Looks like there's yet another bank trying to bail out the Atlanta Police Foundation's heinous #CopCity project. This is bad news - but it also shows that the APF is desperate for money, so the more we cut off their sources the closer we are to winning. Call these bank officials and put some pressure on them! Make it politically unviable for them to support Cop City! There are literally so many better ways to use that kind of money.

#stopcopcity #defendtheatlantaforest

Today, Georgia Bureau of Investigation Director Michael Register announced that he is stepping down, being demoted to a job in Cobb County. Michael Register took over as the GBI Director last August. He has presided over controversial efforts to frame forest defenders and abolitionists as "domestic terrorists," doling out blanket terrorism charges for as little as sitting in a tree or posting on social media. Working with GBI in January, Georgia State Patrol killed forest defender Manuel Teran, known as Tortuguita, and GBI hastened to cover up the circumstances of the murder.

Yet this sadistic authoritarianism has not secured Michael Register the prestigious career he desired.

crimethinc.com/LivinginanEarthquake

#StopCopCity
#DefendtheAtlantaForest

Living in an Earthquake: The Fight against Cop City Confronts Unprecedented Repression

https://crimethinc.com/LivinginanEarthquake

Ahead of the sixth week of action against a proposed police training facility in Atlanta, this analysis explores the strategic challenges facing the movement to stop Cop City, chronicling the actions of the movement and the reactions of the authorities throughout 2023.

In setting out to stop the militarization of police, people in Atlanta are taking on an institution that has become increasingly central to governance, soaking up more and more resources of society as a whole. This is an important document of one of the fiercest struggles of the Biden era, exploring questions that will soon become pressing everywhere.

#StopCopCity
#defendtheAtlantaForest

https://crimethinc.com/zines/guilty-of-murder

We've prepared a zine version of "Atlanta Police and Georgia State Patrol Are Guilty of Murder," drawing on the autopsy of the Dekalb County Medical Examiner and other sources to debunk police lies about the murder of Tortuguita and exploring what the police stand to gain from spreading falsehoods.

Please print these out and distribute them!

#StopCopCity
#defendtheAtlantaForest

Atlanta Police and Georgia State Patrol Are Guilty of Murder

https://crimethinc.com/Atlanta2023

Yesterday, three months after the police murdered Manuel Paez Teran—known in Weelaunee forest as Tortuguita—the Dekalb County Medical Examiner finally released the results of the autopsy conducted on January 19. At last, it is plain for all to see how little evidence there is that Tortuguita shot at the officers, despite the allegations of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.

Drawing on the autopsy and other evidence, we debunk the police narrative about the events of January 18 and explore what the police stand to gain from lying.

#StopCopCity
#defendtheAtlantaForest

"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

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

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

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

Why is the fight against Cop City so important?

During the George Floyd rebellion of 2020, for the first time, it became possible to speak of police abolition as a viable proposal about how to break the cycle of violence that poverty and police militarization impose on our communities. Yet every effort to “defund the police” via institutional means reached a dead end. Under Joe Biden, the Democratic Party has doubled down on unconditional support for police. If there is any hope of limiting the continuous expansion of police infrastructure and state violence, grassroots movements and direct action will have to show the way.

The same goes double for climate change. At this point, practically everyone agrees that humanity is on a collision course with ecological disaster, but institutional efforts to address the situation have accomplished precious little. The movement to defend the forest in Atlanta offers a glimpse of what it would take to defend our communities from the unbridled profiteering and repression that are forcing this catastrophe on all of us.

https://crimethinc.com/CityintheForest

#StopCopCity
#DefendtheAtlantaforest

RT @ggjalliance
This past weekend police raided the #StopCopCity music festival. More than 30 people, includ legal observers, were detained. 23 were charged with domestic terrorism joining the 19 forest defenders previously charged bringing total to 42. #DefendTheAtlantaForest https://twitter.com/rightsdissent/status/1631755500428615682

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

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.

While some details about the Jan. 18 killing have slowly emerged, lawyers representing Terán’s relatives said the family has yet to receive a response of any kind from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation about the details of Tortuguita’s death."

Via @UnicornRiot

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

#defendtheatlantaforest #DefendWeelaunee #StopCopCity #policeviolence #Atlanta