
It’s unknown if the package is related to the protests happening today at City Hall. Trinity Avenue has been closed between Pryor and Peachtree Streets, just a block from City Hall. Police responded to reports of a suspicious package late Wednesday morning. ORIGINAL STORY: Atlanta police are currently investigating a suspicious package at 166 Trinity Ave.
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"The SPLC believes this was a racist attack that aims to not only disrupt the start of Black History Month, but the perpetrators wanted to send a message that even learning while Black isn't safe," Lecia Brooks said during an online forum hosted by the Southern Poverty Law Center. (CBS46) - A suspicious package report in Johns Creek turned out to be a false alarm after authorities discovered the bag in question was full of baby supplies. They are designed to make us feel fearful and vulnerable," Spelman President Mary Schmidt Campbell, Ph.D.
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Download the FOX 5 Atlanta app for breaking news and weather alerts. Nearly 20 Black colleges in the Deep South and along the East Coast received bomb threats since February 1. Police in Cobb County were called to Kell High School to investigate a 'suspicious package' on Wednesday.

The Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Justice, and the FBI launched investigations into the bomb threats that started at the beginning of Black History Month. Spelman College closed its campus to due to a bomb threat.ĪTLANTA'S SPELMAN COLLEGE, GEORGIA HBCUS TARGETED BY BOMB THREATS It would not be the first threat of violence against a Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Morehouse alerted its campus of a separate threat in February.

Morehouse College and police had not confirmed whether Monday's incident was related to a bomb threat. Officials with the Atlanta Police Department confirmed with FOX 5 that they received a report of a suspicious package at 1600 Maynard H. No threat has ever, or will ever, stop us from turning dreams into triumph." Bomb threats at HBCUs Jewell warned Georgia police and began clearing the Centennial Olympic Park area around the suspicious package. Though it may make some uncomfortable, we will nevertheless proceed undaunted in our work to create transformative agents of change. Our ability to use educational excellence to empower talented students means that the status quo will necessarily be disrupted as they become leaders in every field. (WSB-TV) ATLANTA Police have given the all clear after investigating a suspicious package or bag at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta. Airport officials say the investigation was. "Recent threats against HBCUs are proof that we are doing something right. A suspicious package at the Atlanta airport Thursday triggered an investigation near the international terminal. ATLANTA - A section of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport was closed off Tuesday evening due to a report of a suspicious package.
