EXCLUSIVE: Mainline has obtained Atlanta police dash-cam video footage in which two police officers can be heard using vulgar language when discussing their work with juveniles. One officer in particular sexualizes violence when discussing children.
Devin Franklin from Southern Center for Human Rights speaks in an interview on what this video means in the greater context of policing.
“[This video] in a horrible way validates the concerns many people have about policing, specifically about policing in Atlanta,” says Franklin in an interview. “Children are those who we are supposed to protect. To hear an officer casually, playfully, and use a sexual reference when discussing shooting children is problematic, to say the least.”
The Atlanta Police Department regularly juxtaposes itself with many children’s programs throughout the metro area, like the At-Youth Promise Initiative which is funded by the Atlanta Police Foundation.
The APF is also bankrolling the now $109-million police militarization facility known as “Cop City” in Weelaunee Forest in unincorporated DeKalb County.
“In the debate going on around Cop City, and elected officials and others having ideas and concepts that training is going to make things better,” Franklin continues, “what we see here is that more important than training is the presence of culture. I don’t think most cultures or industries or professions devalue the lives of youth like the officers in this video. You don’t train that out of people.”
Backing track: “War Paint (instrumental)” by @gorgeous__beast
ATLANTA—This morning, a group of Atlanta University Center (AUC) Consortium students, alums, and Black community members held a pre-dawn protest outside the home of Morehouse College President David Thomas.
Their “wake up call” is in response to Morehouse College refusing to rescind its commencement invitation to President Biden, a supporter of Cop City and the genocide in Palestine.
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Our detailed report on last night’s election results is out early on our Patreon, linked in bio + story! The episode will air on @wrfgatlanta on Friday at 12pm, then made available on all podcast streaming platforms.
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ATLANTA — Video from @minaontheground at the Fulton County courthouse today following the grand jury’s indictment of several officers in the death of Jamarion Robinson.
Jamarion was shot 76 times by police in East Point, Ga., on Aug. 5, 2016. More than five years after his murder, several officers have been indicted. Felony murder, burglary, and aggravated assault are among the charges.
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We got justice for Jamarion Robinson today!!! The mother of the movement @monteriarobinson did it. ❤️❤️❤️
Repost from @indigenousrising media live feed, today on Indigenous Peoples Day: organizers on the ground being met with threats of colonial violence.
“This is the legacy of Joe Biden. This is life no matter who you’re with, Democrat or Republican. This is how they treat Indigenous people on Indigenous Peoples Day.”
Let’s try again. Repost with clarifiers because some folx want to shift the narrative and we have points of clarification. A note from our founding editor, @ajersatl plus the original report:
Please read the full story before jumping to conclusions about protesters. Link in story.
Protesters were reported at multiple council members’ homes; Archibong wasn’t specifically targeted. This is just where arrests happened.
Protests began while council was deliberating legislation before council cast their votes, not after.
There was no damage or harmful actions committed.
Protesters were already dispersing when arrested.
Archibong has expressed support of those exercising their First Amendment rights and won’t be pressing charges. According to an interview with @iamkingwilliams she didn’t learn of the arrests until well after the fact from a Zone 6 commander.
We learned it was 11 people arrested, not 10. We’ve confirmed that all but two protesters have been released and are safe.
We suggest folx critical perceptions away from individuals exercising basic human rights & focus on the government that stood with the police foundation & Brian Kemp over the People of Atlanta.
We are working very hard to produce accurate coverage to combat longstanding media narratives that demonize people’s will to practice the human right of protest. If our reporting wasn’t clear enough, we hope these clarifiers are helpful.
Don’t fall for the narrative that distracts us from what’s going on.
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ORIGINAL POST
Video submitted to us from an anonymous source with consent to report, confirming the arrests made outside of Natalyn Archibong’s residence this evening around 8 p.m., about an hour before city council cast their final votes on a ground lease agreement with the Atlanta Police Foundation.
Source added, “Ten people arrested, 13+ cops for 11 protesters. We were dispersing when they arrested all of us. We complied with their demands.” Another conf
Video submitted to us from an anonymous source with consent to report, confirming the arrests made outside of Natalyn Archibong’s residence this evening around 8 p.m. Source added, “Ten people arrested, 13+ cops for 11 protesters. We were dispersing when they arrested all of us. We complied with their demands.”
We are working to stay in touch with sources regarding their status and have confirmed detainees have been moved to Atlanta City Detention Center.
DEVELOPING STORY: ATLANTA CITY HALL — “We are [the] homeless union, and we mean business. We’re not movin’. If we have to go to jail today, we will. We’re standing for something we believe in.”
Last night, The Mainline received a press release from the newly formed ATL Homeless Union reporting on a demonstration that formed outside of City Hall on Central and Mitchell. Members of the ATL Homeless Union tell us they plan to protest at 11:30 a.m. this morning, adding “people are encouraged to come.”
The police began to arrive outside of City Hall this morning. Video submission from sources on the ground. To read to ATL Homeless Union’s full demands, written by the unhoused and includes a “seat at the table” with the mayor and city council, visit our website linked in bio.
We will continue to report on this as it develops.
breonna taylor was killed in her own home by plain clothed @lmpd.ky officers as they served a no-knock search warrant for the premises.
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it is alleged, in what is considered to be one of the largest settlements for police brutality, that gentrification was the driving force behind the search warrant that killed breonna taylor
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a recent article in @motherjonesmag profiles a former @atlantapolice officer that left the force because of similar gentrification tactics he witnessed in his own department
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#justiceforbreonnataylor
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original interpretative composition of “ms. jackson” composed and performed by: jammin_on_the_ivories
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series directed & edited by: @myhumblestopinion
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for over four years @monteriarobinson has been fighting relentlessly to see justice for her son #jamarionrobinson who was shot 76 times by police
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side note: monteria has one of the most beautiful souls I have encountered, not only this summer, but in my life.
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series cinematography by: @bmishawn
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original interpretative composition of “spottieottiedopalicious” composed and performed by: jammin_on_the_ivories (check out his youtube, it is absolutely phenomenal)
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#justiceforjamarion #justiceforgeorgia
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the intervention of federal agents in portland and other cities across the nation, prompted a direct action response on atlanta’s ice/dhs office
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original interpretative composition of “da art of storytelling pt. 2” composed and performed by: jammin_on_the_ivories
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the sixth episode of southern disobedience is a tribute to @repjohnlewis through a vigil held in his district days after his passing
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original interpretative composition of “liberation” composed and performed by: jammin_on_the_ivories
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the third installment of civil disobedience documents the unrest that followed the @atlantapolice killing of #rayshardbrooks, june 12th 2020 in a wendy’s parking lot on university avenue on atlanta’s southside
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series cinematography by: @bmishawn
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original interpretative composition of “chonkyfire” composed and performed by: jammin_on_the_ivories (check out his youtube, it is absolutely phenomenal)
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voiceover by: @killermike (via @cityofatlantaga public archive)
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series directed & edited by: @myhumblestopinion
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the second episode of civil disobedience in the modern american south is representative of the evolving tone of atlanta’s protests before the death of rayshard brooks at the hands of @atlantapolice
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original interpretative composition of “so fresh, so clean” composed and performed by: jammin_on_the_ivories (check out his youtube, it is absolutely phenomenal)
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Following a violent shooting on the night of Sat., July 4, in south Atlanta, community organizer Lady A of the Rayshard Brooks Peace Center — formally the Wendy's on University Avenue in Atlanta — delivers an official statement on behalf of the community and its members.
Lady A emphasized that no one in the community was involved with the shooting in which an 8-year-old girl was killed and another child was injured. The shooting took place near the memorial site.
"We wish to make clear that no one from our group was involved in any way whatsoever in the shooting that took place and that incident did not take place at the site of the memorial; it would be misinformation to state otherwise. Again, we stress while this unfortunate death occurred near the memorial site, none of our activists, community members, or neighbors were involved in this shooting and we unequivocally denounce any affiliation or biased rhetoric that connects us with this heinous killing of a child."
Community organizers are cooperating fully with local authorities as they investigate the shooting. On Mon., July 6, police officers arrived to the memorial site to begin to "clear" the area, even though it wasn't the scene of the shooting.
"Although our hearts are broken by another loss in the Black community, it only further affirms our mission to erect a peace center at this site. It only affirms the urgent need for healing and peace in this community as we continue to be targets of trauma and violence. It is our hope and our prayer to find peace in the midst of all this tragedy. That is why we have already begun to create space for healing and restoration at this site as we stand in solidarity with our community demonstrating distinctly against violence and oppressive forces."
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A video recap of events following Rayshard Brooks’ death in Atlanta, Ga., specifically in regards to shooter Officer Rolfe’s bond hearing on June 30. We spoke with demonstrators who protested at the scene.
Rolfe was released on a $500k bond. Meanwhile, activists continue to fight for Rayshard, Breonna Taylor, Oscar Cain, and other Black lives lost at the hands of police brutality.
filmed by @bmishawn - produced & directed by @ajersatl - music by @shepherdsatl
