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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Timothy Pratt

Atlanta police surveil people opposing ‘Cop City’: ‘There’s this constant stalking feeling’

Two people hold a white sign reading 'The people's injunction to stop Cop City' as police officers stand behind them.
Protesters at the Cop City site near Atlanta, Georgia, on 7 September 2023. Photograph: Megan Varner/Reuters

Atlanta police have been carrying out around-the-clock surveillance in several neighborhoods for months, on people and houses linked to opposition against the police training center colloquially known as “Cop City”.

The surveillance in Georgia has included following people in cars, blasting sirens outside bedroom windows and shining headlights into houses at night, the Guardian has learned.

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