[CW: P*licing/Vi*lence]
Audio Report: The Atlanta police murder of Sam Parker
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by Nolan Huber-Rhoades
On Sun., July 25, at 1:01 a.m. EST, an officer from the Atlanta police department shot and killed 38-year-old Gabriel Sam Parker, who is referred to by his family as “Sam.” Mainline reporter Nolan Huber-Rhoades brings us an official audio report detailing and chronicling the events after attending a vigil hosted by Parker’s family.
Multiple eyewitnesses reported to The Mainline that on that night, they saw an Atlanta police officer exit his vehicle, “took a knee with a rifle and shot Sam in the back as he was trying to de-escalate the situation.” Parker was attending a neighborhood reunion party and was helping to de-escalate a fight. A representative of Parker’s family have chosen to speak with Mainline to report this story while combating local mainstream news narratives.
This report contains audio from Atlanta police scanners which have been included here to enhance Mainline’s reporting and ability to tell this story. Nolan reports the incident through the lens of abolition, examining the systemic conditions that create the violent realities between Black communities and police.
Listen Here
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WE'RE MOBILIZING to dismantle the racist systems that, by design, perpetuate violence and continue to destroy our communities.
Atlanta City Council recently approved a $15 million dollar police budget increase and is now planning to erect a massive, privately funded cop training facility on hundreds of acres of historic forest. At a recent “Public Safety Listening Session” it was made blatantly clear that the corporate elites backing this project aren’t interested in public opinion, so WE’RE ORGANIZING and need all hands on deck!
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