March 26, 2026
A Georgia federal judge castigated attorneys on both sides of a lawsuit by a documentarian who said he was prevented from filming at the controversial Atlanta "Cop City" project, striking their "inconsistent, incomplete and at times incoherent" filings and ordering them into his courtroom to explain themselves.
March 08, 2024
A Georgia federal judge won't walk back his decision to toss a civil rights lawsuit from a journalist who says he was prevented from filming at the controversial Atlanta "Cop City" project, finding Thursday that he was trying to relitigate arguments already rejected by the court about the city's alleged pattern of interfering with reporters.
December 21, 2023
A journalist wants to revive his lawsuit against Atlanta alleging city police illegally interfered with his recording in a public park, telling a Georgia federal court that recent examples of similar behavior demonstrate a department custom of arresting citizens and journalists for filming police activities.