WABE's Week In Review: 'Cop City' funding moves through Atlanta's City Council and AR-15 gunmaker is sued over Uvalde
Lawyers say autopsy shows criminal negligence…
An independent autopsy released by lawyers for the family of Lashawn Thompson, a man who died in a bedbug-infested cell in a Georgia jail’s psychiatric wing, says that he “died due to severe neglect.”https://t.co/4c6HXva3Ai
— WABE News (@wabenews) May 22, 2023
Families in Uvalde, Texas sue Georgia gunmaker…
The Uvalde lawsuits against Georgia-based Daniel Defense could be the biggest test yet of the extent of the firearms industry's liability protections.
— Sam Gringlas (@gringsam) May 24, 2023
But winning will be an uphill climb.https://t.co/CVdVQdwgrv
Delayed, over-budget nuclear plant set to soon deliver power…
The first new nuclear reactor at Plant Vogtle is expected to start generating electricity for customers by the end of next month, Southern Company officials announced at the annual shareholders meeting Wednesday; @ejreports.https://t.co/8GdZ3t0hsy
— WABE News (@wabenews) May 25, 2023
Pat on the back…
Congratulations to our @wabenews team for winning four #Murrow awards!🧵@RTDNA pic.twitter.com/WGu7ITkK7l
— WABE (@wabeatl) May 25, 2023
Also in this episode…
—The family of a Georgia woman who died after being thrown from a police car sues.
–Atlanta City Council’s Finance Committee passes funding the controversial Public Safety Training Center
— Bus-making giant Bluebird, in middle Georgia, is at the forefront of making electric school buses.