http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf Atlanta news and views, one slice at a time Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:10:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/11/24/atlanta-police-chief-pennington-resigns/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/11/24/atlanta-police-chief-pennington-resigns/#comments Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:48:40 +0000 Andisheh Nouraee http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=28075 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/11/24/atlanta-police-chief-pennington-resigns/feed/ 10 Chief quits six weeks before he was to be replaced by new mayor. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/11/24/pennington-takes-full-responsibility-for-kathryn-johnston-killing/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/11/24/pennington-takes-full-responsibility-for-kathryn-johnston-killing/#comments Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:17:25 +0000 Andisheh Nouraee http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=28031 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/11/24/pennington-takes-full-responsibility-for-kathryn-johnston-killing/feed/ 1 No one is more hurt than APD chief, not even the innocent woman his officers killed. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/06/15/council-issues-subpoenas-in-kathryn-johnston-pierre-george-shootings/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/06/15/council-issues-subpoenas-in-kathryn-johnston-pierre-george-shootings/#comments Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:28:25 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=20931 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/06/15/council-issues-subpoenas-in-kathryn-johnston-pierre-george-shootings/feed/ 3 APD must comply with request or face sanctions http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/02/20/cops-in-kathryn-johnston-case-to-be-sentenced-monday/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/02/20/cops-in-kathryn-johnston-case-to-be-sentenced-monday/#comments Fri, 20 Feb 2009 15:00:55 +0000 Mara Shalhoup http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=15490 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/02/20/cops-in-kathryn-johnston-case-to-be-sentenced-monday/feed/ 0 Officers face 10 years for conspiracy to violate civil rights resulting in death. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/11/20/police-citizen-review-board-finally-gets-its-first-case/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/11/20/police-citizen-review-board-finally-gets-its-first-case/#comments Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:15:59 +0000 Mara Shalhoup http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=9537 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/11/20/police-citizen-review-board-finally-gets-its-first-case/feed/ 1 More than a year and a half after its creation, Atlanta's Citizen Review Board has started investigating cases of police misconduct. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/11/05/police-task-force-will-investigate-06-kathryn-johnston-shooting/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/11/05/police-task-force-will-investigate-06-kathryn-johnston-shooting/#comments Wed, 05 Nov 2008 21:34:19 +0000 Mara Shalhoup http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=8713 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/11/05/police-task-force-will-investigate-06-kathryn-johnston-shooting/feed/ 2 Chief Pennington: "The Atlanta Police Department should be given an opportunity to review the actions of its own employees." http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/10/30/third-cop-pleads-guilty-to-federal-charges-in-johnston-probe/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/10/30/third-cop-pleads-guilty-to-federal-charges-in-johnston-probe/#comments Thu, 30 Oct 2008 21:27:52 +0000 Mara Shalhoup http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=8299 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/10/30/third-cop-pleads-guilty-to-federal-charges-in-johnston-probe/feed/ 0 Arthur Tesler is the third cop to plead to federal charges in the fatal police shooting of 92-year old Kathryn Johnston. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/27/cheery-afternoon-at-city-hall-east/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/27/cheery-afternoon-at-city-hall-east/#comments Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:22:48 +0000 Mara Shalhoup http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/27/cheery-afternoon-at-city-hall-east/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/27/cheery-afternoon-at-city-hall-east/feed/ 0 This photo, taken yesterday, makes it look as if all is peachy keen over at Atlanta Police headquarters. Nope, no woeful under-staffing here. Officer morale is at an all-time high! Actually, the mood at City Hall East more closely resembles this. Note to developer Emory Morsberger, City Hall East’s soon-to-be owner: If you were to permanently [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/05/21/morning-headlines-57/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/05/21/morning-headlines-57/#comments Wed, 21 May 2008 14:28:25 +0000 Russell McLendon http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/05/21/morning-headlines-57/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/05/21/morning-headlines-57/feed/ 4 ‘WITHIN REACH’: Obama gives a quasi-victory speech in Iowa without actually declaring victory, after Clinton runs away with Kentucky and he wins Oregon, leaving him about 70 delegates shy of securing the nomination. HAMILTON JORDAN: The right-hand man of President Jimmy Carter, and part of the “Georgia Mafia,” dies at his home in Atlanta at the [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/05/20/morning-headlines-56/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/05/20/morning-headlines-56/#comments Tue, 20 May 2008 15:48:10 +0000 Russell McLendon http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/05/20/morning-headlines-56/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/05/20/morning-headlines-56/feed/ 0 TEACHING TO THE TESTAMENT: Bible-as-literature classes clear legal hurdles in Tennessee and Georgia. FLOCK ENROLL: Atlanta is the No. 1 major metropolitan area in the nation for college enrollment growth over the last 17 years and No. 2 in number of degrees awarded. OVERRIDE: City Council takes Mayor Franklin down a notch by overriding three of her [...]