WABE's Week In Review: Calls for change as remembrances pour in for the victims of the '21 Atlanta spa shootings

State Rep. Sam Park and U.S. Rep. Lucy McBath at the State Capitol during a press conference on the second anniversary of the Atlanta spa shootings. (Matthew Pearson/WABE)

A possible new ban…

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A bittersweet goodbye…

Also, in this episode…

–Chamian Cruz was at a rally for the two-year mark of the Atlanta spa shootings, where demonstrators called for more protections for the AAPI community.

–Martha Dalton reports on Atlanta’s Morris Brown College’s comeback plans.

–DorMiya Vance told us about former Clayton County Sheriff Victor Hill, now serving federal prison time.

–Jess Mador had more on Grady Memorial Hospital opening a new unit to deal with the new patients from a shuttered nearby hospital.

–Emily Jones explained the recent bill to ban mining near the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge and why it is still stalled at the state Capitol.