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The Guardian - US
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Timothy Pratt

Petition aims to dismiss Atlanta’s bid to use Rico law against ‘Cop City’ activists

a person holds a sign that reads 'stop cop city'
People protest ‘cop city’ in Atlanta, Georgia, on 5 June 2023. Photograph: Erik S Lesser/EPA

Georgia’s deputy attorney general violated the attorney-client privileges of multiple defendants in its case against 61 people accused of organizing a criminal conspiracy in their opposition to the “Cop City” police training center, according to a motion filed this week and the Guardian’s reporting.

The motion filed Monday petitions Fulton county superior court to dismiss the charges against three of the defendants who run a bail fund known as the Atlanta Solidarity Fund. It also aims to disqualify both the attorney general’s office and the Atlanta police from continuing to prosecute the case. Additionally, a hearing is sought on the matter.

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