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Georgia Fort
@ByGeorgiaFort
3x Midwest Emmy Award Winning Journalist
Saint Paul, MN
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    Georgia Fort
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    Feb 5, 2022
    This is Amir Locke. He was a son, a brother, a new business owner and wanted to make music like his father who is known to many in the Twin Cities music community as “Lil Buddy McClain”. Instead Amir was fatally shot by a Minneapolis officer seconds after he woke up Wednesday
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    Feb 4, 2022
    VIEWER DISCRETION ADVISED: Body Camera footage of the Minneapolis Police Fatally Shooting Amir Locke during the execution of a search warrant for SPPD where Amir was not listed as a person of interest according to an attorney who has spoken to the family
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    Jun 14, 2021
    Mother of Deona Marie, peaceful protestor killed by car, says her daughter asked her to make this shirt “I will never understand but I stand”. Mother says Deona was committed to advocating for justice for Black lives
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    Feb 8, 2022
    If you are a journalist in Minneapolis why do you still consider MPD a credible source? #AskingForAFriend
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    Georgia Fort
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    Feb 8, 2022
    Students Walkout Demanding Justice for Amir Locke x.com/i/broadcasts/1…
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    Nov 23, 2021
    Today is Emmett Till’s mother’s 100th birthday. Mamie Till Mobley understood the power of media. She invited press to an open casket funeral for her 14 year old son so the world could see the brutality inflicted on him. She changed the narrative 1/2
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    Feb 24, 2022
    All three cops are found guilty on federal charges for violating George Floyd’s civil rights
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    Oct 22, 2023
    BREAKING: Car speeds through #FreePalenstine protest in Minneapolis A man drove his car through a crowd of peaceful protesters near the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, putting hundreds of lives in danger. Video @Zachforthepeople
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    Feb 9, 2022
    Student sit-in at city hall for Amir Locke x.com/i/broadcasts/1…
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    Georgia Fort
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    Jan 3, 2023
    Dawanna Witt is set to be sworn in as Hennepin County Sheriff today at 11 am making her the first Black person and the first woman to lead the office in its 170 year history.
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    Jun 13, 2021
    Protest Street Art War • The entryway to the parking ramp where Winston Smith was shot and killed by a U.S. Marshal has been the site of daily protests. Most recently protestors have been disrupting the space with public art.
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    Georgia Fort
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    Feb 7, 2022
    Protest at Police Chief’s home for Amir Locke x.com/i/broadcasts/1…
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    Georgia Fort
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    Jun 10, 2021
    BREAKING: Attorney for witness in car with Winston Smith says she never saw Smith with a gun when he was fatally shot by a U.S. Marshal last week in Minneapolis
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    Georgia Fort
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    Jun 6, 2021
    I get a lot of criticism for explicitly and unapologetically centering my work on changing the narrative BUT this is WHY in real time! Winston Smith was NOT a murder suspect yet the first narrative by @StarTribune was inaccurate.
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