Samantha Hogan

2 months ago | ajc.com | Samantha Hogan

The head of Atlanta’s police oversight board is revamping the process to investigate police deadly force cases amid expressions of alarm by the mayor and City Council for his agency’s past inaction. The overhaul includes a memorandum of understanding with the Atlanta Police Department on how and when the board will get deadly force cases to investigate.

Feb 5, 2025 | 9news.com.au | Samantha Hogan

Pregnant women between 29 and 36 weeks are now able to access free vaccinations against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), an initiative which aims to prevent newborns requiring hospitalisation and save families hundreds of dollars. Caitlyn Dyer's infant son Hector was hospitalised for six days after contracting RSV at just eight months old. He needed an oxygen tube and a feeding tube. She believes having access to the vaccine during her pregnancy may have avoided the ordeal.

Jan 28, 2025 | 9news.com.au | Samantha Hogan

A suspicious house fire in the Adelaide suburb of Dernancourt is being investigated by local authorities, who are exploring potential connections to a separate act of vandalism that occurred near the same property. Video footage captured an unknown suspect smashing the windscreen of a car parked outside the house, just hours after last night's destructive blaze.

Jan 23, 2025 | ajc.com | Samantha Hogan

The head of Atlanta’s police watchdog agency will have one month to report to city lawmakers why the agency has not investigated police shootings or custody deaths, a resolution proposed Thursday states. The resolution is in response to the Atlanta Citizen Review Board not investigating a single police deadly force case in the four years since the City Council expanded the board’s powers in 2020, an investigation published last week by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution found.

Jan 16, 2025 | ajc.com | Samantha Hogan

Early in the morning on Aug. 21, 2022, Atlanta police officers held Ricardo Dorado Jr. down on his stomach for 17 minutes before his heart stopped beating. During the arrest, Dorado moaned and called out for help while officers struggled to get control and pressed their knees into his back, legs and arms, police body camera video shows. “I can’t breathe,” he gasped three times as another police officer held Dorado’s bloodied face against the floor.