In the Loop
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Athens Officials Don't Take Sexual Assault Seriously, Survivor Advocate Says
No local school officials, UGA administrators, county commissioners or law enforcement officials came to a free screening Monday of a documentary about rape culture on college campuses—a sign that the problems highlighted in the film still exist, according to Sally Sheppard, executive director of The Cottage, a nonprofit that counsels sexual assault survivors.
The Cottage sponsored a screening of The Hunting Ground at Cine last night. Sheppard said she asked the audience if any of the local officials listed above were in attendance.
The Hunting Ground, released in 2015, follows two University of North Carolina survivors as they become activists and file Title IX claims against their assailants while facing an unsympathetic bureaucracy. The film takes on fraternities and athletics as well, including an interview with the student who accused Jameis Winston, the former star quarterback at Florida State University, of sexually assaulting her.
Following the screening, Sheppard released a statement criticizing Athens leaders for not taking the sexual assault epidemic in higher education seriously.
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UGA's Internet and Website Was Down Today
Photo Credit: screencap of "The Simpsons."
Very little work or studying probably got done at UGA today as the university's website and internet (now lower case thanks to the AP) access were sluggish and/or completely down.
UGA's IT folks said the system was experience a distributed denial of service attack. I have no idea what that means, but here's a Wikipedia article.
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Michael Stipe Might Attend an Anti-Campus Carry Rally on Wednesday
Michael Stipe has already made it abundantly clear that he opposes Georgia’s “campus carry” bill, and the former R.E.M. frontman expounded on his reasoning in a USA Today op-ed published this morning.
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Athens Power Rankings for the Week of Apr. 25
Welcome to Athens Power Rankings. In the spirit of sports rating systems, through painstaking analysis, we rank the top movers and shakers in the Classic City each week. Who's hot? Who's not? Find out below.
Pylon
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Athens Police Release Video of Officer Shooting
A screenshot of video from Officer David Kelley's body camera.
A video released by Athens-Clarke County police appears to show a suspect reaching for a gun before he was shot by an ACCPD officer at the Golden Pantry on Barnett Shoals Road early Saturday morning.
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ACCPD Officer Involved in Shooting; Homeless Woman Found Stabbed to Death
An Athens-Clarke County police officer shot a man who reached for his gun in a gas-station parking lot on the Eastside early this morning, according to law enforcement authorities.
Officer David Kelley was patroling near the Golden Pantry on Barnett Shoals Road at about 3 a.m. when he saw two men—one of whom, Justin Trammell Scott, was carrying a gun—pouring liquor into cups, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.
Kelley "gave multiple commands to Scott when Scott reached for his firearm, at which time Officer Kelley fired shots, striking Scott," GBI said in a news release. "After being shot, Scott fled and was apprehended a short distance later by another ACCPD officer who responded to the scene."
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Michael Stipe, Indigo Girls, Tituss Burgess Oppose Campus Carry
Photo Credit: Twitter via @REMHQ
Recently a group of University of Georgia poets decided they want to bombard Gov. Nathan Deal with photos of writers and other Athenians holding signs opposing the campus carry bill and hopes he’ll veto it. Well, a few celebrities have joined the fun.
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Eric Norris Named New Athens Judge
Gov. Nathan Deal has named Watkinsville lawyer Eric Norris the fourth judge for the Western Circuit Superior Court.
Norris.
Norris also serves as a part-time magistrate court judge in Oconee County. He received his bachelor’s degree from North Georgia College & State University and his law degree from Regent University, a Christian college in Virginia.
The Western Circuit covers Clarke and Oconee counties. Norris joins David Sweat, Lawton Stephens and Patrick Haggard on the bench. He’s expected to spend most of his time in the Watkinsville courthouse, whereas the other three are mainly based in Athens.
After years of lobbying by the local legal community because of population growth and a rising caseload, the legislature approved the fourth judgeship last year.
Superior Court handles felony criminal cases, civil lawsuits and family law, such as divorces and child custody.
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