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State of Georgia using extreme legal measures to quell ‘Cop City’ dissenters

Earlier this week, nearly five dozen people appeared in a courtroom near Atlanta to answer criminal racketeering and domestic terrorism charges brought against them by the state. The charges are related to what’s commonly known as “Cop City,” a $90-million paramilitary police and firefighter training facility planned for 85 acres…

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Dozens indicted on Georgia racketeering charges related to 'Stop Cop City' movement appear in court

Nearly five dozen people indicted on racketeering charges related to protests against a planned police and firefighter training facility appeared in court as their supporters rallied outside the courthouse in Atlanta

The Independent UK

Movement against Georgia’s ‘Cop City’ plans occupation and ‘week of action’

‘Block Cop City’ plans non-violent march onto site of police center and a week of panels and screenings aimed at Black audiences

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Critics condemn ‘chilling’ refusal to release evidence in police shooting of ‘Stop Cop City’ activist

Critics say decision part of worrying larger crackdown on protest movement

The Independent UK

Georgia refuses to release evidence from police shooting of Cop City activist

Experts say decision not to make evidence available to family of Manuel Paez Terán or public sets ‘frightening’ precedent

The Guardian - US

Shot 14 times, no charges for police: family’s grief over death of Cop City activist

Manuel Paez Terán, known as ‘Tortuguita’ was isolated and alone as police shot him dead – and his family and friends say the full story is being kept from them

The Guardian - US

‘Watershed moment’: activists speak out about ‘Cop City’ conspiracy charges

The same law used to charge Donald Trump is being wielded against protesters in a historic prosecution of 61 defendants

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Outcry as Atlanta refuses to handle petitions over ‘Cop City’ police campus

City condemned for controversial move after activists and protesters deliver signatures to clerk’s office at city hall

The Guardian - US

Atlanta police arrest five activists chained to bulldozer at ‘Cop City’ site

Activists entered open gate where trees are being cleared two days after state attorney general indicted 61 people under Rico law

The Guardian - US

‘Alarming and absurd’: concern as ‘Cop City’ activists charged with racketeering

Observers worry about the chilling effects on protests after Atlanta indicts demonstrators under organized crime law

The Guardian - US

Georgia Charges 'Cop City' Protesters Under RICO Law Used To Indict Trump

Among the indicted are a Southern Poverty Law Center attorney acting as a legal observer and three people who run a bail fund.

Reason

61 Stop Cop City activists face RICO charges in Georgia indictment

The state’s Republican attorney general is leading the prosecution

The Independent UK

Cop City protesters charged with racketeering as Georgia takes hard line

Some of 61 defendants charged also face money laundering and domestic terrorism charges for environmental protests

The Guardian - US

‘Threatened and vulnerable’: Cop City activists labeled as terrorists pay high price

Protesters say classification as ‘domestic terrorists’ for opposing planned Georgia police facility has upended their lives

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‘Cop City’: civil rights groups urge US to investigate surveillance of protesters

ACLU and NAACP among organizations condemning homeland security department over ‘domestic violent extremist’ label

The Independent UK

Judge gives organizers trying to stop 'Cop City' a deadline extension for signature campaign

A federal judge has significantly extended the deadline for Atlanta organizers who have been trying to gather more than 70,000 signatures to force a vote on the construction of a police and firefighter training center that critics call “Cop City.”

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Up First briefing: Russian rebellion; 'Cop City' protests; Alzheimer's drug approval

Yevgeny Prigozhin launched a failed rebellion in Russia. Activists in Atlanta hold a week of action against a police training facility. An Alzheimer's drug could be approved soon, but hurdles remain.

The Guardian - US

Atlanta activists in drive to put fate of controversial ‘Cop City’ on ballot

Officials approve petition that allows organizers to move forward with a historic referendum on massive police training complex

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The Guardian - US

Activists push for referendum to put ‘Cop City’ on ballot in Atlanta

Effort requires organizers to collect about 70,000 signatures from Atlanta registered voters in 60 days

The Guardian - US

Real cost of ‘Cop City’ under question after Atlanta approves $67m for project

Opponents call process ‘anti-democratic’ after public participation in council meeting difficult and lack of transparency

The Independent UK

Atlanta organizers unveil plan to stop 'Cop City' at the ballot box

Activists have announced an effort to force a referendum that would allow Atlanta voters to decide whether the construction of a proposed police and firefighter training center should proceed

The Guardian - US

Atlanta approves funding to build ‘Cop City’ despite fierce opposition

City council vote 11-4 to move ahead with police and firefighter training center despite significant pushback

The Independent UK

Hundreds protest as Atlanta votes on whether to give $31m to ‘Cop City’ police training centre

Hundreds signed up to offer commentary on much-watched city vote

Salon

Fascism, free speech and Cop City

Clampdown on protests in Atlanta's Cop City isn't an isolated local issue — it's about America in 2023

The Guardian - US

‘Cop City’ protest lawyers challenge use of domestic terrorism statute

Attorneys for protester argue law is unconstitutional restraint on free speech as legal defense fund organizers also arrested

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