GRIFFIN, Ga. (AP) — When 23-year-old Timothy Coggins was found dead and disfigured beside a Georgia highway in 1983, the young Black man’s family and neighbors whispered that his killing may be linked to racism. This undated photo provided by Heather Coggins shows her uncle Timothy Coggins. During a court hearing on Wednesday, Nov. 1, […]
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5 Whites Arrested in 1983 Georgia Murder of Black Man
SUNNY SIDE, Ga. (AP) — After reopening a cold case, authorities in Georgia have arrested five people — including two law enforcement officials — in a killing they say was racially motivated. Timothy Coggins, a 23-year-old Black man, was found dead along a road in the city of Sunny Side, about 30 miles (48 kilometers) […]
