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  2. Battle of Matewan - Wikipedia

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    The mayor at the time was Cabell Testerman, and the chief of police was Sid Hatfield. Both refused to succumb to the company's plans, and sided with the miners. In turn, the Stone Mountain Coal Corporation hired their own enforcers, the Baldwin–Felts Detective Agency, dubbed the "Baldwin Thugs" by the miners

  3. Matewan - Wikipedia

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    Matewan. Matewan (/ ˈmeɪtwɒn /) is a 1987 American independent [2][3] drama film written and directed by John Sayles, and starring Chris Cooper (in his film debut), James Earl Jones, Mary McDonnell and Will Oldham, with David Strathairn, Kevin Tighe and Gordon Clapp in supporting roles. [4] The film dramatizes the events of the Battle of ...

  4. Stone Mountain, Georgia - Wikipedia

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    Stone Mountain is a city in DeKalb County, Georgia, United States. The population was 6,703 according in 2020. Stone Mountain is in the eastern part of DeKalb County and is a suburb of Atlanta that encompasses nearly 1.7 square miles. It lies near and touches the western base of the geological formation of the same name.

  5. Stone Mountain Middle School teacher accused of sexual ...

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    The district and school are cooperating with the Gwinnett County Police Department. Anyone with additional information is asked to contact GCPD detectives at 770-513-5300.

  6. Stone Mountain - Wikipedia

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    Stone Mountain is a quartz monzonite dome monadnock and the site of Stone Mountain Park ... The police negotiated a ... The education department is host to thousands ...

  7. List of law enforcement agencies in Georgia - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the U.S. state of Georgia.. According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 628 law enforcement agencies employing 26,551 sworn police officers, about 274 for each 100,000 residents.

  8. West Virginia coal wars - Wikipedia

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    On May 19, 1920, thirteen agents of the Baldwin-Felts Detective Agency returned to Matewan to evict miners from Stone Mountain Coal Corporation housing. [8] The Baldwin-Felts agents were challenged by Matewan Police Chief Sid Hatfield and Matewan Mayor Cabel Testerman, who contested the agents' authority in the town.

  9. Killing of Rayshard Brooks - Wikipedia

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    Deaths. Rayshard Brooks. On the night of June 12, 2020, Rayshard Brooks, a 27-year-old African American man, was confronted by officers of the APD and was shot by Atlanta Police Department (APD) officer Garrett Rolfe. APD officer Devin Brosnan was responding to a complaint that Brooks was asleep in a car in a Wendy's restaurant drive-through lane.