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'A bright light for a new Georgia': Gov. Kemp signs citizen's arrest statute repeal into law Beau Evans Replay Video UP NEXT Gov. Brian Kemp signed legislation Monday overhauling Georgia’s citizen’s arrest law to greatly limit who can detain criminal suspects beyond on-duty police officers. Enactment of the bill sponsored by former state Rep. Bert Reeves, R-Marietta, and co-sponsored by Savannah-area Rep. Carl Gilliard, D-Garden City, marks the most high-profile bill on criminal justice to clear the 2021 legislative session following last summer’s nationwide protests ...

Gov. Kemp scheduled to sign bill repealing Georgia’s citizen’s arrest law The legislation was one of the top legislative priorities this session in the aftermath of the killing of Ahmaud Arbery Tags:  FILE - In this Dec. 8, 2020, file photo, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp speaks to reporters in the Capitol in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File) (Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. All rights reserved) Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is expected to sign Monday a bill repealing the state’s citizen’s arrest law. Kemp will hold a bill signing ceremony at 2 p.m. at the Georgia State Capitol. In M...

Kemp sets June 15 elections to replace 2 state House members May 1, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail Rep. Bert Reeves, R-Marietta, listens to a question about a bill to repeal citizens arrest during the final day of the 2021 Legislative session Wednesday, March 31, 2021 in Atlanta. (Ben Gray/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)Ben Gray/AP ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has set June 15 special elections to replace two Republican state House members who have resigned. Greg Morris of Vidalia resigned from District 156, which covers all of Montgomery and Toombs counties and parts of Appling an...

Georgia Recorder Advocates built a replica of the Gold Dome out of scrap tires a few years ago and called it the "scrapitol" as part of a years-long push to pressure lawmakers to dedicate the scrap tire fee Georgians pay when they buy new tires to its intended purpose. Joe Cook/Coosa River Basin Initiative Environmental advocates rounded up 500 scrap tires and set to work building a rubber replica of the Gold Dome in the shadow of the real thing as the 2017 legislative session was underway. It was christened the “scrapitol,” complete with painted gold tires sitting atop the carefully ...

GLOBAL-RACE/USA-POLICE (CORRECTED):REFILE-Georgia state overhauls citizen arrest law following Ahmaud Arbery's death