Useful overview. Reminder that atlsolidarity.org is still operating & you can donate there. Solidarity with those facing these ridiculous charges--clearly an attempt to intimidate grassroots political opposition.

"‘Stop Cop City’ Activists Hit With RICO Charges By Same Grand Jury That Indicted Trump"

#StopCopCity #Atlanta #defendatlantaforest #defendweelaunee #repression

https://www.thedailybeast.com/stop-cop-city-activists-hit-with-rico-charges-by-same-georgia-grand-jury-that-indicted-trump/

The fight to #StopCopCity is ongoing resistance to construction of military-grade training facilities for cops to practice urban warfare against social movements worldwide.

Despite numerous arrests and the murder of #Tortuguita, the fight continues. Support those facing repression and signup today!

#DefendWeelaunee

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Last week to register for #RunningDownTheWalls.
➡️ Deadline is Sunday! ⬅️

Run/walk/roll/cheer with us until every cage is empty!

Bolster the ongoing resistance to #StopCopCity, and support #PoliticalPrisoners.

Register ASAP at: https://phillyabc.org/rdtw/

#DefendWeelaunee

Despite numerous arrests and the murder of Tort, the struggle continues to #StopCopCity and #DefendWeelaunee. Join us for a solidarity 5k to raise funds to support those facing repression for alleged connection to the movement, and several #PoliticalPrisoners.

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"Teran had at least 57 gunshot wounds in their body, according to the autopsy, including in the hands, torso, legs and head.
According to the autopsy sent to ABC News, Teran did not have gunpowder residue on their hands. Officials claimed Teran fired the first shot at a state trooper. Officers then responded with gunfire."

https://abcnews.go.com/US/dekalb-county-releases-autopsy-cop-city-protester-manuel/story?id=98700731

#CopCity #defendtheatlantaforest #DefendWeelaunee #antireport #sabotage #directaction #Policeviolence #Atlanta

Atlanta: Der Protest geht weiter!

#stopcopcity #defendweelaunee #defendatlforest #atlanta

April 21-23

Am 22. Ist der Tag der Erde und am 23. Totuguita´s Geburtstag. Hierzu wird es viele Veranstaltungen geben.

Der Monat Mai

Der ganze Mai wird zum Solidaritätsmonat ernannt, um die Bewegung „Stop Cop City“ auch außerhalb Atlantas mit Veranstaltungen und Aktionen zu unterstützen.

Solidaritätswoche im Welaunee

Vom 24. Juni bis 1. Juli findet eine weitere Solidaritätswoche mit vielen Demonstrationen, Veranstaltungen und Aktionen statt.

Via @Indigenousaction:

Avenge Tortuguita!
No Justice on Stolen Lands!
Abolish the settler colonial police state.
Avenge Tort!
Attack. Cop city is everywhere!

When we resist the commodification and destruction of Mother Earth, we continue Indigenous resistance to over 500 years of colonial violence. Colonial enforcers continue to murder land, water, and forest defenders. Respect existence or expect resistance.
Printable posters up on our site: www.indigenousaction.org

“The City of Atlanta has leased 381-acres of Weelaunee Forest, stolen Muscogee land, to the Atlanta Police Foundation for a police military facility funded by corporations.
Cop City will never be built.” #StopCopCity #DefendWeelaunee
Support:

#StopCopCity

Smash the settler and resource colonial police state.

#acab #ftp

No #CopCity Anywhere: Governor Unveils Cop City NJ Plans

"U.S. white power establishment wants to build cop city everywhere.
You are encouraged to heed the call and example from the Welaunee Forest: give them hell, everywhere.
Your courage, creativity, and connections will determine just how badly the U.S. empire will regret their choice to double down on policing the planet after 2020."

https://scenes.noblogs.org/post/2023/03/29/no-cop-city-anywhere-governor-unveils-cop-city-nj-plans/

#StopCopCity #defendtheatlantaforest #DefendWeelaunee #antireport #sabotage #directaction

Atlanta’s “Stop Cop City” Movement Is Spreading Despite Rampant State #Repression

"Police and prosecutors have used every tool in their arsenal to crush the spreading movement against Atlanta’s Cop City."

https://truthout.org/articles/atlantas-stop-cop-city-movement-is-spreading-despite-rampant-state-repression/

#StopCopCity #defendtheatlantaforest #DefendWeelaunee #Atlanta #Resistance #antireport

Officers in ‘Cop City’ raid shot pepperball gun into activist’s tent first

"Manuel Paez Terán’s family say incident reports reveal that Georgia officials ‘planned and led the operation’ that resulted in the activist’s death."

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/mar/25/cop-city-raid-georgia-officers-manuel-paez-teran

#StopCopCity #defendtheatlantaforest #DefendWeelaunee #PoliceBrutality #policeviolence #antireport #Atlanta

#Atlanta Was a Constitution-Free Zone During “Stop Cop City” Week of Action

"Pressure is mounting against the planned police training center after a week of unprecedented police #repression ."

https://truthout.org/articles/atlanta-was-a-constitution-free-zone-during-stop-cop-city-week-of-action/

#Polizeigewalt #StopCopCity #defendtheatlantaforest #DefendWeelaunee #antireport

#Atlanta Was a Constitution-Free Zone During “Stop Cop City” Week of Action

"Pressure is mounting against the planned police training center after a week of unprecedented police #repression ."

https://truthout.org/articles/atlanta-was-a-constitution-free-zone-during-stop-cop-city-week-of-action/

#Polizeigewalt #StopCopCity #defendtheatlantaforest #DefendWeelaunee #antireport

#Atlanta Was a Constitution-Free Zone During “Stop Cop City” Week of Action

"Pressure is mounting against the planned police training center after a week of unprecedented police #repression ."

https://truthout.org/articles/atlanta-was-a-constitution-free-zone-during-stop-cop-city-week-of-action/

#Polizeigewalt #StopCopCity #defendtheatlantaforest #DefendWeelaunee #antireport

Here is a transcript of the section I'm referring to from today's #DemocracyNow broadcast:

"AMY GOODMAN: So, that’s Daniel Paez, the brother of Tortuguita. Jeff Filipovits, if you can talk about what is happening at this protest? Dozens of the forest defenders — and they’re all different groupings of people who are opposed to what, if it’s built, will be the largest police training facility in the country, in the Weelaunee Forest outside Atlanta. Dozens have been charged with domestic terrorism?

JEFF FILIPOVITS: Yes. It’s really a troubling development. What I can speak to specifically is the arrest warrants that were taken out against each of these demonstrators, charging them with domestic terrorism. When an arrest warrant is issued, there has to be a factual basis for it. They officer has to set forth the facts in an affidavit that establish probable cause. And what we see in each of these affidavits is that there is no specific allegation of any one of these individuals engaging in an act of violence, no specific allegation that any one of these individuals conspired to engage in violence. And so we see a rubber stamp of these charges, and as a result, a seemingly automatic denial of bond for all of those arrested.

But what appears to be happening is that people are being swept up with this label regardless of whether they’ve committed any crime beyond criminal trespass. It’s an obvious show of force. It’s an obvious escalation. And it is a precedent that, having been set, will be applied to other groups. It will be applied to the next protest. Should someone at a protest commit an act of vandalism, are those who stand around that person now also domestic terrorists? If nothing more than property damage is what is required to support that charge, then we are living in a vastly different set of laws and set of rules than I think any of us really realize. It is contrary to so many core values of this country.

JUAN GONZÁLEZ: And at a press conference in February, you said that many of those who were present at the raid where Manuel was killed were even afraid to speak to you due to the mounting police targeting they’re experiencing. Could you talk about that?

JEFF FILIPOVITS: Yeah. I mean, anyone who was in the forest does not want to come forward. Now, as far as we know right now, there was no other direct witness to Manuel’s death aside from law enforcement. There were other people in the forest. Many of those people were arrested and charged with domestic terrorism. Would someone who was not arrested but in the forest want to come forward and put their name on a statement to anyone? Of course not, because look what has happened to every other person charged with domestic terrorism. They are facing an intense criminal charge. Many — most have been denied bond. And that is a way to silence people. I don’t know what else it could be."

#news #activism #police #CriminalJustice #CivilRights #HumanRights #environment #politics #USpol #DefendTheForest #JusticeForTort #ForestDefenders #DefendWeelaunee
https://www.democracynow.org/2023/3/14/cop_city_wrongful_death#transcript

Autopsy reveals anti-'Cop City' activist's hands were raised when shot and killed

"The family of activist Manuel Teran held a press conference Monday morning after an independent autopsy revealed that Teran’s hands were raised when shot and killed by police near the proposed site for the new Atlanta Public Safety Training Center."

https://www.wabe.org/defend-the-atlanta-forest-organizer-discusses-the-police-shooting-of-manuel-teran-and-the-movement-to-stop-cop-city/

#defendtheatlantaforest #DefendWeelaunee #policeviolence #abolishthepolice #antireport #StopCopCity

Family: Autopsy reveals anti-'Cop City' activist's hands were raised when shot and killed

"The family of activist Manuel Teran held a press conference Monday morning after an independent autopsy revealed that Teran’s hands were raised when shot and killed by police near the proposed site for the new Atlanta Public Safety Training Center.

Activist Paul Torino says it’s intense and upsetting to hear the new details
“I also feel grateful for this autopsy report coming out at this time, partially because it vindicates something that a lot knew, a lot of us highly suspected would’ve been the case,”."

https://www.wabe.org/defend-the-atlanta-forest-organizer-discusses-the-police-shooting-of-manuel-teran-and-the-movement-to-stop-cop-city/

#defendtheatlantaforest #DefendWeelaunee #policeviolence #abolishthepolice #antireport #StopCopCity

At least 500 people are marching to the Atlanta Police Foundation to #stopcopcity after a rally against police terror at the Martin Luther King Jr. Center

#DefendWeelaunee #StopCopCity #DefendAtlantaForest

Atlanta Cop City Protesters Charged With Domestic Terror for Having Mud on Their Shoes

"In an aggressive and indiscriminate arrest sweep on Sunday, police stormed a music festival held in the Atlanta forest by activists protesting Cop City, a vast police training facility under construction atop forestland. Twenty-three of the activists arrested in the raid now
face domestic terrorism charges for their participation in the Defend the Atlanta Forest movement."

https://theintercept.com/2023/03/08/atlanta-cop-city-protesters/

#StopCopCity #defendtheatlantaforest #DefendWeelaunee #policeviolence #antireport #DomesticTerrorism

A Few Words Against Rats
"today, as fires spread and rocks flew, some rats scurried among the brave…"

“journalists”, or whatever those professional snitches call themselves, recorded photos and videos of forest defenders from positions within and around the crowd. with their fancy lenses and closeup angles, this footage reveals a much higher level of detail than APD’s own camera towers, and will inevitably become a tool of the coming police investigations.

we smash security cameras without a second thought. the ones that happen to have two legs should be treated no differently."

https://scenes.noblogs.org/post/2023/03/06/a-few-words-against-rats/

#defendtheatlantaforest #DefendWeelaunee #StopCopCity #policeviolence #videosurveillance #Surveillance #directaction #sabotage

Manuel ‘Tortuguita’ Terán’s Family Seeks Transparency in Police Killing

"Atlanta – The family of Manuel “Tortuguita” Terán, the forest defender killed by #police in Atlanta’s South River Forest, addressed the public for the first time Monday to ask for transparency in the state’s investigation into the killing."

Via @UnicornRiot

https://unicornriot.ninja/2023/manuel-tortuguita-terans-family-seeks-transparency-in-police-killing/

#defendtheatlantaforest #DefendWeelaunee #StopCopCity #policeviolence #Atlanta