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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
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, right, talks with a member of her team during proceedings to seat a special purpose grand jury in Fulton County, Georgia, on Monday, May 2, 2022, to look into the actions of former President Donald Trump and his supporters who tried to overturn the results of the 2020 election. The hearing took place in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Ben Gray)

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OPINION: Fulton DA looks to go Whole Ham on Trump
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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
March 15, 2022 Atlanta: Atlanta Mayor, Andre Dickens (right) Police Chief, Chief Rodney Bryant (left) exit the press conference after talking about how AtlantaÕs homicide detectives have made arrests in 72% of this yearÕs killings on Tuesday, March 15, 2022. Speaking at a joint news conference at AtlantaÕs public safety headquarters, Mayor Andre Dickens and Chief Rodney Bryant also vowed to hire more police officers and double down on efforts to curb street racing across the city. Atlanta police have investigated 33 homicides since the start of the year, up from 24 through this time last year, records show. But homicide investigators have made arrests in about three quarters of those cases, Dickens said, praising the department for Òcracking down on violent crime.Ó ÒI want to stress to the would-be offenders out there that if you think you want to commit a crime in this city, you might want to think again,Ó Dickens said. (John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com)

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OPINION: The hunt for a new Atlanta police chief looks like an inside job
Townes Purdy, a senior at Druid Hills High School, describes conditions at the school in a recently released video. A group of students and parents there want to get a rebuild of the school.

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OPINION: Druid Hills High video casts light on racial and regional debate
March 29, 2020 Atlanta: Alex Guiterrez (left) and Gavin Studdard make their way home through the crowd on the Atlanta BeltLine trail while making a beer run on Sunday, March 29, 2020, in Atlanta. Curtis Compton ccompton@ajc.com

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OPINION: When Beltline stroll becomes roller derby
July 14, 2021 Atlanta - Commissioner Lee Morris (left) and Commission Chairman Robb Pitts confer during a meeting at the Fulton County government building in Atlanta on Wednesday, July 14, 2021. Michel “Marty” Turpeau IV, chairman of the embattled Development Authority of Fulton County (DAFC), announced Monday he will end his dual role as interim executive director, effective Aug. 31. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

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OPINION: It’s election season, time for Fulton County to make more noise
220329-Atlanta-Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens leads a press conference Tuesday, Mar. 29, 2022, to announce the formation of a unit targeting repeat offenders. Ben Gray for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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OPINION: Deja vu on the Atlanta crime front? Maybe this time a break
06/26/2020 - Atlanta, Georgia - Georgia Senators throw paper in the air as the legislative session comes to an end in the Senate Chambers on Sine Die, day 40, of the legislative session in Atlanta, Friday, June 26, 2020. (ALYSSA POINTER / ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM)

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OPINION: Crazy idea here - Give legislators a pay raise
Cannabis plants grow in the greenhouse at a medical marijuana cultivation facility.

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OPINION: The time I bought marijuana for my son in a Petco parking lot
Central figure of City Hall corruption probe heads to trial for steering millions in contracts

OPINION: Atlanta bribery trial is a chilling lesson on city contracting
John King, longtime Doraville police chief, was sworn in Monday as acting state insurance commissioner

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OPINION: Trump’s animosity digs down deep into the Georgia ballot
Central figure of City Hall corruption probe heads to trial for steering millions in contracts

OPINION: Atlanta bribery trial is a chilling lesson on city contracting
John King, longtime Doraville police chief, was sworn in Monday as acting state insurance commissioner

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OPINION: Trump’s animosity digs down deep into the Georgia ballot
March 3, 2022 Atlanta - Mitzi Bickers, who served as Mayor Kasim Reed’s director of human services, arrives at the Richard B. Russell Federal Building for her hearing in federal court with her attorney, Drew Findling (left), on Thursday, March 3, 2022. Bickers is set to be the first person to face a jury in the Atlanta City Hall corruption investigation. She faces 12 counts related to an alleged conspiracy involving pay-to-play contracting. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

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OPINION: Bickers trial a window to shadowy version of the Atlanta Way
Brookhaven recently hired an in-house park maintenance team.

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OPINION: Lawsuit hits home hard for Brookhaven mayor
North DeKalb Mall has gained additional revenue as a site for film productions, turning vacant storefronts into fictional sets. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM

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OPINION: North DeKalb Mall, metro Atlanta’s “deadest mall,” may get new life
Before a Cobb County of Education board meeting begins, Sandra Davis, a Cobb County media specialist, from left, and Janet Arnold Savage, center, debate with Leroy Emkin, right, a Cobb resident who has 3 children that went through the Georgia public education system. Teachers, parents and local residents gather to voice their opinions on critical race theory and what Cobb County teaching and the reviews initiated by the school board Thursday, June 10, 2021. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal Constitution)

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OPINION: Critical race theory battle drags the Irish into it
Don Radcliffe, proprietor of Ella Guru Record Shop in Dekalb County, has been in the record business for more than 40 years. He makes a living off used records that have been "set free." Photo by Bill Torpy

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OPINION: Time to dump the old record collection? Or not
February 16, 2022 Atlanta - Bill White, chairman and CEO of the Buckhead City Committee, holds a book as he begins speaking to members of the press during a news conference to discuss an important series of next steps outside the Buckhead City Committee headquarters on Wednesday, February 16, 2022. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

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OPINION: From the beaches of Buckhead, the fight slogs on
President Donald Trump supporters cheer as Georgia State Rep. Vernon Jones speaks as Marjorie Taylor Greene looks on, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

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OPINION: Vernon Jones and his opportunistic GOP ride
Superior Court Judge Eric Norris (front row, center), when he sat as a visiting state Supreme Court justice because another justice had a conflict of interest. First row (from left to right): then-Chief Justice Harris Hines, Norris and former Justice Harold Melton. Back row (left to right): Justices Nels Peterson and David Nahmias and former Justices Robert Benham, Carol Hunstein, Keith Blackwell and Britt Grant. (Photo: Judgenorris.com)

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OPINION: Say you’re sorry, Judge. And now let’s move along
Workers temporarily install the statue of Tomochichi, chief of the Yamacraw, at the Millennium Gate Museum on 17th St. Monday, September 20, 2021. STEVE SCHAEFER FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION

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OPINION: ‘Nekkid’ chief the latest of the Peace Park’s problems
Protesters chant during a “Who Killed KJ” rally in front of the Georgia State Capitol in December 2013. PHIL SKINNER / PSKINNER@AJC.COM

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OPINION: Kendrick Johnson case solved but conspiracies never die
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