A new investigative podcast is centering on a prominent Atlanta civil rights activist who was convicted of murder and efforts to re-examine his case decades later.
The series called “Radical” is a dive into the life of Jamil Al-Amin, a Black Muslim who was a beacon in Atlanta’s West End community.
On March 16, 2000, Fulton Sheriff’s deputies were trying to serve a warrant on Al-Amin at a local mosque. A shootout followed and left a Fulton County Sheriff’s deputy dead. Another officer who survived claimed the shooter was Al-Amin.
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