Police Shooting
Gwinnett Officer Kills Home Invasion Suspect
NORCROSS, Ga. (AP) — Gwinnett County police say an officer responding to a reported home invasion fatally shot a man during a confrontation. Police say a man tried to force his way into a Norcross […]
Trooper Shoots Man After Traffic Stop
ATLANTA (AP/WAOK) – Authorities are investigating after a Georgia state trooper shot a man after a traffic stop in metro Atlanta. Officials say the gunfire happened late Thursday morning on Fulton Industrial Boulevard, after the […]
No Indictment In Ariston Waiters Death In Union City
ATLANTA (WAOK/AP)-A Union City mother broke down in tears late Wednesday night after hearing the news that a Fulton County grand jury decided not to indict a police officer in the shooting of her son last December. […]
Cobb County Police Kill Nude Man
MARIETTA, Ga. (AP/WAOK) — A Cobb County police officer is on administrative leave after he shot and killed a man who was nude and armed with two knives. Cobb County police Sgt. Dana Pierce said […]
Activists Disrupt Union City Council Meeting
Union City, Ga (WAOK)-Dozens of people showed up last night at a Union City council meeting to protest the death of 19 yr old Ariston Waiters was killed by a police officer last month. Waiters […]
Too Much Truth Recap: Rally for Ariston Waiters
ATLANTA (WAOK)-Amid reports that members of Occupy Atlanta were part of a group of vandals at a rally against police brutality in Union City on Wednesday, Derrick Boazman (who organized the rally) and listeners who […]
Rally Against Police Brutality
Join WAOK’s Derrick Boazman on Wednesday December 28 for a rally against police brutality in Union City. Two weeks ago 19 year old Ariston Waiters was shot in the back twice by police while witnesses say […]
Woman Killed by Cobb County Police on Christmas Day
Cobb Co (AJC)-A Marietta woman was shot and killed after attacking a police officer Christmas morning, Cobb County police said. Police spokesman Dana Pierce said officers responded to an alarm at the Bexley apartment complex […]
Witnesses Tell Different Story Than Police Of Shooting In Union City
ATLANTA (AJC)-A 19-year-old South Fulton man died from gunshot wounds to the back after an alleged altercation Wednesday night with a Union City police officer, the Fulton County Medical Examiner said Friday. Union City police […]
