Last Friday a group of liberal activists organized a rally and march that began at Atlanta’s National Center for Civil and Human Rights.They marched to the King Historical Center where Rev. Raphael Warnock, senior pastor at Ebenezer Baptist Church, shouted to the throng: “We are sick and tired of our sisters and brothers being killed for walking while black, driving while black, dealing with a stalled car while black, holding a toy gun while black, going to get some candy wearing a hoodie while black.” At a time when Mayor Kasim Reed and a chorus of biracial Atlanta leaders are calling for calm and reasonable dialogue, Warnock’s inflammatory racial rhetoric and generalizations regarding law enforcement have the pastor’s standing in the state’s capital SINKING…
Major contender enters CD-6 primary
With U.S. Rep. Lucy McBath expected to announce her bid for governor in the near future, Democrats are lining up with their eyes on her current, 6th District seat. The first candidate to jump into the race is state Sen. Sonya Halpern, a well-connected lawmaker who will be among the favorites to win a hotly contested Democratic primary in the deep-blue district. By getting in early, Halpern’s odds at winning the primary in the west metro Atlanta CD-6 are RISING…
