The ongoing saga at DeKalb County’s “Cop City” took a deadly turn Tuesday when a state trooper was shot by a protester who was then killed in the ensuing shootout. The wounded officer is in stable condition. Cop City, the site of a proposed law enforcement training facility in a wooded area of unincorporated DeKalb County, has been the site of great controversy over the past year. Clashes between protesters – some claiming to be environmentalists and others opposed to police – have gotten more and more violent, with six arrested last month and hit with domestic terrorism charges. This deadly turn though will hopefully be the last straw for the “forest defenders.” SINKING…
Political has-beens take taxpayer-paid vacation
Former Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan and ex-Sen. Butch Miller, along with 12 others including “security” personnel, wasted hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars on a so-called European “economic study” junket— just two months before the two left office. New Lt. Gov. Burt Jones’ spokeswoman best summed up this selfish trip: “The lieutenant governor (Duncan’s replacement) finds it disheartening that two outgoing elected officials would take a taxpayer-funded European vacation knowing they will have zero influence on future economic development opportunities.” Duncan, Miller and their fellow shameless vacationers are SINKING…
