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A look at Buckhead last night
 
06/13/2021 11:42:57 AM PDT · by hoe_cake · 92 replies
Instagram ^ | 6/12/2021
In case the MSM didn't clue you guys in to what continues to go on in Buckhead of Atlanta, here's this. If you are interested, take a look at the comments.
 

OK Buckhead, do your thing
 
10/01/2016 9:51:09 PM PDT · by gogulls · 48 replies
wikipedia ^
Think the Trump NYT IRS forms are legit?
 

Rush credits Buckhead and FR!
 
10/15/2015 10:53:49 AM PDT · by PhiloBedo · 25 replies
EIB | 10-15-15 | self
Rush just acknowledged and credited FReeper Buckhead with exposing Dan Rather's and Mary Mape's forgery!! Kudos!
 

Rathergate - It wasn't Buckhead! (vanity)
 
12/05/2014 4:20:08 PM PST · by oldbill · 55 replies
The Five ^ | oldbill
Excerpt in video of "Rolling Stone backtracks on UVA rape story"
 

Interview With The Man Who Exposed Rathergate [Buckhead]
 
10/12/2015 6:37:03 PM PDT · by Not gonna take it anymore · 71 replies
soundcloud ^ | 10-12-15 | Michael Graham
Interview with Harry MacDougald the Atlanta lawyer who's initial questioning of the validity of the Killian documents exposed the flaw CBS report about George W. Bush's National Guard Service.
 

See Budweiser Clydesdales at Buckhead Bar ahead of Super Bowl
 
01/29/2019 6:59:01 AM PST · by Cecily · 11 replies
The Atlanta Journal Constitution ^ | January 28, 2019 | Raisa Habersham
Budweiser beer lovers and horse fans can rejoice. The iconic brand is bringing their clydesdales to Fado Irish Pub on 273 Buckhead Ave. at 1:30 p.m. Friday.
 

Woman escapes with her life as carjackers open fire on her in Buckhead
 
02/28/2022 6:44:23 PM PST · by Cecily · 71 replies
Fox 5 Atlanta ^ | February 28, 2022 | Aungelique Proctor
ATLANTA - Bold carjackers shot at a woman who was slow to give up her car during a Sunday morning Buckhead carjacking. Fortunately the woman dove out of her car and was not injured. The alarming attack happened at 8:26am Sunday morning at the intersection of Peachtree and West Paces Ferry Roads. The female motorist was on East Paces Ferry Road at the red-light when she noticed two men who pulled behind her and jumped out trying to take her Nissan Sentra. When the woman attempted to drive off, the suspects started firing. The woman dove out of the car,...
 

Atlanta proposes to spend $1.6M on private police force in Buckhead
 
12/30/2020 9:32:58 PM PST · by blueplum · 27 replies
Daily Mail via MSN ^ | 30 Dec 2020 | Karen Ruiz
Atlanta city council members have proposed a $1.6million plan to create a private police force in one of its wealthiest suburbs just days after a seven-year-old girl was fatally shot by a stray bullet. ... ...a number of Atlanta city council members on Monday announced they were allocating $125,000 to fund the 'Buckhead Security Plan', which intends to establish a private security force in the area to supplement the Atlanta Police Department, NBC reported. The proposal, which has also been backed by the police department, the Atlanta Police Foundation, members of the Fulton County Commission, and a member of Mayor...
 

Atlanta Rapper Young Thug Selling Buckhead Mansion for $3M
 
11/30/2018 1:48:14 PM PST · by Cecily · 44 replies
The Atlanta Journal Constitution ^ | November 28, 2018 | Najja Parker
Want a glimpse of celebrity living? Young Thug is reportedly selling his Atlanta mansion for $3 million. The Buckhead mansion, located at 3511 Roxboro Road NE, spans 11,000 square feet and includes seven bedrooms and 11 bathrooms, according to Zillow.com. The rapper, real name Jeffery Lamar Williams, bought the home in 2016. According to curbed.com, the home had a selling price of $2.75 million at the time. Built in 2000, the home has an indoor pool, a bar area, a theater room, walkout patios and balconies. The gated estate also includes a four-car garage, marble tile throughout and a surveillance...
 

Local activists arrested for shutting down Buckhead intersection ... (Atlanta)
 
12/21/2014 1:54:07 PM PST · by Pan_Yan · 28 replies
Creative Loafing ^ | 12/20/2014 | Max Blau
On the weekend before Christmas, last-minute shoppers descended upon Buckhead to pick up last-minute gifts for their friends and family. And protesters, who in recent weeks have taken to Atlanta's streets over the non-indictments of police officers responsible for the killings of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., and Eric Garner in Staten Island, N.Y., decided to stage one of their most disruptive demonstrations yet by shutting down a major intersection near two of Atlanta's biggest shopping centers. Atlanta Police this afternoon arrested more than a dozen protesters who blocked traffic for more than 90 minutes at Peachtree and Lenox roads...
 

Horde of Teens Snags Goods from Christian Louboutin in Buckhead
 
08/19/2015 10:52:25 AM PDT · by Cecily · 61 replies
Atlanta Journal-Constitution ^ | August 19, 2015
As unarmed security officers ordered them to stop, more than a dozen teenage boys swiped $60,000 worth of handbags from a Buckhead boutique early Wednesday, Atlanta police said. The incident at the Christian Louboutin store at 3065 Peachtree Road was the second smash-and-grab burglary in the area in as many days. The French designer store is less than two miles from a Neiman Marcus Last Call that was hit by suspects Tuesday morning.
 

Twilio Opens Buckhead Office, Plans to Hire 50 (Georgia)
 
07/12/2018 7:14:36 PM PDT · by 2ndDivisionVet · 5 replies
Atlanta Inno ^ | July 9, 2018 | Madison Hogan
Twilio, a San Francisco-based cloud communications platform company, has opened an office in Buckhead. According to company representatives, Twilio plans to add more than 50 employees at the new office in the next few years, including positions in sales, human resources and engineering. The Atlanta office will hold a recruiting event for some of these positions from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. July 10 at WeWork Terminus. “Incredible momentum in Twilio’s customer base is fueling our need to expand the company’s presence in new regions,” George Hu, Twilio’s chief operating officer, said in a statement. “Atlanta brings us closer to...
 

BREAKING: 15-year-old charged with murder in Buckhead apartment complex shooting
 
05/26/2020 1:56:38 PM PDT · by Midwesterner53 · 34 replies
The Atlanta Journal Constitution ^ | 5/26/20 | Zachary Hansen
Police have charged a 15-year-old with felony murder in connection with a deadly shooting at a Buckhead apartment complex. The teenage boy, whose name was not released, was arrested Saturday and remains in custody, Atlanta police said in a news release. His murder charge stems from the shooting death of 35-year-old Kevin Humes, who was gunned down outside the Tremont apartments off Habersham Road on May 16, AJC.com previously reported.
 

PDATE: Man arrested in chaotic Buckhead shooting that shattered Sephora storefront
 
06/08/2022 8:50:11 AM PDT · by Cecily · 24 replies
The Atlanta Journal Constitution ^ | June 8, 2022 | Caroline Silva
Shoppers and diners in a crowded Buckhead business district ran screaming Tuesday afternoon when a man opened fire nearby. Investigators believe the man was firing at a car driving along Peachtree Road near Buckhead Village, missing the vehicle but sending at least one bullet through the glass door of a Sephora store about 2 p.m. No one was injured, Atlanta police said. Officers immediately began searching the area, and they located 33-year-old Henok Gebremichael hiding in a nearby neighborhood. After a short foot chase, Gebremichael was taken into custody without further incident, a police spokesperson said. He is facing multiple...
 

Man dead following shooting involving police officer inside Buckhead restaurant (Atlanta)
 
05/04/2022 7:09:56 PM PDT · by FreedomPoster · 26 replies
WSB ^ | May 04, 2022 at 6:36 pm EDT | WSBTV.com News Staff
<p>ATLANTA — Atlanta police said a man is dead after he was shot by a police officer inside a Buckhead restaurant.</p><p>Atlanta police were called out the scene along Lenox Road around 3 p.m.</p><p>Police and witnesses described the incident to Channel 2 investigative reporter Justin Gray as an extended struggle over the police officer’s gun.</p>
 

Cops: Woman Upset by COVID-19 Protocols throws Bricks at Buckhead Chick-fil-A
 
01/26/2021 6:53:52 PM PST · by Cecily · 18 replies
The Atlanta Journal Constitution ^ | January 26, 2021 | Chelsea Prince
It was no pleasure for workers at a Buckhead Chick-fil-A to bar an irate woman from the restaurant Monday night after she allegedly railed against COVID-19 protocols. The woman tried to walk inside the Chastain Square location on Roswell Road but was told the dining room was closed due to virus concerns, according to a police report obtained by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Employees told police they forced her out and assumed she left before she pulled up to the drive-thru window in a white Chrysler sedan. She was accompanied by two other women, according to the report. “The females began...
 

Trump Lawyers Put Final Nails in Fani Willis's Coffin [Freeper Buckhead]
 
03/02/2024 6:41:57 AM PST · by RoosterRedux · 82 replies
Townhall ^ | Mia Cathell
The misconduct hearings on efforts to oust Fulton County DA Fani Willis from the Trump RICO case have come to a close. Both sides delivered final arguments Friday, each arguing where the bar should be set for the judge's looming disqualification decision. ... Trump defense attorney Steve Sadow said an "appearance of impropriety" is "enough" to disqualify her under Georgia law. ... Sadow raised rhetorical questions about who has the strongest motive to lie: "Who has the best motive of anyone to lie? They do. Who has the most at stake to lie? They do. Who wants to stay on...
 

Owner shoots at people breaking into car at Buckhead(Atlanta) shopping center; 1 dead, 1 injured
 
09/11/2021 5:24:26 AM PDT · by devane617 · 86 replies
wsb ^ | 09/11/2021
ATLANTA — Channel 2 Action News has learned that a man is dead and another was injured during a shooting at a busy Buckhead shopping center. The shooting happened around 4 p.m. at the Peachtree Battle Shopping Center in the 2300 block of Peachtree Road. Police said a man was coming out of one of the stores when he saw people breaking into his car. That’s when he confronted them and started shooting to defend himself. Investigators said another man ran from the scene and was shooting off rounds as he ran. They located that person a short distance later....
 

77-year-old grandmother Eleanor Bowles found fatally stabbed in gated Atlanta Buckhead home, SUV stolen
 
12/12/2022 11:09:39 AM PST · by Texan4Life · 59 replies
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution ^ | Updated 12-11-2022 | Rosana Hughes
Michael Bowles’ mother, Eleanor, was his North Star. “I was on my way to visit her for the holidays and got to her a few hours too late,” he said Sunday. He found her dead in the garage of her home in a gated Buckhead community early Saturday evening. Bowles’ death is the second homicide at a Buckhead residence in as many months and comes amid the Atlanta community’s ongoing efforts to turn back a rash of violent crime.
 

Dad-of-three, 41, is shot twice while out jogging in Atlanta's richest neighborhood Buckhead where residents are fighting for secession and their own police force amid crime explosion
 
06/07/2021 8:23:46 AM PDT · by Cecily · 116 replies
Daily Mail (U.K.) ^ | June 7, 2021 | Snejana Farberov
A father-of-three out jogging on Saturday morning in Atlanta's wealthiest neighborhood, Buckhead, was shot twice by a 'mentally ill' man who police say also opened fire on two other people and mowed down a neighbor with his car. Atlanta police arrested and charged 22-year-old Gaelen Newsom with attempted murder, three counts of aggravated assault and two counts of possession of a firearm during a crime in connection with the weekend crime spree. The first shooting took place in the 1200 block of West Wesley Road in Buckhead, Atlanta's richest section, which has been making a push to form its own...
 
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