Behind Georgias Authoritarian Crackdown On Stop Cop City Protests

New Article, “Behind Georgia’s Authoritarian Crackdown On ‘Stop Cop ...

New Article, “Behind Georgia’s Authoritarian Crackdown On ‘Stop Cop ... Law enforcement in the atlanta area has, in recent months, turned to increasingly authoritarian tactics in their efforts to suppress protests and activism against the construction of “cop city,” a proposed 85 acre police training facility. Atlanta (ap) — a georgia judge on tuesday said he will toss the racketeering charges against all 61 defendants accused of a yearslong conspiracy to halt the construction of a police and firefighter training facility that critics pejoratively call “cop city.”.

Protests Against Atlanta’s ‘Cop City’ Continue Despite Crackdown ...

Protests Against Atlanta’s ‘Cop City’ Continue Despite Crackdown ... Protests escalated after the fatal 2023 shooting of manuel esteban paez terán, known as tortuguita, who was camping near the site when authorities launched a clearing operation. officials said they killed tortuguita, 26, after the activist shot and wounded a trooper from inside a tent. Atlanta police have for years illegally targeted critics of a police and firefighter training center, according to a federal lawsuit filed on behalf of a protester who is one of dozens of “stop. Following black lives matter protests in the us in 2014, funding for police training at all levels of government skyrocketed, and some cities proposed additional police training facilities. On september 5, 2023, georgia’s attorney general filed an indictment against more than 60 individuals involved in the stop cop city protests, a grassroots movement decrying the.

Behind Georgia’s Authoritarian Crackdown On ‘Stop Cop City’ Protests ...

Behind Georgia’s Authoritarian Crackdown On ‘Stop Cop City’ Protests ... Following black lives matter protests in the us in 2014, funding for police training at all levels of government skyrocketed, and some cities proposed additional police training facilities. On september 5, 2023, georgia’s attorney general filed an indictment against more than 60 individuals involved in the stop cop city protests, a grassroots movement decrying the. Atlanta, ga – in a surprising but significant turn of events, on september 24, georgia prosecutors have dropped all 15 counts of money laundering against three prominent activists involved in the “stop cop city” movement. To push ahead with the project, appropriately dubbed “cop city” by its opponents, the dickens administration, working in close consort with the utterly reactionary georgia republican governor. Earlier this week, nearly five dozen people appeared in a courtroom near atlanta to answer criminal racketeering and domestic terrorism charges brought against them by the state. Behind the superfluous ribbon cutting and flag raising is an unsettling truth: the continued militarization of atlanta’s police force is undergoing a rebrand, not a reconstruction.

Stop Cop City Protests Against Development – Bobcat Multimedia

Stop Cop City Protests Against Development – Bobcat Multimedia Atlanta, ga – in a surprising but significant turn of events, on september 24, georgia prosecutors have dropped all 15 counts of money laundering against three prominent activists involved in the “stop cop city” movement. To push ahead with the project, appropriately dubbed “cop city” by its opponents, the dickens administration, working in close consort with the utterly reactionary georgia republican governor. Earlier this week, nearly five dozen people appeared in a courtroom near atlanta to answer criminal racketeering and domestic terrorism charges brought against them by the state. Behind the superfluous ribbon cutting and flag raising is an unsettling truth: the continued militarization of atlanta’s police force is undergoing a rebrand, not a reconstruction.

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