The “#CopCity” #RICOIndictment Is Preposterous and Terrifying
https://www.currentaffairs.org/2023/09/the-cop-city-indictment-is-preposterous-and-terrifying

Sixty-one people have been indicted in Georgia on racketeering charges after protests against a planned police and firefighter training facility in Atlanta called “Cop City.” Read Tanya Greene's reporting on Cop City below.
#copcity #atlanta #antiracism
https://progressive.org/op-eds/atlantas-cop-city-is-fundamentally-undemocratic-greene-230728/

MSNBC, CNN, CBS News, ABC News, NBC News Ignore Extraordinary “#CopCity” RICO Indictment

https://www.columnblog.com/p/msnbc-cnn-wapo-cbs-news-abc-news?utm_medium=ios

"A Political Prosecution": 61 Cop City Opponents Hit with RICO Charges by Georgia's Republican AG #CopCity #StopCopCity #NeverVoteConservative #USPolitics #USPoli #USPol https://youtu.be/ib8wFdj-Q2c

61 indicted for racketeering in Georgia "Stop Cop City" case https://politicaliq.com/2023/09/06/61-indicted-for-racketeering-in-georgia-stop-cop-city-case/ #Atlanta #Racketeering #Georgia #CopCity #protests #politicaliq #news #politics

l’utilisation abusive et discrétionnaire des forces de l’ordre pour surveiller, intimider et criminaliser ceux qui cherchent à changer le statu quo » et contre » « l’imputation fallacieuse de ‘terrorisme’ contre les militants écologistes ». Chacun sait aujourd’hui que le mythe de « #l’écoterrorisme », après celui des « #antifa » et de « l’extrémisme antiraciste » n’est pas endémique aux Etats-Unis.
https://blogs.mediapart.fr/sylvie-laurent/blog/130623/cop-city-bienvenue-dans-le-policierocene
#CopCity

'Threatened and vulnerable’: Cop City activists labeled as terrorists pay high price

"After hearing about the Cop City arrestees, journalist Will Potter, author of Green Is the New Red, said it “feels like flashbacks”. Potter’s book details the federal government’s legal campaigns against animal rights and environmental groups such as Earth First and the Animal Liberation Front, in the 1990s and 2000s.

“From my reporting on the history of government tactics,” he said, “fear is always used to send a message to the larger movement – and also to tie up energy, momentum, money and time.”

The idea, Potter said, is to marginalize dissent; his research has led him to doubt “if the charges actually matter” to the state. “I’m not convinced … the plan is to solve a crime, or to protect the public,” he said. “It’s all political theater.”

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/28/copy-city-atlanta-protesters-lives-domestic-terrorist-label

#ClimateCrisis #ClimateJustice #PoliceState #democracy #environmentaljustice #environmentalracism #copcity

I don't always listen to #ItCouldHappenHere, but I never miss a #copcity episode. 3 parter dropped this week, and in the 3rd part we hear an activist say "andre dickens doesn't care about black people," and we hear how dirty the mayor and the cop city backers are playing.

Is @andreforatlanta the worst mayor in the country? For being an elected official who got where he is through the work and votes of progressives, he is alleged as being positively Trump-esque about cop city....

@Radical_EgoCom

Never also forget that the same Fulton County DA who is prosecuting Trumpster is the same one who is pushing #CopCity, and who dropped far more expensive bonds on #CopCityprotestors than even on Trumpster and his goons.

#VotingRights Groups Condemn #Atlanta’s Verification Process for #CopCity Referendum
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/08/voting-rights-group-stacey-abrams-fair-fight-georgia-cop-city-signature-matching/

3/🧵 A referendum will be put to the people, though Andre Dickens is doing everything to stop it.
Why doesn't he want a vote on this unprecedented, national issue? Regardless, #copcity will never be built.
https://theatlantavoice.com/cop-city-deadline-extended/

‘We can’t stay silent anymore’: On #CopCity and #grief
https://prismreports.org/2023/08/07/cop-city-and-grief/

For anyone interested in canvassing to #stopCopCity, there's now an opportunity to get paid $22/hr for your activism!!!

Sign up here to apply for #copCity petition canvassing
https://fieldworks.com/atlanta/

Last day to call and urge Cadence Bank to DENY THE LOAN to Atlanta Police Foundation for #CopCity
Call CEO James Rollins at 662-680-2008

@colincogle @MikeDunnAuthor

I'll keep avoiding UPS at every opportunity. Support the unions, support the workers, avoid the vile companies.

#unions #workersunite #CopCity

(anyone remember how UPS connects to that last hashtag?)

#Dems Unleash #Police To CRUSH '#CopCity' #Protesters
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fkBjxWtsKY
#democrats #ACAB #FTP #cops

"Police training is often raised by policymakers as a solution to the problem when I think in many cases it’s the foundation of the problem.”

Thank you, John Ruch and Saporta Report, for high-quality local reporting
#Atlanta #copCity

https://saportareport.com/cop-city-policing-is-ripe-for-a-federal-civil-rights-investigation/columnists/johnruch/

Protesters say Georgia's domestic terrorism law is being used to stifle dissent:

https://www.gpb.org/news/2023/06/23/protesters-carry-on-under-the-shadow-of-georgias-domestic-terrorism-law

#copcity #atlanta

The $90M PS Training Center project is funded with tax$ &$ from the corp. cabal that pulls the strings in Atlanta. Advocates claim: training site with a gun range, 4 story burn tower for firefighter training, & a small “mock city” -needed to replace outdated facilities & woo new recruits. Police reformers took to the streets here after GF’s murder say #CopCity is the centerpiece of this city’s establishment’s plan for “doubling down” on militarized, 🚨warrior-cop policing: https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/cop-city-atlanta-protests-policing-20230622.html

For any #stopCopCity supporter, I'm requesting help of a few others.

I've emailed the AJC to request more investigative journalism into the #Atlanta #copCity project. It's a long shot that more thorough investigation happens - but wanted to push on the lever I have ability to.

If you're able and willing, send an email to AJC investigators asking for more examination of City Council and the project

Brad.Schrade@ajc.com
Lois.Norder2@ajc.com