternoon, according to initial reports. (Photo: Ben Hendren for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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OPINION: Mayor Dickens tries to engineer solutions to crime issue

Construction continues on Cheshire Bridge Road in Atlanta on Wednesday, July 20, 2022 following a fire in August 2021 that damaged the bridge. (Natrice Miller/natrice.miller@ajc.com)

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OPINION: The long, frustrating wait on Cheshire (Without the) Bridge Road

Georgia gunmaker Daniel Defense is known for its guerilla marketing. This ad, made to run in a mans bathroom, was noted by a Congressional committee

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OPINION: Daniel Defense, a guerilla marketer’s lethal dream

01/06/2021 — Atlanta, Georgia — Chester Doles (center), leader of American Patriots USA, is surrounded by supporters as he makes his way to a ‘Stop the Steal’ rally outside of the Georgia State capital building in downtown Atlanta, Wednesday, January 6, 2021. Doles gave a speech at the rally and then attempted to speak with Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger but was unsuccessful. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)

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OPINION: Georgia is at home in the wild world of conspiracy

District Attorney Fani Willis (center) reacts to proceedings at Fulton County Superior Court on Thursday, July 21, 2022. State Sen. Burt Jones filed a motion to remove Willis from the Fulton County Trump investigation because she held a fundraiser for Jones’ Democratic opponent Charlie Bailey. (Arvin Temkar / arvin.temkar@ajc.com)

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OPINION: What was Fani Willis thinking?

OPINION: Forget sham electors. Supreme Court could really pull a farce.

Jack Walsh from Decatur shows support to abortion rights as protests continue Sunday, July 3, 2022, outside the state Capitol in Atlanta. "I have two daughters, and when they grow, they will have the right to choose," Walsh said. (Photo: Miguel Martinez / Miguel.martinezjimenez@ajc.com)

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OPINION: The Supremes’ greatest hits yet to come

RAW: Explosion destroys Georgia Guidestones monument (WSB TV)

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OPINION: Georgia Guidestones, a roadmap down the rabbithole

The author at his first day at work, as well as his first "story," a trash fire. Newspapers are vital to the communities they serve.

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OPINION: A 40-year slog in a changing ink-stained world

4/17/18 - Atlanta - Tex McIver (left), Defense attorney Amanda Clark Palmer, and Defense co-counsel Don Samuel watch Defense attorney Bruce Harvey make final arguments for the defense today during the Tex McIver murder trial at the Fulton County Courthouse. Bob Andres bandres@ajc.com

OPINION: Tex McIver’s sad, weird and lurid spectacle at an end?

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OPINION: Flying this summer? Roll the dice and wait a while

Billy Sunday Birt, the Georgia gangster most associated with the so-called Dixie Mafia, was convicted of murder and spent 43 years in prison, more than half his life, Photo: Billy Sunday Birt

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OPINION: The Dixie Mafia and the enduring tales of murder

After more than 50 years with Atlanta Legal Aid, 42 as its chief, Steve Gottlieb is stepping down. Photo by Bill Torpy

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OPINION: After 50 years fighting the poor getting fleeced, Legal Aid chief to step aside

September 7, 2021 Atlanta: Police are investigating an early morning shooting that left a man in critical condition at an apartment complex in south Atlanta on Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2021. Officers were called to Pavilion Place apartments in the 500 block of Cleveland Avenue shortly before 6 a.m. about a person shot. A man was found with multiple gunshot wounds and was taken to the hospital in critical condition, police said. As investigators continue looking into the case, Atlanta police have not released any information about a suspect or why the shooting occurred, spokesman Officer Steve Avery said. The shooting is one of a string of fatal and non-fatal apartment incidents around the city Tuesday morning. Around 1 a.m., Atlanta police said they found a man with a stab wound to the chest at the Santafe Villa on Metropolitan Parkway. Police said the fatal stabbing may have happened after an argument with a neighbor. The neighbor was detained for questioning, authorities said. Less than an hour later, police said a man fatally shot himself after shooting a woman at the Glen Iris Lofts located just a block away from Ponce City Market. The woman was taken to the hospital in critical condition. (John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com)

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OPINION: Profiting from poverty, the super-sized version

The Atlanta City Detention Center and the Fulton County Jail.

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OPINION: Closing Atlanta’s jail doesn’t make dollars or sense

Atlanta rapper Young Thug, whose real name is Jeffery Williams, appears virtually before a Fulton County Magistrate judge on Tuesday, May 10, 2022. (Arvin Temkar / arvin.temkar@ajc.com)

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OPINION: Young Thug and alleged crew will probably stew in jail

A flag flies at half-mast at Daniel Defense’s headquarters in Black Creek, Ga., May 27, 2022. After one of its military-style rifles was used in the Texas elementary school shooting on Tuesday, the gun manufacturer published a pop-up statement on its home page sending “thoughts and prayers” to the community of Uvalde, Texas, and pledging to cooperate with the authorities. (Dylan Wilson/The New York Times)

OPINION: Georgia gunmaker the choice for mass slaughter

Randy Evans, a Georgia lawyer who was ambassador to Luxembourg, fought a battle to help solve a long-running dispute over the Holocaust.

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OPINION: How a Georgia ambassador helped unwind a Holocaust dilemma

Former Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine faced frequent scrutiny from the media during his 16 years in statewide office. CURTIS COMPTON / CCOMPTON@AJC.COM

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OPINION: Oxendine was always Teflon. So, is ‘The Ox’ finally gored?

DA: Young Thug’s own music, social media used in indictment against him

OPINION: Young Thug: A stage name? Or a way of life?

Once again, the intersection of North Decatur Road and Superior Avenue was the scene of a serious wreck. Last week a car blew through a red light, according to police. and slammed into a Prius. The driver was knocked unconscious but survived. Photo courtesy of Decaturish and Adam Francois Watkins

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OPINION: Decatur’s ‘Intersection of Death’ just can’t get fixed

March 21, 2022 Atlanta: A 15-year-old boy was shot Monday morning, March 21, 2022 at a southwest Atlanta apartment complex, police said. The shooting happened around 10:30 a.m. at Oakland City West End apartments in the 1100 block of Oakland Lane. The teen was shot in the arm and the bullet went into his stomach after two men in a white Kia pulled up next to him, Sgt. Michael Young with the Atlanta police aggravated assault unit said. ÒThe gentleman was outside with his friends hanging out when a white vehicle, a Kia, pulled up, asked him a question, then an argument ensued and then (someone in) the white Kia shot the young man,Ó Young said. The teen, who is from Clayton County, was taken to Grady Memorial Hospital and is in surgery in critical condition, Young said. Police do not know what the shooter asked the teen or if the two suspects knew the victim. Minnie Pearl, who has lived at the apartment complex for six years, said she called 911 as soon as she heard a gunshot and spotted the bleeding victim. ÒI heard a shot and I heard somebody scream,Ó she said. ÒI saw a child, a kid lying on the floor bleeding. And when I walked over, I seen the blood coming from his arm.Ó But Monday morningÕs scene is nothing out of the ordinary for Pearl, who said there was another shooting two weeks ago and that gunshots are background noise. ÒWe go through this every day. We see this every day,Ó Pearl said. ÒThey shoot all throughout the night, the day, broad daylight, 12 oÕclock at night, and it be right there by my window.Ó Another neighbor, Maria Parker, said more security in the area could curb the frequent gun violence, which she says prevents children from being able to play outside. Police did not release any information about the suspects but said they are looking through camera footage in hopes that it caught the incident. Young said authorities are trying to determine if the victim is still in school. MondayÕs victim is one at least six teens shot in metro Atlanta this year. Earlier in March, 16-year-old Joshua Adetunji died after being shot near the Atlanta Fair on its opening weekend. A 14-year-old and 19-year-old were also injured in the incident. In late January, 17-year-old Havord Head was fatally shot at The Commons apartments on Middleton Road. Investigators said they believed the shooting stemmed from a robbery involving narcotics. Earlier that month, 15-year-old Kelvice Roberson Jr. was shot and killed at the Dunbar Neighborhood Center along Windsor Street. (John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com)

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OPINION: There’s a teen violence tsunami. Or is there?

The body of a man who was found shot and dead inside a sedan is lifted into a van. The sedan crashed into a fence at a southwest Atlanta apartment complex on Friday, April 15, 2022. The crash occurred outside of the Donnelly Courts apartments. (Arvin Temkar / arvin.temkar@ajc.com)

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OPINION: Shootings down, homicides up. The mystery of Atlanta’s murders

Scenes from The Battery outside of Truist Park on Nov. 4, 2021. Ben Gray for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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OPINION: Braves not Truist to their word on new tax handouts

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