#Organizers Condemn '#AntiDemocratic' #RICO Charges Against #CopCity #Protesters
https://www.commondreams.org/news/cop-city-rico-charges

61 #CopCity #Protesters in #Atlanta Are Being Hit With #RICO Charges
https://newrepublic.com/post/175382/cop-city-protesters-atlanta-rico-racketeering-charges
https://www.ajc.com/news/crime/breaking-more-than-60-training-center-activists-named-in-rico-indictment/DQ6B6GHTAJAJRH4SLGIIBAMXR4/

city · cop · protesters · racketeering
https://papercliff.github.io/redirect/?q=city+cop+protesters+racketeering&tbs=cdr:1,cd_min:9/4/2023,cd_max:9/6/2023
#news #city #protesters

Dozens face RICO charges over Atlanta police center protests

https://www.reuters.com/legal/dozens-face-rico-charges-over-atlanta-police-center-protests-2023-09-05

More than five dozen activists have been charged with an illegal conspiracy to stop construction of an Atlanta police training center, derisively called "Cop City," that has been the target of sometimes violent protests in recent months.
A 109-page indictment, handed up by a grand jury last week and made public on Tuesday, accuses 61 members of a group called Defend the Atlanta Forest of illegally occupying the 85-acre (34.4 hectares) wooded site where the $90 million Atlanta Public Safety Training Center is being built.
#StopCopCity #bigmoney #developers #cityhall #corruption #protesters #RICO #militarizingpolice

The right to peacefully assemble and #protest is sacrosanct, New York Attorney General says, explaining a legal settlement w/the NYPD to prevent them from “kettling” #protesters and then arresting them. #FreeSpeech #RightToAssemble #RightToProtest #FirstAmendment https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/05/nyregion/nypd-settlement-protesters-penning.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

"As hundreds of #protesters rallied at the state #Capitol to demand lawmakers take action to stop #gun #violence, #Republicans began the session Monday by imposing a #ban on visitors from carrying signs..."

#Tennessee Republican lawmakers are more afraid of people peaceably holding signs above their heads than violent people pointing guns at their children's heads.

https://www.democracynow.org/2023/8/25/tennessee_special_session_gun_violence
“Shameful”: Reelected Tenn. State Rep. Justin Jones on #GOP Silencing of Critics on #GunControl

#IAmDB

Some people are just loser attention-seeking #assholes, I guess.

Who are these clowns?

https://www.9news.com/article/news/local/lgbtq/protesters-douglas-county-pridefest/73-ed5ed2a7-f105-4ccd-be39-1f1be7844a3b
#Protesters disrupt Douglas #County, #Colorado, #PrideFest
"Organizers of the event said dozens of men showed up wearing matching t-shirts and tried to block the show."

#USNews #USPol #Queer #LGBT #Pride #Family #Children

#IAmDB

'Armed with #traffic cones #protesters are immobilizing #driverless #cars in San Francisco'

'Coning driverless cars fits in line with a long history of #protests against the impact of the #tech industry on #SanFrancisco. Throughout the years, #activists have blockaded Google's private #commuter buses from picking up employees in the city. And when #scooter companies flooded the #sidewalks with electric scooters, people threw them into San Francisco Bay.'

👉🏼 https://www.npr.org/2023/08/26/1195695051/driverless-cars-san-francisco-waymo-cruise

#ThackerPass #protesters seek dismissal of lawsuit by #LithiumNevada on #freespeech grounds

By: Bob Conrad, August 23, 2023

"The Thacker Pass protesters who were hit with a lawsuit filed by Lithium Nevada are seeking to get the case dismissed. The defendants last week filed a motion to dismiss the case claiming they were exercising their right to free speech.

"Lithium Nevada, which is building the Thacker Pass lithium mine, sued the protesters in late June.

"The company said activists and members of the Fort McDermitt Paiute #Shoshone Tribe have attempted to block construction at the mine site.

"'Despite multiple warnings from law enforcement not to block public roads, Defendants have continued to do so,' the lawsuit alleges. 'Indeed, Defendants have proudly broadcasted their defiance of law enforcement on social media.

"The defendants disagreed with Lithium Nevada’s claims.

"'The Defendants opted to exercise their constitutional rights and went to the Mine site to pray for their ancestors as #LNC destroyed those ancestors’ final resting places, destroyed culturally significant lands formerly used for subsistence and self-preservation,' they wrote in their motion. 'It is appropriate to analyze whether LNC has established the elements of its claims for relief within the limitations imposed by the First Amendment.'

"They also disputed LNC’s claims of violence and vandalism.

"'As a #sacred site is being bulldozed, non-violent protesters are being criminalized by a foreign mining company,' said attorney Terry Lodge, representing the defendants. 'My clients were engaged in #protest that is clearly protected by the U.S. Constitution. This is #corporate greed and bullying.'"

https://thisisreno.com/2023/08/thacker-pass-protesters-seek-dismissal-of-lawsuit-by-lithium-nevada-on-free-speech-grounds/

#CorporateGreen #ProtectThackerPass #CulturalGenocide #EnvironmentalRacism #protesters #Pauite

"Shore wars: #Greeks battle to save beaches from invasion of #commercial sunbeds - #Protesters demand end to the illegal spread of loungers and say sands must be free for all
From its inception, the protest movement has had a single aim: to reclaim #beaches from #private rental outfits hogging prime #coastal areas with exorbitantly-priced sun loungers and shadings. The takeover, which has seen enterprises charge as much as €120 (£102) for sunbeds on #Paros, has been described as unconstitutional in a country where the protection of the natural and cultural environment is enshrined in law as “a duty of the state and a right of every person”.
...
"Recently, Stephanou, 70, used his skills as a web designer to prove his point, superimposing the coordinates of assigned areas “contracted out” over aerial images taken by drones. The infractions were as alarming as they were blatant. While more than 7,000 square metres were legally licensed to concession holders, sunbeds and umbrellas occupied an area of 18,800 square metres.

“It was shocking,” he says. “In almost every case there was illegal expansion beyond leased zones. One company, which has leased 16 metres of beach space, had spread sunbeds over 1,000 metres.”

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/20/shore-wars-greeks-battle-to-save-beaches-from-invasion-of-commercial-sunbeds

#Greece #Capitalism #Elitism #Rights #EU

https://www.democracynow.org/2023/8/17/10_years_rabaa_massacre_hossam_bahgat

#RabaaMassacre : A Decade After #Egypt Slaughtered 900+ #Protesters, No One Has Been Held to Account

#Protests against #water cuts continue in #Dagestan

About 200 residents of Dagestan blocked the Astrakhan-Makhachkala federal highway in the #Kumtorkalinsky district of the republic. The #demonstrators demanded to take action in connection with the long absence of water in their homes. The section on the 470th kilometer of the road turned out to be blocked, the #protesters took to the road around 20:00.

“During the blocking of the road, a conflict arose between people demanding water supply to their homes, and drivers, outraged by the #fact of blocking the road and stopping traffic,” the police said. #Employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs intervened in the conflict, to the so-called. More than 50 police officers were involved in "enforcing order". An hour and a half later, by 21:36, traffic was restored in the blocked area.

A traffic jam formed at the scene of the incident, 30 police officers began to regulate traffic to eliminate it. “In the course of communication with #citizens, the conflict was extinguished. At present, the citizens have dispersed, the situation is under control,” the Ministry of Internal Affairs noted.

In this microdistrict, the supply of water and electricity has been turned off for a week, writes the telegram channel Mash Gor.

In the middle of last week, residents of Makhachkala blocked one of the central streets of the city due to power outages. The population of several cities and regions of the republic was left without electricity due to the heat that is in the region. The Dagestan authorities attributed the interruptions to the established abnormally hot weather (up to 43 degrees Celsius) and promised to suppress the protests.

As usual, the authorities blame everything... the population itself. "The current situation is primarily due to the chaotic high-rise buildings, the uncalculated capacity of energy facilities and illegal connections to the power grid," the prosecutor's office says. Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov instructed to deal with the situation in the republic. The Investigative Committee opened a criminal case under the article on negligence (part 1 of article 293 of the Criminal Code) due to "long" and "systematic" blackouts

From #KRAS, #Russian section of the #IWA.

https://t.me/IWA_AIT

https://yewtu.be/watch?v=t1f_ujU-_J0

20 May 2023 #CBCNews 🇨🇦

#Iran executes 3 #antigovernment #protesters

#Humanrights groups say the 3 were tortured, forced into televised confessions and denied due process

#AFP
#Protesters throw objects at 🐖🐖🐖 police in #BuenosAires after man dies in custody | AFP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZBESEudRgo

#ACAB

Should #Climate #Protesters Be Less Annoying?
https://newrepublic.com/post/174939/climate-protest-tactics-debate

#wc #cycling #glasgow #protesters

https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/10943098/eco-yobs-cause-havoc-cycling-event/
#ecoProtest
@jochie

Stop the crackdown on child #protesters https://amnestyinternationalaustralia.cmail19.com/t/d-e-vjryuil-ijdrzdrhr-q/

https://vid.puffyan.us/watch?v=fXMIKNFwW_s

#ColoradoSprings #ColoradoSpringsPolice sued for targeting and spying on #racialjustice #protesters
#DemocracyNow
#AlphabetBoysPodcast

Russian Cruise Ship Leaves #Georgia Port Early After Being Heckled by Angry #Protesters

#StandWithUkraine #RussiaAggression #RussianCrimes #Dictatorship #Surveillance #Censorship #RussianWarCrimes #FreeNavalny #PutinsWar #Muscovy #Russia

https://www.thedailybeast.com/russian-cruise-ship-leaves-georgia-port-early-after-being-heckled-by-angry-protesters

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