Asia Burns
Breaking News Reporter at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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1 month ago |
ajc.com | Asia Burns
The Atlanta City Council on Monday took its most forceful steps yet to try to curb high-speed pursuits involving the Georgia State Patrol, weeks after a chase led to a crash that killed a 19-year-old bystander in Little Five Points. The council unanimously approved a resolution urging the state to amend GSP’s pursuit policy to restrict chases to specific cases.
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1 month ago |
ajc.com | Michelle Baruchman |Asia Burns
A Georgia State Patrol chase that ended in a crash that killed a 19-year-old bystander in Atlanta last week thrust the state’s top police agency into the middle of a public debate about whether its aggressive tactics were causing unnecessary harm to Georgians. Opinions on the appropriateness of the pursuit that killed Cooper Schoenke, and of police chases in general, divided along party lines.
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1 month ago |
ajc.com | Asia Burns |David Aaro
A 19-year-old bystander was killed when the car he was driving crossed paths with a Georgia State Patrol pursuit that tore through a busy Atlanta intersection Monday evening. Now, lawmakers and advocates are demanding changes to the state policy that allowed the chase to happen.
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Mar 2, 2025 |
ajc.com | Asia Burns |Justin Price
A teenager and a 3-month-old die after their car is hit by a fleeing driver in Midtown. A South Georgia woman is crushed to death in her front yard by a fleeing car that a Georgia state trooper forced off the road. A 12-year-old boy is killed in Paulding County after a trooper intentionally rammed the rear side of the car in which he was a passenger, causing it to flip. These are some of the tragedies that resulted from Georgia State Patrol pursuits.
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Feb 28, 2025 |
ajc.com | Asia Burns |Justin Price
Shackelford, who was 58 at the time, was taken to a trauma center in Macon, where doctors determined he had suffered a fractured sternum, four broken ribs and a bruised lung. His foot was broken in several places. He remained in the hospital for eight days, and upon returning home, slept in a hospital bed for weeks. He still vividly recallscertain details from the crash, such as coughing from the air bag smoke that filled his truck’s cabin. “I guess things you don’t never forget,” he said.
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