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Timothy Pratt

Georgia claims police not using Signal to message about ‘Cop City’, despite evidence to contrary

Police with shields and armor face off against protesters.
Protesters and police during a demonstration in opposition to the ‘Cop City’ training center on 13 November 2023 in Atlanta, Georgia. Photograph: Mike Stewart/AP

Georgia’s deputy attorney general said in court that he didn’t think police in the state were using Signal to communicate about the law enforcement training center colloquially known as “Cop City” – despite being presented, in a motion from defense attorneys, with evidence from the Guardian of law enforcement leadership ordering officers to download the encrypted phone app last year for that very purpose.

Defense attorneys have been seeking the Signal messages from Atlanta police and other law enforcement agencies that may be relevant to their clients’ cases from the deputy attorney general, John Fowler, since February, according to their 15 March motion.

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