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ATLANTA -- Randal Quran Reid was driving to his mothers home the day after Thanksgiving last year when police pulled him over and arrested him on the side of a busy Georgia interstate.

Randal Quran Reid is among several Black plaintiffs who are suing law enforcement. They claim they were wrongly arrested based on matches generated by facial recognition, a technology they say tends to disproportionately misidentify people of color.

Dubai, there are countless artists performing across this city this weekend so get your dancing shoes on and be prepared for a wild weekend.

From large-scale live performances to dance parties, here's what's happening this weekend

Fulton County Sheriff Pat Labat said he's asked for and accepted the resignations of at least three staff members in connection to the case of a 35-year-old Black man, Lashawn Thompson, who was allegedly found dead last year in the psychiatric wing of the jail.

Attorneys for the family allege the detainee, Deion Strayhon, 26, was denied medical attention after “repeatedly complaining of stomach pain, nausea, vomiting and being unable to eat.”

A man from Dallas, Ga., filed a claim against Paulding County Sheriff’s Office alleging excessive use of force in a March 2022 incident. The department is asking the Georgia Bureau of Investigation to review the interaction.

The attorneys for Tyler Canaris, who was bodyslammed by a Paulding County Sheriff's deputy, say they plan to file a civil lawsuit against the county.

The citywide four mile march will return in person for the first time in two years; organizers say it will go on regardless of weather.

The family friend who was driving when an 8-year-old girl in the vehicle was shot and killed at the same site where Rayshard Brooks was killed in the summer of 2020 has filed a lawsuit against the former Atlanta mayor, police chief and many others.