Following inspector general’s resignation, city attorney, police raid offices of remaining OIG employees – Atlanta Community Press Collective Former Inspector General Shannon Manigault wears a pin that reads “Stand with OIG” during a City Council meeting. In a move eerily similar to the recent

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House Democrats denied entry to the Department of Education Democratic members of Congress were denied entry to the Department of Education for a meeting with acting Secretary Denise Carter when a security officer would not allow them inside.

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The Elite Lawyers Working for Elon Musk’s DOGE Include Former Supreme Court Clerks Much attention has been paid to the young Silicon Valley engineers working for Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, but the group has also hired high-powered legal talent.

NEW: It's not just coders.

DOGE is filled with lawyers, elite attorneys with conservative credentials.

We have new names:

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The winning-local-election+acting-brand-new timeline is getting shorter and shorter in Atlanta. Fascinating.

So-called progressives in @cityofatlanta.bsky.social who see how dangerous this is on the federal government must also see it when their colleagues in City Hall look to compromise independent oversight. Corruption has no political party.

Join @southerncenter as we kick off #ThePeoplesProcess today with a webinar explaining the @CivilRights findings report on the #FultonCountyJail. Register: bit.ly/peoplesprocess.

Hey y’all! City Council voted to fully fund PAD Monday. I keep forgetting to post here. Thank your reps! Call Mayor Dickens and encourage him to sign the contract! #PADNotPolitics

Tweet by @AkbarSAhmed that reads: Warnock has also voted against the weapons for Israel; Helmy + Wyden have voted no. Interested to see where @ChrisMurphyCT lands.

Grateful to Senator Warnock for his moral clarity. Tonight Georgia sent a clear message that we value upholding international humanitarian law.

ATL Council shouldn’t hide behind the Mayor. Separation of powers exists for a reason. PAD played by the rules to bid for their contract and the public deserves to know which elected officials will honor their consciences and vote for funding the model Atlanta trusts. #PADNotPolitics

Fighting for Atlanta's Future: SCHR Demands Full Funding for PAD at Atlanta City Council Meeting YouTube video by Southern Center for Human Rights

Any evaluation of PAD’s effectiveness should take broad view and ask, *is PAD diverting people from facing incarceration simply because they are poor, have substance use issues or unmet mental health needs?* Spoiler alert…they are.

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Fact-Check: Atlanta City Councilmembers Spread Disinformation About PAD Atlanta YouTube video by Southern Center for Human Rights

The embarrassing smear campaign against PAD, on the basis of imaginary metrics, seems to be coming from a handful of councilmembers who work closest with the mayor. We fact check them here:

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The flimsy excuse is that “some members” question whether PAD is effective. The problem with this false outrage is that these people ignore whether police cooperate/divert & they place the blame at PAD’s feet. PAD is not a homelessness program. It’s DIVERSION.

Today, ATL Council can vote to approve long-term funding for PAD (www.padatlanta.org). Even though Mayor Dickens’ secret procurement failed, some councilmembers report that he is still not willing to fund PAD long-term.

In an open records response to @theappeal.org an 11/13 memo from Mayor Dickens‘ office asks the Office of Procurement to close the secret special diversion procurement because no agency bid. Now there is no justification for the PAD contract to not be approved.

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A few facts about how we got here and how the Mayor is manipulating the procurement code to undermine PAD.

🚨ATL Mayor Andrew Dickens is pressuring Atlanta City Council to divest from a groundbreaking diversion program: Policing Alternatives & Diversion Initiative. Council can vote on this legislation Monday 11/18. Here is my address to city Council on 11/4 for SCHR.

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Southern Center for Human Rights sent this letter to the DOJ in April, supporting calls for a DOJ investigation. We viewed this as a last resort—catalyzed in part by local governmental indifference about the sheriff’s abuses.

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DOJ Finds Deplorable Conditions at Atlanta’s Fulton County Jail The Appeal and other news outlets spent years reporting on dangerous conditions inside Atlanta, Georgia's Fulton County Jail.

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Tiffany Roberts, public policy director with Southern Center for Human Rights said] that she hopes the DOJ’s report “will signal to govt actors that they need to focus on reducing the jail population, rooting out abuse rather than the acquisition of real estate.”

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