An Atlanta council member has proposed a measure that would prohibit police from acquiring AI tools capable of using lethal force without human oversight.
Federal prosecutors and defense attorneys are asking Atlanta's mayor to allow federal pretrial detainees to fill vacancies in the city's detention center.
Negotiations are still underway, but if the sale goes through, city leaders would likely keep a reduced staff and continue housing Atlanta’s detainees at the facility.
Atlanta's revived e-bike rebate program has drawn nearly 5,500 applicants so far. More than 400 rebates will be awarded through a random drawing. Deadline to apply is Tuesday.
Stacey Ian Humphreys’ attorneys argue the death row prisoner should not be executed because years of childhood physical and sexual abuse led to him killing two people in 2003.
Mayor Andre Dickens accepted the commission’s latest offer Tuesday, even though it doesn’t include funding for a future hospital on Atlanta’s Southside.