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Cop City
October 11, 2023
Podcast
The Politics of Everything
The Battle Over “Cop City”
The years-long fight over a planned police training center in an urban forest near Atlanta has pitted community, climate, and justice activists against law enforcement. The result has been violence, arrests—and a renewed crackdown on protest.
September 5, 2023
Edith Olmsted
61 Cop City Protesters in Atlanta Are Being Hit With RICO Charges
Dozens of activists have been indicted for opposing the construction of a massive police facility outside Atlanta.
July 24, 2023
Prem Thakker
Georgia Leaders Want to Save Cop City via Voter Suppression
Republicans and Democrats are joining forces to stop people from voting against the massive police facility.
June 7, 2023
Prem Thakker
Atlanta Activists Want to Let the People Decide on Cop City
Organizers are pushing a referendum to let the public vote on whether their tax dollars should be used for a massive police facility.
June 6, 2023
Prem Thakker
Atlanta City Council Approves $67 Million for Cop City, Dismissing Mass Opposition
The funding approval for the gargantuan police facility comes after police killed a Cop City protester and arrested others en masse.
May 31, 2023
Prem Thakker
Atlanta Police Have Arrested Organizers of the Cop City Protest Bail Fund
Attention freedom-lovers: The targeting of a bail fund sets a very dangerous precedent.
April 20, 2023
Prem Thakker
Cop City Protester Was Shot 57 Times; Had No Gunpowder Residue on Hands
The police narrative on the murder of the environmental activist known as “Tortuguita” is quickly falling apart.
March 23, 2023
Prem Thakker
Concert Attendees Randomly Arrested During Cop City Protests Are Being Denied Bond
Welcome to America’s justice system.
March 22, 2023
Liza Featherstone
To Reduce Crime in Atlanta, Leave the Forest Alone
The propaganda around Cop City is all wrong: Public safety and green space go hand in hand.
March 9, 2023
Liza Featherstone
Atlanta’s “Cop City” and the Vital Fight for Urban Forests
The people protesting “Cop City”—at tremendous personal cost—deserve our support. They’re defending a vital public health and climate resource.
January 24, 2023
Kate Aronoff
The Atlanta Police Shooting Is a Warning Sign for the Safety of Environmental Activists
Environmental defenders get killed at appalling rates in other countries. Could that trend come to the U.S.?
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