In the Loop
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Here Are Three People ACC Police Shot and Killed
With all the talk about Ferguson, MO, lately, here is everyone whom Athens-Clarke County police shot and killed in the past 20 years (or as far back as the Internet goes). While the cases led to varying degrees of tension in the community, in all three cases, the officer(s) involved were cleared of wrongdoing. Only one of the shooting victims was unarmed.
In 1995, Edward Wright, 20, who was black, was running naked around East Athens early one morning. Two white officers approached him. One, Sean Potter, told him to stop, then pepper-sprayed him when he didn't. Wright tackled and punched Potter. The other officer, Pat Mercardante, hit him with a baton. Wright got up, and Potter told him to get back on the ground. Wright yelled, "Kill me! Kill me!" and lunged at Potter again. Potter shot him once in the stomach, and Wright kept coming. Potter then shot Wright five more times before Wright knocked his gun loose.
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UGA Student Hit by Car, Goes to Judo the Next Day
Photo Credit: David Schick
Rob Richards, Jr. may be invincible. Or just really lucky.
Yesterday, a car struck Richards on the first day of classes at the University of Georgia. Today, he was miraculously walking the streets of downtown Athens on his way to a martial arts class after putting in some hours working at UGA’s main library.
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Another Retirement Home Is Coming to Oconee
The proposed home of The Fairways.
Eco Development Group of Athens is asking the Oconee County Planning Commission to recommend rezoning a mothballed residential subdivision off Virgil Langford Road so it can build what it calls a “seniors continuum of care retirement community.”
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Tim Denson: Police Don't Need Military Vehicles
The quote that was pulled from an article that was pulled from a conversation that I was having did not, and does not, compare Athens, GA to Ferguson, MO.
The quote and entire conversation was about the increasing militarization of ALL police forces. And as an example of it happening all over the country, including in Athens, we brought up the armored vehicle (which is, according to Merriam-Webster, a synonym for "tank"… and also Ballistic Engineered Armored Response Counter Attack Truck is hard to fit on a sign).
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Counterpoint: Athens Is Nothing Like Ferguson
In May 2013, the Athens-Clarke County Commission, based on Police Chief Jack Lumpkin's recommendation, voted unanimously, bleeding hearts and all, to accept a $240,000 Lenco BearCat (Ballistic Engineered Armored Response Counter Attack Truck) from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security through the Georgia Emergency Management Agency.
The BearCat joins a cache of equipment and vehicles ACCPD has acquired from DHS over the past decade, including a $218,000 mobile command center and an $80,000 bomb-sniffing dog.
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Athens Power Rankings for the Week of Aug. 18
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.
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Columbus Competes with Athens for High-Speed Rail
Columbus Mayor Teresa Tomlinson and state Rep. Calvin Smyre (D-Columbus) went to Washington yesterday to pitch a $3.9 billion, high speed rail project that would whittle the trip to Atlanta down to an hour, according to the AJC.
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