January 05, 2026
A Georgia federal judge has denied Atlanta's ex-police chief's bid to escape a defamation suit from a protester who says he was falsely accused of being a violent gang member, ruling that the suit sufficiently substantiated that the chief deliberately lied in public statements.
January 23, 2025
Atlanta's ex-police chief faces a renewed defamation suit over comments he made during a 2020 press conference to address arrests made at a Black Lives Matter protest, in which he allegedly accused one arrestee of being a violent gang member.