First Slice 5-8-16: Good luck winning over Mexican-Americans in metro Atlanta, Donald Trump
Plus, police looking into woman’s fatal fall from Old Fourth Ward bridge
The Orange One has his work cut out for him in metro Atlanta. Mexican-Americans in living in the region are registering to vote to help block any chance of a Donald Trump presidency. And the editor of Mundo Hispanico says she’s having a hard time finding supporters in the community to include in articles.
Benjamin Mays High School football coach Corey Jarvis, who’s on administrative leave, is pushing back against allegations that he misplaced team funds.
Atlanta Police are investigating what led to a woman’s death in the Old Fourth Ward. Officers say she fell on to the Boulevard Tunnel and was struck by a car.
Roswell taxpayers have spent more than $16,000 defending Mayor Jere Wood in a lawsuit over whether he’s served in office longer than the law allows.
The metro Atlanta woman who wrote a Facebook post urging people to “shoot at every white cop in the nation starting NOW” has apologized to police. Ebony Dickens says the post was meant to start a conversation online, not advocate violence.
Palantir, one of Silicon Valley’s most secretive companies, is trying to retain employees and not collecting all the cash from the big-dollar contracts it’s signed with corporations, Buzzfeed says.