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Georgia prosecutors drop all 15 counts of money laundering against 3 ‘Cop City’ activists
3 months ago

Georgia prosecutors drop all 15 counts of money laundering against 3 ‘Cop City’ activists

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — Georgia prosecutors on Tuesday dropped all 15 counts of money laundering that were levied against three Atlanta organizers accused of misusing a bail fund to aid violent protests against the city’s proposed police and fire training center. Atlanta Solidarity Fund leaders Marlon Kautz, Adele MacLean and Savannah Patterson still face racketeering charges, along with 58 others who were …

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Georgia prosecutors committed ‘gross negligence’ with emails in ‘Cop City’ case, judge says
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Georgia prosecutors committed ‘gross negligence’ with emails in ‘Cop City’ case, judge says

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — A Georgia judge chastised state prosecutors Wednesday for mishandling confidential emails between a defense attorney and three Atlanta activists who face racketeering charges connected to violent protests against a planned police and firefighter training center that critics call “Cop City.” Fulton County Judge Kimberly Esmond Adams said the Georgia Attorney General’s Office committed “gross negligence” by allowing privileged …

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Pro-Palestinian protesters occupy Atlanta's Emory University, video shows cops firing rubber bullets
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Pro-Palestinian protesters occupy Atlanta's Emory University, video shows cops firing rubber bullets

Hindustan Times  

Atlanta's Emory University is one of the latest to witness pro-Palestinian protesters gathering on the campus. Pro-Palestinian protesters have occupied Atlanta's Emory University, a video shows police firing rubber bullets Mondoweiss.net said that the protest was in support of Palestine’s people and against the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center. The protesters reportedly said they are "demanding total institutional divestment from …

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‘Stop Cop City’ attacks have caused costs to rise for Atlanta police training center, officials say
11 months ago

‘Stop Cop City’ attacks have caused costs to rise for Atlanta police training center, officials say

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — The longstanding and at times violent protests against Atlanta’s planned police and firefighter training center are partially responsible for a nearly $20 million rise in costs connected to the project, city officials said. Burkes said the “Stop Cop City” movement is responsible for 23 acts of arson that have damaged or destroyed 81 items, including construction equipment and …

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‘Stop Cop City’ petition campaign in limbo after signatures presented to Atlanta officials
1 year, 3 months ago

‘Stop Cop City’ petition campaign in limbo after signatures presented to Atlanta officials

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — Atlanta officials refused to verify tens of thousands of signatures submitted on Monday by activists trying to stop the construction of a police and firefighter training center, citing a recent court order. The activists had gathered jubilantly after obtaining what they said were the signatures of more than 116,000 Atlanta residents, far more than necessary to force a …

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Activists Protesting 'Cop City' RICO Indictment Arrested For Chaining Themselves To Bulldozer
1 year, 3 months ago

Activists Protesting 'Cop City' RICO Indictment Arrested For Chaining Themselves To Bulldozer

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Five individuals protesting against a controversial police training center were arrested after chaining themselves to a bulldozer on Thursday. The protest comes two days after Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr announced a massive RICO indictment against 61 individuals they allege are “militant anarchists” seeking to block the Atlanta Public Safety Training Facility from being built. The five …

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61 indicted in Georgia on racketeering charges connected to ‘Stop Cop City’ movement
1 year, 3 months ago

61 indicted in Georgia on racketeering charges connected to ‘Stop Cop City’ movement

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — Sixty-one people have been indicted in Georgia on racketeering charges following a long-running state investigation into protests against a planned police and firefighter training facility in the Atlanta area that critics call “Cop City.” In the sweeping indictment released Tuesday, Republican Attorney General Chris Carr alleged the defendants are “militant anarchists” who supported a violent movement that prosecutors …

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61 indicted in Georgia on racketeering charges connected to ‘Stop Cop City’ movement
1 year, 3 months ago

61 indicted in Georgia on racketeering charges connected to ‘Stop Cop City’ movement

LA Times  

Protesters react before council members voted 11 to 4 to approve legislation in June to fund the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center. Sixty-one people have been indicted in Georgia on racketeering charges following a long-running state investigation into protests against a proposed police and firefighter training facility in the Atlanta area that critics call “Cop City.” The sweeping indictment alleges …

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Atlanta ‘Cop City’ activists say they’re confident of getting 70K signatures. But big hurdles remain
1 year, 4 months ago

Atlanta ‘Cop City’ activists say they’re confident of getting 70K signatures. But big hurdles remain

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — “Excuse me, are you a city of Atlanta voter? Do you know about ‘Cop City?’” Clipboards in hand, canvassers Sienna Giraldi and Gabriel Sanchez approached shopper after shopper at a Kroger supermarket lot on a recent evening collecting signatures for a referendum over whether to cancel the city’s lease of a proposed police and firefighter training center that’s …

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Prosecutor quits ‘Cop City’ cases over disagreements with Georgia attorney general
1 year, 5 months ago

Prosecutor quits ‘Cop City’ cases over disagreements with Georgia attorney general

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — A metro Atlanta prosecutor announced Friday that her office is withdrawing from criminal cases tied to protests over plans to build a police and firefighter training center, citing disagreements with the state’s Republican attorney general, including the decision to charge a legal observer with domestic terrorism. DeKalb County District Attorney Sherry Boston’s decision means Georgia Attorney General Chris …

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Atlanta clerk sued for denying ‘Stop Cop City’ petition lets effort move forward
1 year, 6 months ago

Atlanta clerk sued for denying ‘Stop Cop City’ petition lets effort move forward

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — Facing a lawsuit from opponents of Atlanta’s proposed police and firefighter training center, the city clerk on Wednesday approved a petition that seeks to force a voter referendum on halting the complex. The approval of the petition, which the clerk had twice rejected over technicalities, clears a significant hurdle for “Stop Cop City” activists, who have been gearing …

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Atlanta organizers unveil plan to stop ‘Cop City’ at the ballot box
1 year, 6 months ago

Atlanta organizers unveil plan to stop ‘Cop City’ at the ballot box

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — Activists announced an effort Wednesday to force a referendum that would allow Atlanta voters to decide whether the construction of a proposed police and firefighter training center should proceed, in a potential last-ditch effort to halt the project that its opponents refer to as “Cop City.” A day after the City Council rejected protesters’ pleas to refuse to …

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Atlanta project decried as ‘Cop City’ gets funding approval from City Council
1 year, 6 months ago

Atlanta project decried as ‘Cop City’ gets funding approval from City Council

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — The Atlanta City Council early Tuesday approved funding for the construction of a proposed police and firefighter training center, rejecting the pleas of hundreds of activists who packed City Hall and spoke for hours in fierce opposition to the project they decry as “Cop City.” The 11-4 vote just after 5 a.m. is a significant victory for Mayor …

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Atlanta project decried as ‘Cop City’ gets funding approval from City Council
1 year, 6 months ago

Atlanta project decried as ‘Cop City’ gets funding approval from City Council

LA Times  

Protestors gather in the atrium of Atlanta City Hall on Monday to protest the proposed police training center they call “Cop City.” The council voted 11-4 to fund the project. The Atlanta City Council early Tuesday approved funding for the construction of a proposed police and firefighter training center, rejecting the pleas of hundreds of activists who packed City Hall …

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Dem Lawmakers Speak Out Against Cop City Arrests
1 year, 6 months ago

Dem Lawmakers Speak Out Against Cop City Arrests

Huff Post  

A makeshift memorial for environmental activist Manuel Terán, who was deadly assaulted by law enforcement during a raid to clear the construction site of a police training facility that activists have nicknamed "Cop City" near Atlanta, Georgia on Feb. 6. Cheney Orr/AFP via Getty Images Several Democrat lawmakers spoke out on the arrests of people connected to the Stop Cop …

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3 activists arrested after their fund bailed out protestors of Atlanta’s ‘Cop City’
1 year, 6 months ago

3 activists arrested after their fund bailed out protestors of Atlanta’s ‘Cop City’

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — Police on Wednesday arrested three Atlanta organizers who have been aiding protesters against the city’s proposed police and fire training center, striking at the structure that supports the fight against what opponents derisively call “Cop City.” The Georgia Bureau of Investigation announced its agents and Atlanta police had arrested three leaders of the Atlanta Solidarity Fund, which has …

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Atlanta Wants To Build An 85-Acre ‘Cop City.’ These Groups Are Trying To Stop It.
1 year, 8 months ago

Atlanta Wants To Build An 85-Acre ‘Cop City.’ These Groups Are Trying To Stop It.

Huff Post  

The plan to build an 85-acre police training site in Atlanta has ignited a diverse movement of people hoping to protect their communities. Atlanta officials are pushing ahead with a sprawling, $90 million public safety training center, colloquially known as “Cop City,” that opponents say will damage the environment, militarize the police and put civilians in harm’s way. CHENEY ORR/Reuters …

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The latest epicenter for anti-police protests: ‘Cop City’ in Atlanta
1 year, 9 months ago

The latest epicenter for anti-police protests: ‘Cop City’ in Atlanta

LA Times  

Carrying backpacks and bedrolls, a group arrived at a forest just outside Atlanta one balmy March afternoon. “Every day that passes, the police are hurting and killing people; meanwhile, the planet burns.” The campers were joining hundreds of activists from across the nation and even a few from Europe who have flocked to this Deep South metropolis to fight plans …

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Autopsy: ‘Cop City’ protester had hands raised when killed
1 year, 9 months ago

Autopsy: ‘Cop City’ protester had hands raised when killed

Associated Press  

DECATUR, Ga. — An environmental activist who was fatally shot in a confrontation with Georgia law enforcement in January was sitting cross-legged with their hands in the air at the time, the protester’s family said Monday as they released results of an autopsy they commissioned. Paez Terán had been camping in the forest for months to oppose building “Cop City.” …

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Atlanta: 23 charged with terrorism in 'Cop City' protest
1 year, 9 months ago

Atlanta: 23 charged with terrorism in 'Cop City' protest

Firstpost  

Atlanta: More than 20 people from around the country faced domestic terrorism charges Monday after dozens in black masks attacked the site of a police training center under construction in a wooded area outside Atlanta where one protester was killed in January. On Sunday, Atlanta Police Chief Darin Schierbaum said at a midnight news conference, pieces of construction equipment were …

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23 charged with terrorism in Atlanta ‘Cop City’ protest
1 year, 9 months ago

23 charged with terrorism in Atlanta ‘Cop City’ protest

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — More than 20 people from around the country faced domestic terrorism charges Monday after dozens in black masks attacked the site of a police training center under construction in a wooded area outside Atlanta where one protester was killed in January. Defend the Atlanta Forest, a social media site used by members of the movement, said Monday on …

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Despite ‘Cop City’ protests, Atlanta moves forward with plan
1 year, 10 months ago

Despite ‘Cop City’ protests, Atlanta moves forward with plan

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — In the wake of the shooting death of an environmental activist, Atlanta-area officials reiterated Tuesday that they are moving forward with plans to construct a huge police and firefighter training center that protesters derisively refer to as “Cop City.” Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens held a news conference to announce that the city had signed a memorandum of understanding …

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Protesters: ‘Cop City’ activist’s killing doesn’t make sense
1 year, 10 months ago

Protesters: ‘Cop City’ activist’s killing doesn’t make sense

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — Tortuguita’s cautious voice rang out from a platform amid the tall pines the first time Vienna met them: “Who goes there?” she remembers them calling. Beyond the distrust many in the “Stop Cop City” movement have toward police, six people who knew Tortuguita told the AP that authorities’ allegations about the protester’s final encounter do not match up …

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Protesters: 'Cop City' activist's killing doesn't make sense
1 year, 10 months ago

Protesters: 'Cop City' activist's killing doesn't make sense

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Tortuguita’s cautious voice rang out …

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