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Thursday, July 9, 2020 5A
Police: 1 dead in fiery crash
NORCROSS — A driver died Wednesday morning after
a fiery crash on a Georgia interstate, authorities said.
Gwinnett police spokeswoman Cpl. Michele Pihera told
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution the crashed happened
around 1:30 a.m. Wednesday on Interstate-85.
The crash involved a truck and an SUV. The truck
caught fire after the crash and the driver had to be freed
from the vehicle, Pihera said.
One of the drivers died on the way to the hospital but
Pihera didn’t specify which driver.
An officer was injured during the rescue effort. He was
hospitalized and later released.
Details regarding the crash and the other driver
weren’t immediately released.
The crash was cleared just around 5:30 a.m.
Associated Press
Chamber webinar to focus on how
businesses can weather pandemic
How small businesses and
nonprofit organizations can
navigate the pandemic is
the focus of a Greater Hall
Chamber of Commerce
webinar set for Thursday,
July 9.
“The COVID-19 pan
demic has changed the way
we approach our day-to-day
operations,” a chamber
news release states. “As
this unprecedented crisis
continues to evolve, many
small business owners are
wondering how to minimize
losses, and what steps they
can take to protect their
businesses.”
Stephanie Sokenis,
founder of Buford-based
SmallBiz Ally, is presenting
COLLINS
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Brooks fired the Taser at Rolfe while
running away.
Rolfe fatally shot Brooks. An autopsy
found that Brooks was shot twice in the
back.
Howard announced charges against
the officers five days after Brooks was
killed. Rolfe is facing several charges
including felony murder, while Bros-
nan has been charged with aggravated
assault and violating his oath.
Brooks was killed as demonstrators
protested police brutality and racism
nationwide following the killing of
George Floyd by a Minneapolis police
officer.
In his letter, Collins said Howard had
been too quick to announce charges
against the Atlanta officers.
“DA Howard — who is in the middle
of a contentious primary runoff for
his re-election — made his decision to
prosecute the officers involved prior to
completion of the (Georgia Bureau of
Investigation’s) investigation and with
out presenting the evidence to a grand
jury, a process specifically created to
act as a shield for the innocent and to
protect against prosecutorial abuse,”
Collins wrote.
the online forum, which is
set for 2-3 p.m.
Sokenis “has helped hun
dreds of entrepreneurs cost
effectively set and meet
goals in the areas of plan
ning, marketing, organi
zational effectiveness and
strategy,” according to the
chamber.
Forum topics include
marketing and planning for
the future.
Advance online registra
tion is required.
Jeff Gill
GBI investigations of officer-
involved shootings are standard
practice.
“We’ve concluded at the time that
Mr. Brooks was shot that he did not
pose an immediate threat of death,”
Howard said at the press confer
ence announcing charges against the
officers.
But Collins challenged that descrip
tion of the incident, pointing to the foot
age of Brooks wrestling with officers
and firing the Taser.
Last month, Collins also asked Geor
gia Attorney General Chris Carr to
appoint an independent district attor
ney in the case.
The Associated Press contributed.
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