Racial profiling
Whenever a politician wants to tell the truth, they ask reporters not to write it down. That’s the essence of what “off the record” really means. Politicians, as a general rule, don’t trust the public ...
Allegations of racial profiling by Decatur Police got the City Commission’s attention. But rather than address the issue on its own terms, the commission has expanded the discussion. A city consultant, The Art of Community, ...
By Dena Mellick, contributor Several Decatur-area churches gathered in Oakhurst Sunday afternoon to protest the lack of grand jury indictments in the deaths of two black men killed by police officers. But the protesters also ...
Decatur Police made 2,149 stops between Aug. 1 and Oct. 31, and 56 percent of them involved minorities. Decatur Police released the data in response to a records request from Decaturish. After some residents raised ...
Decatur City Commissioners defended the city’s police chief after voting to approve “A Community Action Plan for a Compassionate Decatur.” That plan includes a $25,000 contract for facilitating a conversation about compassion and diversity. Members ...
Decatur City Commissioners on Tuesday discussed how to deal with the state’s new gun law and tabled an item billed as a way to make the city more compassionate. The two issues were not related, ...
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The Decatur Police Department has recently started documenting ethnicity of people detained by officers, City Manager Peggy Merriss said. Merriss made the announcement during Monday’s City Commission meeting. She was giving an update on how the ...
This story has been updated. A former NFL wide receiver left his job at Oakhurst Elementary to take a job at the College Football Hall of Fame. Terry LeCount is a former NFL wide receiver. ...
There’s plenty of anecdotal evidence of the growth in Decatur’s white population and decline in black population, but a soon-to-be-released report could provide fuel for discussions about diversity in the city. The city’s elected officials ...