🌱 Patch AM: Jury Decides Ex-Deputy's Fate In Fatal Shooting Of GA Airman In FL

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In today's newsletter:

• East Atlanta McNair graduate at center of controversial Florida shooting verdict

Also on today's calendar: Art Out Loud Open Mic Variety Show: Speak Your Truth Edition and 2 more events.

Today's riddle: What has a cap but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, with a high of 82 and low of 70 degrees.
• Sunday: Rain and a thunderstorm, temps: high: 73, low: 67.
• Monday: Humid; a shower in the a.m., with a high of 80 and low of 62 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Jury Decides Ex-Deputy's Fate In Fatal Shooting Of GA Airman In FL (patch.com) — East Atlanta readers will recognize U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Roger Fortson, an honors graduate of McNair High School, at the center of this Florida courtroom decision. A jury acquitted the former deputy who fatally shot the Atlanta native in 2024, while Fortson's family and civil rights attorneys vow to continue pursuing accountability through a federal civil rights lawsuit.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in East Atlanta

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Monday October 5

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Tuesday October 6

• Jaguar Men: Keepers of the Castle
  Maynard Jackson High School Atlanta, GA 30316
  6:00 pm

Friday October 9

• Homecoming Game
  Maynard Jackson High School Atlanta, GA 30316
  8:00 pm

Saturday October 10

• Art Out Loud Open Mic Variety Show: Speak Your Truth Edition →
  Westview Maker Space, 1554 Ralph David Abernathy Blvd SW, Atlanta
  5:30 pm

Wednesday October 14

• Preschool Storytime
  Gresham Library -
  11:00 am

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What has a cap but no head?" — A bottle (Thank you Glo M. for sending it in!)
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