January 16 – State Representative Colton Moore is arrested after attempting to enter the House chambers during Governor Brian Kemp's State of the State speech. Moore had been banned from entering the chambers by Speaker Jon G. Burns after Moore denounced late Speaker David Ralston during a ceremony honoring him.[2]
May 30 – Camilla Mayor Kelvin Owens and two local elections officials are charged with election interference in relation to an election the previous November. Owens cited emergency powers to halt the city's elections after the two officials resigned their posts, citing a court's removal of a city council member who did not live in Camilla. The elections were held later after a judge appointed new supervisors.[5]
July 28 – One person is killed and ten others are injured in a shooting in a nightlife district of Sweet Auburn in Atlanta.[6]
August 6 – Five soldiers are shot in a mass shooting at Fort Stewart.[7]
September 4 – 475 people, mostly South Korean nationals, are detained during an ICE raid at a Hyundai plant west of Savannah. According to HSI, it is the largest single-site enforcement operation in HSI history.[9]
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