Yogananda Pittman named acting US Capitol police chief after riots
The US Capitol Police has appointed a Black woman as its acting police chief after the former head resigned in the fallout from the agency’s inadequate response to pro-Trump rioters who staged an insurrection at the Capitol last week.
Yogananda Pittman, who previously served as an assistant chief, will be the first woman and first Black person to head the Capitol Police, according to Morgan State University, the historically black school that Pittman graduated from in 1999. CNN reached out to Capitol police and has not been able to independently confirm this.
Former Atlanta police chief to become top cop in Louisville less than a year after Breonna Taylor shooting David Matthews
The city of Louisville has hired a new chief for its police department: former Atlanta police chief Erika Shields.
Shields, who resigned from her post in Atlanta following the June shooting death of Rayshard Brooks by officers in a Wendy’s parking lot, was chosen by a selection panel, according to Louisville mayor Greg Fischer.
Shields will start in the Kentucky city January 19, 312 days after Breonna Taylor was shot and killed by Metro Police during a botched raid. The city also fired two more officers involved in that raid Wednesday.
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Atlanta police chief who resigned after Rayshard Brooks deadly shooting is named head of Louisville department responsible for Breonna Taylor s killing - on same day two detectives were fired for botched raid
Erika Shields was named Wednesday as the new chief of the Louisville Metro Police Department after the firing of longtime chief, Steve Conrad, in June
She served in Atlanta for 25 years, including more than three years as chief
Her tenure ended when she resigned in June after Atlanta officers fatally shot a black man named Rayshard Brooks in a restaurant parking lot
Shields will be the fourth person to lead the city s force since Taylor was shot
MARIETTA, Ga. The coronavirus pandemic and its imprint on politics, education, work and society in all corners of Georgia made headlines throughout most of 2020. But the year also included the high-stakes November election and early voting in a pair of Senate run-off elections that cast a white-hot spotlight on Georgia. Two high-profile killings drew sharp attention to racial justice issues in a year that also saw the passing of civil rights icon John Lewis.
A look at the top 10 stories in Georgia in 2020:
VIRUS OUTBREAK-GEORGIA: The coronavirus pandemic invades all aspects of life in Georgia. Large festivals, church services and other events are canceled as restaurants and other small businesses struggle to bring in customers. Major corporations shift to remote work when possible, and the lives of parents and their children are disrupted as schools close and learning shifts online. The pandemic also causes political upheaval in Georgia, as Gov. Brian Kemp faces sharp criticism f