Jayvis Benjamin
Avondale Estates officials defend hiring police chief who shot unarmed man
Jul 29, 2016
This story has been updated. Elected officials in Avondale Estates are defending a decision to promote an officer who shot an unarmed man to be the city’s next police chief. The officer, Lynn Thomas, ...
New York Daily News editorial blasts failure to indict Avondale Estates officer
Dec 21, 2015
An editorial in the New York Daily News has taken the DeKalb County District Attorney to task over its failure to indict an Avondale Estates Police officer in the shooting death of an unarmed black ...
Grand Jury will consider criminal charges against Avondale officer involved in 2013 shooting
May 1, 2015
The District Attorney’s Office has confirmed that it intends to ask a Criminal Grand Jury to indict an Avondale Estates police officer for his role in a fatal 2013 shooting. Sgt. Lynn Thomas fatally shot ...