Atlanta Police have arrested a 17-year-old male in connection with the murder of Black transgender woman Rasheed Williams, who was featured in the upcoming Sundance Film Festival documentary "Kokomo City". Jermarcus Jernigan is being charged as an adult with murder, aggravated assault and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony. Williams, 35, was found shot to death in southwest Atlanta on April 18, sparking outrage in the transgender community and calls for justice for her and other transgender victims of violence.
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President Joe Biden has announced his bid for reelection, setting himself up as the Democratic Party's bulwark against the Republican Party led by Donald Trump. His campaign has hired Julie Chavez Rodriguez, Quentin Fulks, and Jen O'Malley Dillon as campaign manager, deputy campaign manager, and campaign manager respectively. With the president's announcement, the race for the White House is officially underway.
Fani Willis, Fulton County District Attorney, has announced that charging decisions in the investigation into former President Donald Trump and his allies for illegal election meddling in Georgia are expected to be announced this summer. The filing of a new court document suggests that immunity offers could still be in the works. Willis has urged heightened security due to open-source intelligence that suggests the announcement of decisions may provoke a significant public reaction, including potential acts of violence.
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has announced that she will be making charging decisions regarding possible criminal interference in the 2020 general election in Georgia between July 11 and September 1. The investigation is looking into possible interference by former President Donald Trump and his allies, and the announcement of the charging decisions is expected to be a major news story. Willis has asked law enforcement to increase security in the coming months.
Mayor Cosby Johnson declared a local state of emergency and issued a shelter-in-place order for the entire city of Brunswick, Georgia, after a large fire erupted at a plastics plant in the city on Saturday. The Glynn County Board of Commissioners also ordered people within a half-mile of the plant to evacuate, and the Brunswick Fire Department and the Glynn County Fire Department are working together to contain the fire. Local businesses and the Red Cross are providing assistance to those affected by the fire.
A new report from ProPublica has revealed that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas failed to properly report gifts from a billionaire benefactor, Harlan Crow, involving the sale of three properties in Savannah, Georgia. In response, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) has called on the body overseeing the federal judiciary to refer Justice Thomas to the Department of Justice for investigation. Ethics law experts have noted that Thomas’ failure to report the sale of the properties appears to be a violation of the law, and the consequences of this violation remain unclear.
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Harlan Crow, a prominent Republican donor and vocal supporter of President Donald Trump, recently purchased a single-story home and two vacant lots in Savannah, Georgia from Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, his mother, and the family of Thomas' late brother. This marks the first known instance of money flowing from Crow to Thomas, and raises questions about their relationship and potential conflicts of interest, though the Supreme Court has yet to comment on the purchase.