
Google is awarding Morehouse School of Medicine $1 million to study why the COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately affected minority communities.
Click here to learn how Morehouse plans to use the grant to study the racial impact of the pandemic.

Google is awarding Morehouse School of Medicine $1 million to study why the COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately affected minority communities.
Click here to learn how Morehouse plans to use the grant to study the racial impact of the pandemic.

Atlanta police Officer Maximilian Brewer is recovering at Grady Memorial Hospital after being struck by an ATV late Saturday night. Brewer was struck down while helping with traffic control in the downtown Atlanta area during the second night of protesting after the controversial arrest and death of George Floyd in Minneapolis on May 25.
Click here to learn more about the status of Brewer’s recovery after the incident.

Herschel Walker is one of two former Georgia Bulldogs who made headlines this week for comments they made related to race relations in the U.S.
Click here to see what the Hiseman Trophy and national champion winning running back had to say about reactions he’s seen from protesters, politicians, and other figures since death of George Floyd and the controversial video of his arrest went viral.

Contrary to the remarks made by Atlanta police chief Erika Shields and GBI director Vic Reynolds about the number of people who participated in violent protests over the weekend being from outside Atlanta or the state of Georgia. Arrest data from the Atlanta Police Department and the GBI show a majority of the people who were arrested during the protest and later charged live in the metro Atlanta area.
Click here to learn more about what the data from the Atlanta police and GBI revealed about the protesters.

After more than a week of protests following the death of George Floyd, former U.S. president Jimmy Carter, and other officials in the law enforcement community continue to share their thoughts, feedback, and ideas on how to move forward.
Click here to see what they said about Floyd, the role of police in American society, and the protests against racial injustice and police brutality in the U.S.

82 of the protesters who were arrested during the first weekend of protests against racial injustice and police brutality in Atlanta were booked in Fulton County jail. As some of the protests became violent leaders some local leaders suggested that most of the people causing the violence were from outside the state of Georgia.
Click here to learn what data from the people booked in Fulton County reveals about how many of the violent protestors came from outside of Georgia.

Police around Georgia have joined other police forces across the U.S. in condemning Minneapolis four police officers who arrested George Floyd on May 25. Floyd, an unarmed Black man, was arrested for allegedly trying to purchase cigarettes with a counterfeit $20 bill at a convenience store. During the arrest, one of the officers had Floyd pinned to the ground and placed his knee on the back of Floyd’s neck for more than eight and a half minutes. Floyd later died in police custody as a result of the injuries he sustained during the arrest.
Click here to see what leaders of police departments around Georgia are saying in reaction to Floyd’s controversial arrest and his death.

The Southern Center for Human Rights and the American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia filed a lawsuit against Clayton County Sheriff Victor Hill Wednesday for refusing to disclose documents related to COVID-19 testing in Clayton County jails.
Click here to learn about what information the two organizations were inquiring about and what led them to take legal action against the sheriff.

An Atlanta restaurant and bar co-owned by rapper 2 Chainz was temporarily closed by Georgia State Police and the Department of Public Safety on Sunday, May 24, for violating the state’s COVID-19 guidelines.
Click here to learn what led to restaurant being shut down by local authorities.

Georgia State University President Mark Becker released a video on May 26 to explain the college’s plan to allow students and faculty back on its campuses amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Click here to learn the details of universities plans for the summer and fall semesters.