Black Lives Matter

Rally to mark the one-year anniversary of the shooting death of Vincent Truitt by a Cobb County police officer

Cobb County July 15, 2021

Loved ones of people killed by Georgia police rally to mark anniversary of Vincent Truitt‘s death

by Arielle Robinson “Georgia has a police brutality problem,” Gerald Griggs, attorney for Vincent Truitt’s family, told a crowd of about 70 people gathered in Marietta Square on a Saturday…

Cobb County March 4, 2021

Truitt family and their attorneys plan further action

After a Cobb County grand jury recommended no action be taken against a police officer for killing a Black teenager, the teen’s family attorneys told the Courier that their struggle…

Cobb County February 15, 2021

Cobb police killing of Vincent Truitt brought to international attention

Cobb County has joined a slew of areas in the United States under scrutiny by human and civil rights activists across the globe about systemic racism in law enforcement agencies….

Guest Opinion July 10, 2020

July is National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month

This is a guest opinion by Melanie Dallas, LPC, the interim CEO of the Cobb County Community Services Board If historical and ongoing racism, prejudice, and discrimination have compelled African…

Marietta July 3, 2020

Marietta Museum of History assembles collections on Black Lives Matter and COVID-19

2020’s landscape has-quite obviously- been dominated by a pair of historic developments-the COVID-19 pandemic and the renewed civil rights movement sparked by recent controversial police shootings, exemplified by Black Lives…

Joyette Holmes in article about Ahmaud Arbery indictment

Cobb County June 22, 2020

Cobb DA Joyette Holmes releases open letter on racism and law enforcement

Cobb County District Attorney Joyette Holmes released the following open letter covering topics of racism, law enforcement and Covid-19: OPEN LETTER TO MY FELLOW CITIZENS: Without question, Cobb County, the…

Kennesaw State University October 20, 2017

Protests in support of KSU cheerleaders who “take a knee” continue

For the second time this week, students at Kennesaw State University protested on campus Thursday, Oct. 19, to support the five cheerleaders who continue to kneel during the national anthem…

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