Time for Cameras in Fulton Co. Courtrooms

Atlanta City Councilmen Howard Shook and J.P. Matzigkeit have introduced a resolution calling for cameras to be installed in Fulton County Magistrate and Superior Court courtrooms. They say cameras would allow for the “live-streaming of select court proceedings for the benefit of the public.” Their action comes amid a surge of city/county shootings and murders which in turn has raised questions and concerns about the judicial process– including a murder committed after a controversial early-release, and the release on a signature bond of an individual charged with 17 counts, including felonies with a handgun.Indeed, the public should be able to see and hear what goes on in our courtrooms. This should be the goal in all of Georgia’s judicial circuits, which would have accountability in our justice system RISING…