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Juanita Headley seated on the floor at the Arygle International Airport Social Share Although the court made a removal order last week regarding British citizen, Juanita Headley, she is yet to depart these shores seemingly, due to outbursts at the airport. Juanita Headley on board a police transport following her appearance at the Serious Offences Court A photograph showing Juanita Headley sitting on the floor of the departure area at the Argyle International Airport (AIA) on Tuesd...

By Bria King A British national, who is seeking residency in St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG), has accused local immigration authorities of defaming and treating her unfairly as though she were a criminal on the run. But Beverly Walker, the Chief Immigration Officer told SEARCHLIGHT this week that the British woman has “openly disregarded and refused to comply with instructions given by the Immigration Department”. And as it stands …

By Bria King A British national, who is seeking residency in St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG), has accused local immigration authorities of defaming and treating her unfairly as though she were a criminal on the run. But Beverly Walker, the Chief Immigration Officer told SEARCHLIGHT this week that the British woman has “openly disregarded and refused to comply with instructions given by the Immigration Department”. And as it stands …

Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times The smell of fresh Middle Eastern cuisine wafted through the air below the Kennedy Expressway Thursday, past a row of tents, lines of cars and several members of local community groups who came out to lend a hand to the area’s homeless. Georgia Doty Comprehensive Health and Zakat Foundation of America, teamed up to bring the warm meal, as well as groceries, sanitary products and PPE to those who live under the overpass near West Fullerton Avenue in Bucktown. Don Doty...

Fort Bend County Sheriff Eric Fagan unveils a portrait of Walter Moses Burton during a news conference Friday at the old county courthouse in Richmond, the first African-American to serve in the position of county sheriff in the U.S. (Photo from Facebook)    As part of Fort Bend County’s commemoration of Black History Month, county officials unveiled a portrait of Walter Moses Burton, the first African American to hold the position of county sheriff in the U.S. County Judge KP George...

Home/News from NPR/‘You Better Run’: After Trump’s False Attacks, Election Workers Faced Threats Former President Trump obsessed with the Fulton County elections department, which covers Atlanta. His conspiracy theories and lies led to violent threats and intimidation of the departments workers. ‘You Better Run’: After Trump’s False Attacks, Election Workers Faced Threats By Johnny Kauffman  February 5, 2021 As his time in the White House came to a close, former president Donald T...

Online threats led to real world dangers. Law enforcement were posted outside the homes of some election officials. To feel safer, at least one officials family moved in with in-laws. In more disturbing cases, election workers heard strangers knocking at their front doors, and menacing voices on the other end of the phone who uttered racial slurs and promised hangings. Before Trumps disinformation campaign began in earnest, election departments around the country were already battered as they ...

Jessica McGowan / Getty Images As his time in the White House came to a close, former president Donald Trump became obsessed with one office in downtown Atlanta and the workers there, making the Fulton County elections department a target of conspiracy theories and lies, which led to violent threats and intimidation. Fulton County employees, as well as election workers around the country, are still grappling with the emotional and psychological trauma they suffered as a result of Trumps d...

Atlanta Magazine Inside the battle for Fulton County’s votes Reporter Johnny Kauffman spent four months embedded in the Fulton County elections department as its staff fought to protect democracy and their own lives—all while the eyes of the world were on Georgia. Photograph by Audra Melton On March 11, 2020, the Atlanta Hawks lost at home to the New York Knicks in overtime, 131 to 136, and the NBA abruptly suspended its season due to Covid-19. State Farm Arena’s newly renovated luxury su...

Photograph by Audra Melton On March 11, 2020, the Atlanta Hawks lost at home to the New York Knicks in overtime, 131 to 136, and the NBA abruptly suspended its season due to Covid-19. State Farm Arena’s newly renovated luxury suites would sit empty. And, sometime over those next eight months, water pressure began to build in the plumbing of one of the deserted bathrooms. In the wee hours of Election Day, November 3, a urinal overflowed, and water seeped through the floor and cascaded into the...