Community members who remember the corridor’s glory days want to see businesses come back to the area. With this redevelopment, though, they say crime must be addressed, too.
Leveraging his hometown roots, Dominique Harris set out to discover what South DeKalb residents think of ‘Cop City.’ That task proved more difficult than expected.
“Either the people of ‘Cop City’ get better with their marketing and reach out to the community, or the community becomes aware of what’s going on in their backyard. And by doing that, they understand their own power.”
County officials transferring incarcerated women from South Fulton Jail to Atlanta City Detention Center will help ease overcrowding at Fulton County jails overall. But advocates say more beds isn’t the solution to overcrowding
Can Forest Park keep its Hispanic residents? That may depend on police.
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