Atlanta

Atlanta cabbies in wildcat strike

Joseph K. — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 09:02:39 +0000

"There's only so much you can do to people. We can't take it any more," said D.O. Nwajei of the Atlanta Taxi Cab Association Inc., whose membership tops 1,500. "We've been pushed to the wall." The cabbies said they were frustrated with working conditions and what some labelled police harassment.

A disgrace before God: Striking black sanitation workers vs. black officialdom in 1977 Atlanta

David in Atlanta — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 13:38:21 +0000

"A disgrace before God"

Atlanta families protest against police killings

zobag — Thu, 26 Oct 2006 14:00:00 +0000

All 11 victims were shot dead, five times more than the usual number of annual killings by police. The families are demanding explainations from the police about the circumstances of the deaths, as they have never been told what actually happened to their relatives.

Iffat Muhammad says she has never known why police shot and killed her brother, Ab-raheem Muhammad in August this year.