Comments for Now Georgia https://nowgeorgia.com Community Matters Wed, 16 Dec 2020 15:17:14 +0000 hourly 1 Comment on Appeals Court rules in favor of Jonathan Ayers’ widow by Ayers Lawsuit Toccoa Ga | Personal Injury Accident https://nowgeorgia.com/appeals-court-rules-in-favor-of-jonathan-ayers-widow/#comment-871 Mon, 18 Jan 2016 06:24:29 +0000 http://nowhabersham.wpengine.com/?p=23509#comment-871 […] Appeals Court rules in favor of … – Georgia’s Appeals Court says the widow of a Lavonia pastor, killed by a member of a drug task force, can collect on policies covering Habersham and Rabun. […]

]]> Comment on Banks County inherits North Carolina’s coal ash by Carolina coal ash waste finds new home in north Georgia | The Watchdog blog https://nowgeorgia.com/banks-county-inherits-north-carolinas-coal-ash/#comment-870 Mon, 21 Dec 2015 11:30:26 +0000 http://nowhabersham.wpengine.com/?p=22341#comment-870 […] Scientists warn the waste needs to stay in lined facilities, well away from bodies of water, criteria which Homer’s dump meets. Unlike most of Georgia’s coal ash impoundments, it’s lined with synthetic and natural materials that are supposed to keep toxins from the ash from escaping into the environment, reports state. […]

]]> Comment on Habersham County leaders relieved after Phonesavanh settlement by Lessons from the drug raid that burned a Georgia toddler | The Freedom Watch https://nowgeorgia.com/habersham-county-leaders-relieved-after-phonesavanh-settlement/#comment-865 Sun, 09 Aug 2015 04:25:10 +0000 http://nowhabersham.wpengine.com/?p=19583#comment-865 […] local governments well over $3 million in settlements. Ayers got $2 million. The toddler’s family got $1 million (which might cover the child’s medical expenses). The alleged drug transaction that led to the […]

]]> Comment on Habersham County leaders relieved after Phonesavanh settlement by No knock raids happen almost 20,000 times a year | THE DOT ONLINE https://nowgeorgia.com/habersham-county-leaders-relieved-after-phonesavanh-settlement/#comment-862 Sat, 16 May 2015 14:24:07 +0000 http://nowhabersham.wpengine.com/?p=19583#comment-862 […] In May 2014, police in Georgia threw a flash-bang grenade into the crib of a 19-month-old toddler during a SWAT raid. The toddler, Bounkham Phonesavanh, was burned so badly that he was placed into a medically-induced coma. In October, a grand jury decided the officers shouldn’t be charged for injuring Phonesavanh. The grand jury accepted the police chief’s explanation that the officers hadn’t seen any evidence there was a child in the house (despite the fact that, according to Phonesavanh’s mother, there were toys in the yard) and had needed to throw the grenade to distract the suspect (who was not home at the time). Phonesavanh’s family settled a lawsuit against the sheriff’s department for $1 million. […]

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