ATLANTA, Ga. (CBS46) — A new executive director has been named for the Georgia Legislative Black Caucus, the largest Black caucus in the United States. On Friday, State Representative Karen Bennett (D-Stone Mountain), announced Deanna Hamilton would fill the position.  “We are very pleased to have someone like Deanna leading our organization, and I believe she is the right person …

There’s a new push in Georgia for a state hate crime law after the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, an unarmed black man pursued by two white men and shot dead while jogging through a Brunswick neighborhood on February 23. Gregory McMichael, 64, and his son Travis, 34, who told police they thought Arbery was a burglary suspect, were charged with Arbery’s …