Police attack #StopCopCity activists with tear gas and other “less lethal” weapons in DeKalb County, Georgia on November 13, 2023. (Photo: Defend the Atlanta Forest) “This is the type of ‘training’ they will get if Cop City is built,” said one activist group. BRETT WILKINS Nov 13, 2023 (CommonDreams.org) Militarized… Continue reading
THU, 10/5/2023 – BY CARL GIBSON (Occupy.com) The same Georgia grand jury that indicted former President Donald Trump and his legal team on RICO charges for allegedly forming a criminal enterprise to overturn the results of the 2020 election has also indicted a group of 61 ‘Cop City’ protesters using Georgia’s RICO statute…. Continue reading
BECOMEA MEMBER Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens speaks at an election night watch party for Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock on on, Nov. 8, 2022, in Atlanta. Photo: John Bazemore/AP Mayor Andre Dickens said he wants residents to be heard on Cop City — but his own administration is slow-walking a possible vote… Continue reading
BECOMEA MEMBER The message is clear: Try to spread opinions cops don’t like through the media, and you might be charged next. Seth Stern September 11 2023, 2:15 p.m. (TheIntercept.com) Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr speaks during a news conference to discuss the recent indictment of 61 defendants in Fulton… Continue reading
From laws targeting fossil fuel protests to the crackdown on Stop Cop City activists, corporations are calling in militarized law enforcement to crush dissent. BY BASAV SEN AND GABRIELLE COLCHETE JULY 24, 2023 (TheRealNews.com) Law enforcement drive past the planned site of a police training facility that activists have nicknamed “Cop City” near… Continue reading
With a referendum against the police facility in the works, Atlanta is making sure it won’t be valid. Activists have other ways to fight. Natasha Lennard July 18 2023, 8:00 p.m. (TheIntercept.com) A makeshift memorial for environmental activist Manuel Teran, killed by law enforcement during a raid to clear the… Continue reading
March 16, 2023 (corporateaccountability.org)ClimateDemocracy By Staff On January 18, Manuel Esteban Paez Terán, or Tortuguita as they were affectionately known, was shot and killed by police in Atlanta, Georgia while defending the Weelaunee Forest—the site of a proposed police training facility known as “Cop City.” Cop City has been gaining nationwide… Continue reading
Pressure is mounting against the planned police training center after a week of unprecedented police repression. BY CANDICE BERND MARCH 16, 2023 (therealnews.com) Belkis Terán, mother of slain Forest Defender “Tortuguita” Manuel Esteban Paez Terán, prays at the site of the activist’s police-perpetrated killing after spreading their ashes throughout the Weelaunee… Continue reading
Defend the Atlanta Forest. Bring Tent. March 4 – 11, 2023 #StopCopCity February 11, 2023 (occupywallst.nyc) Calling lovers and dreamers to Atlanta’s Weelaunee Forest. Stand in solidarity with forest defenders from March 4 – 11, 2023. Love the forest. Dream of stopping Cop City. “Cop City” is a project bankrolled… Continue reading
