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John Arthur Brown

@johnarthuratl.bsky.social
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Photojournalist based in the A.

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John Arthur Brown @johnarthuratl.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
The explosion of that Jeff Bezos rocket is the epitome of "billionaireism".
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John Arthur Brown @johnarthuratl.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
"Open the Fuckin' Strait, you crazy bastards, or you'll be living in Hell" -President Donald Trump, a bible salesman whose bibles were printed in China at $3 a piece, selling for $59.99 The post was made on Easter Sunday, 2026.
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John Arthur Brown @johnarthuratl.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
The U.S. Government does not have a private sector
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John Arthur Brown @johnarthuratl.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
On March 25, 2026; 123 United Nations member states voted in favor of a resolution declaring transatlantic enslavement the gravest crime against humanity. 3 members voted against - United States, Israel, and Argentina. There were 52 abstentions news.un.org/en/story/202...
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UN resolution urges reparations for slavery’s ‘historical wrongs’
Applause erupted in the UN General Assembly Hall on Wednesday as Member States adopted a resolution declaring the transatlantic slave trade the gravest crime against humanity.
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John Arthur Brown @johnarthuratl.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
I.C.E. agents at airports has nothing to do with long lines. They are not there to help with that. They're not even there to curb illegal immigration. It's all to do with normalizing the presence of militarized law enforcement in every aspect of day to day life; airports aren't where it ends.
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John Arthur Brown @johnarthuratl.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Atlanta voted for More MARTA. A decade later, there isn't much 'more' about it atlpresscollective.com/2026/03/10/m... @atlpresscollective.com 🖋️Teresa Fang 📷John Arthur Brown @johnarthuratl.bsky.social #photojournalist #localnews
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More MARTA: Almost 10 years in, there is not much 'more' about it
In 2016, Atlanta voters approved the More MARTA sales tax. Nearly a decade later, only 2 of the 17 approved projects are near completion.
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John Arthur Brown @johnarthuratl.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Kristi Noem was not fired for doing a bad job; she was fired for not being good enough at doing a bad job.
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John Arthur Brown @johnarthuratl.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
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John Arthur Brown @johnarthuratl.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
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John Arthur Brown @johnarthuratl.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
"The war is not fought to be won; it is fought to be continuous" -George Orwell, "1984"
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John Arthur Brown @johnarthuratl.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
I don't know much about Tourette's Syndrome, but I know racism when I hear it, even when it comes from someone with Tourette's Syndrome like it did at that awards show recently.
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John Arthur Brown @johnarthuratl.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Meet Sandbox: Atlanta's fix-it hackerspace and progressive tech collective atlpresscollective.com/2026/02/24/s... 🖊️Zak Kerr 📷@johnarthuratl.bsky.social #photojournalist #localmedia
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Meet Sandbox: Atlanta’s tech makerspace collective
Launched in early 2025, Sandbox offers member-run digital security trainings, community fix-it days, 3-D printing and much more.
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John Arthur Brown @johnarthuratl.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Rest in Peace to the icon Jesse Jackson October 8, 1941 - February 17, 2026 www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
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Jesse Jackson, towering icon of civil rights, dies following lengthy illness
In a decades-long effort, Jesse Jackson stood alongside MLK, pushed for voting rights, shamed corporations and negotiated with world leaders.
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John Arthur Brown @johnarthuratl.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
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John Arthur Brown @johnarthuratl.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
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Boy who appeared in Bad Bunny's Super Bowl show is not the 5-year-old detained by ICE in Minneapolis
Social media users incorrectly identified a young boy who was part of Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show on Sunday as Liam Conejo Ramos.
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John Arthur Brown @johnarthuratl.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Bearing in mind: Bad Bunny already performed at the Super Bowl with Shakira back in 2020
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John Arthur Brown @johnarthuratl.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
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John Arthur Brown @johnarthuratl.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
The U.S. president of the U.S. government, unprecedentedly, is suing the U.S. government that he presides over. Another way to put it: the government is suing itself. www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
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Trump sues IRS, Treasury for $10 billion over leak of tax returns
Charles "Chaz" Littlejohn, a former IRS employee, is currently serving a five-year sentence in prison for disclosing thousands of tax returns.
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John Arthur Brown @johnarthuratl.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
The U.S. president of the U.S. government, unprecedentedly, is suing the U.S. government that he presides over. www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-s...
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Trump sues IRS and Treasury for $10 billion, accusing agencies of letting his tax returns leak
President Trump is suing the Internal Revenue Service and Treasury Department for at least $10 billion, claiming the agencies unlawfully allowed an IRS contractor to leak his tax returns and those of ...
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John Arthur Brown @johnarthuratl.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
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John Arthur Brown @johnarthuratl.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
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John Arthur Brown @johnarthuratl.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
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John Arthur Brown @johnarthuratl.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
That officer should not have drawn his weapon to begin with. From the DOJ website: www.justice.gov/jm/1-16000-d...
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John Arthur Brown @johnarthuratl.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
At some point, it was agreed among nations that there was an established order on how certain situations would be handled. Currently, there is an attack on that order. It might be about oil and resources. Words like "dictator" and "terrorist" get tossed around. Eventually, it's bigger than that.
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John Arthur Brown @johnarthuratl.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
60 Minutes recently did a report on the CECOT prison in El Salvador. The story was censored, but leaked and was temporarily able to be viewed on Global TV, a Canadian outlet. A link to the censored report is now available on the Internet Archive site: archive.org/details/insi...
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Inside CECOT | 60 Minutes : CBS News : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Sharyn Alfonsi's Inside CECOT for 60 Minutes, which was censored by Bari Weiss, as it appeared on Canada's Global TV app.
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John Arthur Brown @johnarthuratl.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Atlanta police searched license plate reader network for immigrants, records show atlpresscollective.com/2025/11/13/a... @atlpresscollective.com #localnews
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Atlanta PD used Flock cameras to track migrants, records show
Atlanta PD denied that it has assisted in immigration enforcement, but records show 15 immigration-related Flock searches in March 2025.
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John Arthur Brown @johnarthuratl.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
'No Kings'? Agreed, but Atlanta organizers question protest's efficacy atlpresscollective.com/2025/10/31/a... @atlpresscollective.com 🖊️Zak Kerr 📷John Arthur Brown @johnarthuratl.bsky.social #photojournalist #localmedia
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Atlanta organizers question "No Kings" protest's efficacy
While many heralded the protest as crucial to upholding democracy, others critiqued it as insufficient to meet a moment requiring change.
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John Arthur Brown @johnarthuratl.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
Atlantans protest, reflect on 2 years of Israel's genocide in Gaza ahead of ceasefire atlpresscollective.com/2025/10/12/a... @atlpresscollective.com 🖊️Layla Amar #localmedia
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Atlantans protest Gaza genocide ahead of peace deal
Days before Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire, Atlantans gathered on the 17th St. Bridge to protest the genocide in Gaza
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John Arthur Brown @johnarthuratl.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Emory protesters’ First Amendment rights violated, attorney says atlpresscollective.com/2025/10/02/e... @atlpresscollective.com 🖊️Layla Amar #localmedia
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Emory protesters’ First Amendment rights violated, attorney says
Students at Emory University set up a Gaza solidarity encampment on April 25, 2024. (Wittika Chaplet) Nearly a year and a half after the brutal arrests at
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John Arthur Brown @johnarthuratl.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
‘Probably one of the worst things you could do to people’: Immigrant communities face compounding traumas amid Trump’s deportation blitz atlpresscollective.com/2025/09/22/i... @atlpresscollective.com 🖊️Ada Wood 📷@johnarthuratl.bsky.social #photojournalist #localnews
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ICE deportation blitz compounds trauma for immigrant communities
ICE deportations lead to difficulties with trust, grief, anger, isolation, social withdrawal and hypervigilance among immigrant communities.
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John Arthur Brown @johnarthuratl.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
‘They want to kill me:’ Inside the Folkston ICE Processing Center expansion atlpresscollective.com/2025/08/08/i... @atlpresscollective.com 🖊️Layla Amar #localmedia
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Inside the Folkston ICE Processing Center
The Folkston ICE Processing Center is set for a $47 million expansion despite community pushback and reports of inhumane treatment.
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John Arthur Brown @johnarthuratl.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
City of Atlanta paid out $25.8M in taxpayer-funded settlements over two years atlpresscollective.com/2025/07/21/c... @atlpresscollective.com 🖊️Matt Scott #localnews
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City of Atlanta settlement payouts cost $25.8M over two years
Policing, vehicle accidents and employment issues cost City of Atlanta taxpayers the most in settlement payouts for FY24 and FY25.
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John Arthur Brown @johnarthuratl.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
Court rules that Atlanta Police Foundation release Cop City records after a lawsuit filed by Atlanta Community Press Collective and Lucy Parsons Lab @atlpresscollective.com @lucyparsonslabs.com www.wabe.org/atlanta-comm...
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Atlanta Community Press Collective publishes open records from police foundation lawsuit
The private nonprofit helps recruit and raise money for the Atlanta Police Department and was one of the groups behind the city's controversial police and firefighter training facility, widely known b...
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John Arthur Brown @johnarthuratl.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
Court rules that Atlanta Police Foundation release Cop City records after a lawsuit filed by Atlanta Community Press Collective @atlpresscollective.com and Lucy Parsons Lab @lucyparsonslabs.com @theguardian.com 🖊️Timothy Pratt @onofftherecord.bsky.social
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John Arthur Brown @johnarthuratl.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Coalition of organizers and unhoused Atlantans secured housing commitment from city ahead of sweep atlpresscollective.com/2025/07/15/c... @atlpresscollective.com 🖊️Zoey Laird #localnews
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Cornelius Taylor Coalition secures housing ahead of city sweep
Unhoused Atlantans & community organizers negotiated with city officials to obtain housing for Backstreet residents before encampment sweep.
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John Arthur Brown @johnarthuratl.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Cop City RICO: Trial of Ayla King delayed again over mistrial, double jeopardy appeal atlpresscollective.com/2025/07/08/c... @atlpresscollective.com 🖋️Matt Scott 🖋️Nolan Huber Rhodes #localnews #copcityricotrials
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Cop City RICO: First trial delayed over mistrial, double jeopardy
The speedy trial of Ayla King resumed after months of delays but was put back on hold after a mistrial and a double jeopardy acquittal motion.
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John Arthur Brown @johnarthuratl.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Cop City RICO: Mistrial declared in Ayla King’s case || Full Court Proceeding atlpresscollective.com/2025/07/07/c... @atlpresscollective.com 🖊️Matt Scott 📷Nolan Huber Rhodes #localnews #copcityricotrials
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Cop City RICO: Mistrial declared in Ayla King’s case || Full Court Proceeding
The Cop City RICO trial of Ayla King is once again headed to the Georgia Court of Appeals after Fulton County Superior Court Judge Kevin M. Farmer declares a mistrial.
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John Arthur Brown @johnarthuratl.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Georgia Power poised to freeze base rates until 2028 — with a catch atlpresscollective.com/2025/07/01/g... @atlpresscollective.com 🖋️Alex IP @alexip718.com #localnews
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Georgia Power set to freeze base rates until 2028 — with a catch
The Georgia Public Service Commission recently weighed Georgia Power’s request to keep base consumer power rates frozen for three more years.
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John Arthur Brown @johnarthuratl.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Senior APD official failed to disclose financial interest in police tech company, ethics probe finds atlpresscollective.com/2025/06/26/e... @atlpresscollective.com 🖊️Andrew Free @foiaroundnfindout.bsky.social 🖊️Matt Scott @mattacpc.bsky.social #localnews
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APD official failed to disclose financial conflict, ethics probe finds
Senior APD official held an equity stake in a police tech company he promoted in his official capacity, according to a recent ethics probe.
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John Arthur Brown @johnarthuratl.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Opinion — Misplaced priorities: Policing trans bodies over securing our freedoms atlpresscollective.com/2025/06/25/o... @atlpresscollective.com 🖊️Aleo Pugh #localnews
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Opinion — Misplaced Priorities: The impact of anti-trans legislation
The real-world consequences of Georgia's anti-trans legislation and priorities on healthcare, women's rights, and racial equality.
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John Arthur Brown @johnarthuratl.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Meet the Atlanta City Council candidates: Marci Collier Overstreet for city council president atlpresscollective.com/2025/06/22/a... @atlpresscollective.com 🖊️Zak Kerr #localnews
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Atlanta City Council candidates Q&A: Marci Collier Overstreet
District 11 Council Member Marci Collier Overstreet stresses keeping the same people on the Council as crucial to Atlanta’s advancement.
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John Arthur Brown @johnarthuratl.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Explainer: Holding the Georgia Public Service Commission accountable with the People's Power Union atlpresscollective.com/2025/06/17/e... @atlpresscollective.com 🖊️Karina Teichert #localnews
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Explainer: People's Power Union wants clean, affordable energy
The People's Power Union seeks to ensure the Georgia Public Service Commission works for everyone.
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John Arthur Brown @johnarthuratl.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
A 68-year-old grandfather died in ICE's custody. His family seeks answers. atlpresscollective.com/2025/06/12/i... @atlpresscollective.com 🖊️Andrew Free @foiaroundnfindout.bsky.social #localnews
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Georgia grandfather's death in ICE custody leaves family in shock
68-year-old Abelardo Avellaneda-Delgado died while en route to ICE's Stewart Detention Center. Now, his family wants answers.
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John Arthur Brown @johnarthuratl.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Opinion — Mapping Atlanta's camera network and surveillance strategy atlpresscollective.com/2025/06/10/a... @atlpresscollective.com 🖋️Taylor Shelton @jtsphd.bsky.social #localnews
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Atlanta surveillance camera network mapping with Taylor Shelton
Using APD data obtained via open records request, Taylor Shelton maps Atlanta's camera network and explores the city's surveillance strategy.
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John Arthur Brown @johnarthuratl.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Justice for Cornelius Taylor Coalition and unhoused Atlantans propose Housing First policy atlpresscollective.com/2025/06/09/c... @atlpresscollective.com 🖊️Zoey Laird #localnews
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Cornelius Taylor Coalition proposes Housing First policy for Atlanta
In meetings with Mayor Dickens, the Justice for Cornelius Taylor Coalition is proposing a Housing First policy for Atlanta.
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John Arthur Brown @johnarthuratl.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Muslim life behind bars: From religious practice to retaliation atlpresscollective.com/2025/06/05/h... @atlpresscollective.com 🖊️Bashirah Mack 📷John Arthur Brown @johnarthuratl.bsky.social #localmedia #photojournalist
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Incarcerated Muslims in Georgia face challenges of faith and rights
As Eid al-Adha begins, advocates push for the right of Incarcerated Muslims to practice their faith to the fullest extent.
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John Arthur Brown @johnarthuratl.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Flock Safety’s license plate readers used for immigration enforcement by metro Atlanta police departments atlpresscollective.com/2025/06/03/f... @atlpresscollective.com 🖋️Matt Scott #localnews
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Metro Atlanta police agencies searching national database for ICE
Metro Atlanta and other Georgia police agencies are searching Flock Safety cameras nationwide on behalf of ICE.
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John Arthur Brown @johnarthuratl.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
ACPC and Lucy Parsons Labs win open records lawsuit against Atlanta Police Foundation atlpresscollective.com/2025/06/02/a... @atlpresscollective.com 🖊️Matt Scott #localnews
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ACPC & Lucy Parsons Labs win open records lawsuit against APF
ACPC and the Lucy Parsons Lab won a decisive court victory against the Atlanta Police Foundation (APF) on Cop City open records.
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John Arthur Brown @johnarthuratl.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
Flock Safety: The billion-dollar company at the forefront of AI-powered surveillance atlpresscollective.com/2025/06/01/f... @atlpresscollective.com 🖊️Andrew Free @foiaroundnfindout.bsky.social #localnews
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Flock Safety: AI- powered surveillance capturing license plate data
Flock Safety surveillance database enabled local police to track of a person who had an abortion in Texas.
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John Arthur Brown @johnarthuratl.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
ATL61: ‘Cop City’ RICO judge hears arguments over evidence and discovery issues  atlpresscollective.com/2025/05/29/a... @atlpresscollective.com 🖊️Matt Scott #localnews
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ATL61 Cop City RICO attorneys argue on evidence issues
Attorneys for the ATL61 Cop City RICO defendants argued over throwing out evidence from a 2023 police raid and other discovery issues.
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