The Daily Beast: “An Atlanta cop who tased a church deacon has been fired by Police Chief Darin Schierbaum for not adhering to the department’s procedures during the August 10 arrest of Johnny Hollman, 62, following a car crash. Officer Kiran Kimbrough did not wait for a supervisor to arrive on the scene prior to…

Politico: “Two top Democratic organizations filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging a Republican-backed North Carolina election law moments after it went into effect. The lawsuit, filed by Democratic National Committee and North Carolina Democratic Party, tackles multiple aspects of Senate Bill 747. But the plaintiffs are specifically seeking preliminary relief on the bill’s provisions on same-day…

MS Today: “A defendant in the state’s welfare scandal lawsuit sued Gov. Tate Reeves on Wednesday, claiming the governor is illegally controlling the lawsuit to protect himself and political allies including former Gov. Phil Bryant and Republican-leaning SuperTalk radio.  The lawsuit calls for an injunction removing Reeves from control of the state’s lawsuit regarding the…

Sun Herald: “The Thurmons built their house brick by brick in the 1940s on what is now prized real estate in downtown Ocean Springs. Like most Black residents back then, Herbert and Merlissis Thurmon earned meager wages. Merlissis Thurmon rode her bicycle roughly 16 miles a day to and from what is now Keesler Air…

TX Tribune: “Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said Monday he plans to file criminal complaints against the group of state representatives who led the impeachment against him for releasing his personal information. “The impeachment managers clearly have a desire to threaten me with harm when they released this information last week,” he said in a statement. “I’m…

NBC: “Tennessee Democratic Rep. Justin Jones filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday challenging his expulsion in April and the House rules restricting lawmakers’ floor comments that Republicans applied to silence Jones for part of one day in August. Filed against House Speaker Cameron Sexton and House administrative officials, the lawsuit in Nashville federal court argues that Republicans have repeatedly blocked Jones…

NY Times: “The flow of migrants crossing the Southern border between official ports of entry has roughly doubled since the spring, after a brief dip. In May, Governor Abbott began to ramp up deployments of National Guard soldiers from Texas and other states, as well as state troopers, and a new Texas Tactical Border Force. Over…

News19: “Seven days after a Decatur man was killed in an officer-involved shooting and members of the community continued protesting throughout the streets of the River City Friday night. Stephen Perkins was killed by Decatur police in the early morning hours of September 29th following an incident surrounding a vehicle repossession. The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA)…

NY Times: “A federal court ordered Alabama on Thursday to use a new congressional map that could lead the state to elect two Black representatives for the first time in its history, by creating a second district with close to a majority of Black voters. The order, the culmination of a nearly two-year fight over…

ATL Journal-Constitution: “Protesters on Tuesday called on Gov. Brian Kemp to immediately address deadly conditions, understaffing and medical neglect inside the state prison system. Waving “Incarcerated Lives Matter” signs and posters with pictures of their loved ones, the protesters jammed onto the sidewalk across from the Governor’s Mansion hoping to get Kemp’s attention. The Human…