Christian Boone
@ReporterJCB
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Former AJC public safety reporter, covered crime/courts/law enforcement, Atlanta native, pondering my next move.
Atlanta
Joined July 2013
I’ve told this story before, but it’s a good time to share it again. Terry Pendleton told me he was standing at the batting cage with Andruw Jones once when we were in San Francisco, and Willie Mays walked up to them and said to Andruw, “You’re the best center fielder I’ve seen.”
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America hasn’t been perfect. It’s made grave mistakes. But there is no country that has ever done more for improving the world. It breaks my heart how unappreciative Americans across the ideological spectrum are of that. Much of the left rejects we’ve ever been good for the
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Wonder if the DOJ will continue investigating attacks on Teslas? #ElonMusk
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Hipster hunchback is all the rage!
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from "shining city on a hill" to "dominant predator" is a good measure of the GOP's descent
Rep. Ogles says America needs to "get back to the business of being the dominant predator."
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Race, class, and alleged cover-up, an outrageous witch hunt and a conspiracy theory that persists. Eleven years later the #KendrickJohnson story remains wildly misunderstood. Forget what you think you know -- here's the true story of a murder that wasn't
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So I'm debuting a new venture, ReporterATL on Substack. You'll get original reporting and insights from a veteran journalist with an offbeat sensibility. (And while my first post involves Donald Trump, most that follow will not). Check me out
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Why is Fulton County allowing Donald Trump to profit from his infamous mugshot?
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Three down: Kenneth Chesebro accepts plea deal for his role in what Georgia prosecutors call a conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election in favor of Trump, promising to testify truthfully against other defendants @RichardFausset @ReporterJCB
nytimes.com
Mr. Chesebro’s plea deal comes a day after Sidney Powell, another of Donald Trump’s co-defendants in the Georgia election interference case, took a guilty plea.
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A Thorny Question in Atlanta: Could You Serve on Trump’s Jury? By me, @ReporterJCB, @annabettss and @RaR, for @nytimes: https://t.co/2yD7RdCQiy
nytimes.com
Many potential jurors in Fulton County, Ga., acknowledged having strong, perhaps even immovable, views about the former president.
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FIVE WEEKS. That’s how long @WSJ’s Evan Gershkovich has been wrongfully detained in Russia. The world needs to know about this atrocity. Today is World Press Freedom Day, so please join us in demanding his release. #IStandWithEvan #FreeEvan #JournalismIsNotACrime
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Good news for the AJC. @AJCLeroyChapman is a steady hand and a pro’s pro. Solid boss, solid person. Congrats!
Leroy Chapman takes over for retiring editor Kevin Riley and becomes the AJC’s first Black top editor in its 155-year-history.
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The killing of #TyreNichols mirrors a case six years ago in middle Georgia. Eurie Martin was beaten to death who were harassing him after he asked a white homeowner for water on a hot day. The cops were acquitted.
atlantamagazine.com
As was the case with Ahmaud Arbery, Eurie Martin was unarmed and on foot, passing through a neighborhood not his own. One jogged, the other walked. Martin was 58; Arbery was 25. But their final...
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Hallelujah! This is the best news of the offseason
Chip Caray is leaving the #Braves TV broadcast booth for a similar position with the Cardinals, sources have told The Athletic. Caray, son of the late Braves broadcaster Skip Caray, was raised in St. Louis and is the grandson of legendary former Cardinals broadcaster Harry Caray.
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“Well, fellas, guess I’ll be going now. Unfortunately, Ray’s stupid kid choked on a hot dog and now I’ve been robbed of my dream twice. So that’s just great. Really great.”
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When Loretta Lynn heard the White Stripes were fans, she invited Jack White to dinner. She was 72, he was 28. She mentioned she had a bunch of new songs but no record deal, he offered to produce and she knocked out this brilliant album IN ONE TAKE. #RIP
https://t.co/xT4n9OzIEm
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Arming domestic abusers, just as the framers intended … MTG belongs in an eternal dunk tank
mediaite.com
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) rebuked an unidentified British journalist during a press conference at the Capitol on Wednesday.
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I can’t handle Chip Caray AND Paul Byrd.Just awful #BravesonTV
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Greatest closing in American political history
Oz: When you go to bed at night, put your head on that soft pillow, you’ll know Oz will be doing exactly what you want him to do if you were there next to him
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