Here's another story. Notice the part about every promoter in town put them on blast. I hit up more then 100k myself.
Atlanta nightlife really stuck together.
These guys went from nobodys to being hated by a city of 6 Million in a few hours. This kind of stupidity is impressive.
UPDATED: 6:34 p.m. December 28, 2007
Atlanta police search for group allegedly involved in beating of trainer
Man, beaten for defending Mayor's daughters, still in coma
By
RHONDA COOK,
CHANDLER BROWN
The Atlanta JournalsConstitution
Published on: 12/27/07
Police are looking into reports members of a loosely organized group called 01 Entertainment may have been involved in a beating that left a professional fitness trainer in a coma this week.
Within hours of Wednesday's early morning brutal attack on Darius Miller, e-mails and internet websites were blaming the beating on a group called 01 Entertainment, a party promotions company that videotapes nightclub scenes and people partying and dancing and sometimes posts them on the internet.
JOHNNY CRAWFORD / AJC
Personal trainer Darius Miller gives instructions to a class at Crunch Fitness in Buckhead in this 2002 photo.
Police confirmed Friday they were checking into 01 Entertainment, but were having trouble finding a way to reach the promotion group that seems to exist primarily in cyberspace.
"We're investigating to see if it's a tangible group," said Atlanta Police Department spokesman officer James Polite. "It's a name that has turned up several times."
Witnesses told police that Miller, 41, was beaten after he tried to stop a group of men from videotaping two daughters of Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin as they left a downtown club.
Miller remained in a coma Friday at Emory Crawford Long Hospital, just across Peachtree Street from the clubs where he and his friends were shortly before the incident occurred, at around 2:30 a.m. Wednesday.
Miller, Kai Franklin Graham, 35, Kali Jamilla Franklin, 29, and a third woman who has not been named had just left when they encountered about 10 men, some with video cameras.
Witnesses said the group was stationed in a parking lot, videotaping women as they left the clubs —Verve, which attracts celebrities and was the scene for recent auditions for a BET reality show, and Django, a more subdued bar that often has music for dancing.
Miller tried to stop the group from photographing the women. Witnesses told police he was beaten unconscious by the group of men.
"I don't know why anyone would do this," Stacie Andrews, one of Miller's friends said to reporters outside the hospital Friday. "Whoever did this, and you know who you are, please come forward."
Another friend, Maria Collins, said Miller had no connection to 01 Entertainment. "We've never heard of them," Collins said.
A search of public records showed 01 Entertainment was located in Lithonia but the telephone number was no longer working. Andrews said Miller was in critical but stable condition on Friday.
"We are all in prayer," Andrews said. "He's coming through this slowly. He did not deserve this. He would do anything for anyone. He would give you the shirt off his back."
Miller had a celebrity clientele and several of them became friends. "Cosby Show" star Keisha Knight Pulliam visited him at the hospital Wednesday and Philadelphia Eagles linebacker Takeo Spikes has come every day, Andrews said. Other visitors include former rapper Mason "Mase" Betha; singer Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins, who was formerly with the group TLC; and Ronnie DeVoe of the musical group New Edition. Andrews and Collins characterized Miller's relationship with the mayor's daughters as "just friends."
Franklin's daughters could not be reached for comment Friday. It appeared they were at their mother's house even though Franklin was skiing in Colorado with her 8-year-old grandson.
Still her office distributed a news release with comments from the mayor, some of her words chastising the media for its reporting on the incident.
"It is important that we remember that this is a police investigation into the assault of a man, whose life lingers in the balance," Franklin said in an e-mailed statement. "I understand the professional paradox of a free press but the media frenzy surrounding my children and this pending investigation does not advance this investigation or the public safety of our community."
Police are searching for witnesses to come forward. Anyone with information may call CrimeStoppers at 404-577-8477.
— The Associated Press and staff writers Mike Morris, Megan Matteucci, Steve Visser, and Christian Boone contributed to this report.