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Timothy Pratt in Atlanta

‘Flailing’ Georgia attorney general condemned over charges for Cop City protesters

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Chris Carr at a primary election debate in Atlanta on Monday night. Photograph: Arvin Temkar/AP

Georgia’s top law enforcement official has drawn accusations of using the weight of his office to lift his own political fortunes by bringing a new indictment against protesters of the Atlanta police training center known as Cop City.

Amid bluster about “holding the line against antifa”, Georgia’s attorney general, Chris Carr, announced charges against three activists late last week even as his bid to become Georgia’s Republican nominee for governor limps along, with less than double-digit support in polling ahead of a 19 May primary.

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