The Latest Breaking News from Marlon Kautz

The Phone Feature That Could Land You in Court: Privacy Software Dragged Into Explosive US Legal Battle

A US legal case involving GrapheneOS questions whether privacy tools can be deemed suspicious by law enforcement, potentially reshaping digital privacy rights and impacting millions of users

International Business Times UK · Jul 29

‘An air of repression’: Cop City case hangs over heads of 61 defendants

US government continues holding on to huge amounts of seized personal property, from diaries to cellphones

The Guardian - US · Dec 23, 2025

‘Chilling’ effect on protesters as Cop City prosecution drags into second year

Lawyers for 61 people facing charges over police protest say delays are ruining lives and case is politically motivated

The Guardian - US · May 18, 2025

Georgia prosecutors committed 'gross negligence' with emails in 'Cop City' case, judge says

A Georgia judge has chastised state prosecutors for mishandling confidential emails between a defense attorney and three Atlanta activists who face racketeering charges connected to violent protests against a police and firefighter training center that critics call “Cop City.”

The Independent UK · Jul 31, 2024

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

Motion filed claims Georgia’s deputy attorney general violated attorney-client privileges of multiple defendants

The Guardian - US · Jun 26, 2024

Georgia uses ‘political fear-mongering’ in efforts to charge Cop City protesters

State and federal authorities attempt to prosecute residents linked to movement against police and fire department training center

The Guardian - US · Apr 5, 2024

‘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

The Guardian - US · Aug 28, 2023

Arrests of 3 members of an Atlanta charity's board in a SWAT-team raid is highly unusual and could be unconstitutional

On May 31, 2023, the Atlanta Police Department deployed a SWAT team to arrest Marlon Kautz, Adele MacLean and Savannah Patterson. These three people weren’t fugitives from justice or drug kingpins, but rather volunteer board members of a local charity.

The Conversation · Jun 8, 2023

Georgia Arrests 'Cop City' Bail Fund Organizers for Fraud, Money Laundering

As with other cases in recent months, Georgia law enforcement has used specious classifications to charge nonviolent protesters with domestic terrorism.

Reason · Jun 1, 2023

Arrest of ‘Stop Cop City’ bail fund organisers is ‘alarming escalation’ of police retaliation, activists warn

Three people behind legal aid group supporting Atlanta protesters charged with money laundering and fraud

The Independent UK · Jun 1, 2023