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Georgia attorney general charges 61 ‘Cop City’ protesters with racketeering

Georgia's Republican Attorney General Chris Carr, seen here in January 2020, is leading the case against the 61 defendants [File: John Amis/AP Photo]

Sixty-one activists have been indicted in the United States on racketeering charges, following a long-running state investigation into protests against a proposed police training facility in Atlanta, Georgia.

On Tuesday, prosecutors in Fulton County Georgia released a sweeping indictment against the protesters, who attempted to stop the construction of the facility, dubbed “Cop City” by its critics.

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