{"id":29889,"date":"2023-11-14T12:26:41","date_gmt":"2023-11-14T20:26:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=29889"},"modified":"2023-11-14T12:26:43","modified_gmt":"2023-11-14T20:26:43","slug":"militarized-police-indiscriminately-attack-nonviolent-stop-cop-city-march-with-tear-gas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2023\/11\/14\/militarized-police-indiscriminately-attack-nonviolent-stop-cop-city-march-with-tear-gas\/","title":{"rendered":"Militarized Police ‘Indiscriminately’ Attack Nonviolent Stop Cop City March With Tear Gas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Police attack #StopCopCity activists with tear gas and other “less lethal” weapons in DeKalb County, Georgia on November 13, 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0(Photo: Defend the Atlanta Forest)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“This is the type of ‘training’ they will get if Cop City is built,” said one activist group.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

BRETT WILKINS<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nov 13, 2023 (CommonDreams.org)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Militarized state and local police on Monday attacked a peaceful protest against the construction of the so-called “Cop City” training center outside Atlanta, Georgia with “less-lethal” weapons including tear gas, pepper balls, and flash-bang grenades, journalists and activists there said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hundreds of #StopCopCity activists marched from a park toward the Weelaunee Forest in suburban DeKalb County early Monday morning. Some carried large and elaborate puppets, others had saplings to plant in woodlands bulldozed during construction, and a few carried banners reading “Block Cop City” and “Viva Tortuguita”\u2014a reference to forest defender Manuel Esteban Paez Ter\u00e1n, aka “Tortuguita,” who was fatally shot 57 times<\/a> with live ammunition by police during a January raid on a protest camp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Massive puppets are popping up in the crowd pic.twitter.com\/kLLUZGb9ep<\/a><\/p>— Atlanta Community Press Collective (@atlanta_press) November 13, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote>