CL: You've said that targeting gang violence will rank among your priorities as Police Chief. How can that be accomplished?

Turner: Well, the truth is, if you look at what's going on in our city, we talk about traditional gangs — the Crips, the Bloods, some of the Hispanic gangs like MS 13, and some of the national gangs — we don't see a whole large amount of national street gangs in the...

On Thursday night, Eyedrum hosted a concert supporting the School of Americas Watch, an organization that seeks to close the US Army School of Americas through protests, vigils, and demonstrations. Dozens of bands, songwriters, and storytellers took the stage to support the cause. The annual vigil at Fort Benning takes place this weekend in Columbus, Georgia.

Photos by Alan Friedman

In Atlanta, “Every Day Is An Opening Day.”

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Unfortunately, the openings are increasingly bullet holes.

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Atlanta’s murder rate for the first half of 2007 was 21 percent higher than during the same period in 2006, and 46 percent higher than the same period in 2005.

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According to statistics I gathered from eight separate reports on the Atlanta Police Department website, there were 51...