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The Guardian - US
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Timothy Pratt in Atlanta

Georgia prosecutors accused of waging ‘judicial pogrom’ against ‘Cop City’ activists

Activists protest against the proposed Cop City being built in an Atlanta forest in New York City.
Activists protest against the proposed Cop City being built in an Atlanta forest in New York City. Photograph: Spencer Platt/Getty Images

Prosecutors in Georgia have been accused of a “complete politicization of the law” and a “judicial pogrom” in the way they are pursuing charges against activists arrested at a music festival held as part of protests against a police and fire department training facility known as “Cop City”.

Protests against the project have caught worldwide attention after one environmental activist was shot dead by police – the first such incident in US history.

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