‘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
Georgia A.G. Drops Frivolous Money Laundering Charges Against Cop City Bail Fund The three defendants remain under indictment for racketeering, along with 58 others. Reason · Sep 20, 2024
Money laundering charges dropped against bail fund leaders that supported Atlanta’s ‘Stop Cop City’ movement City still planning to move ahead with controversial law enforcement training center being built in Atlanta-area forest The Independent UK · Sep 17, 2024
Georgia prosecutors drop all 15 counts of money laundering against 3 'Cop City' activists Georgia prosecutors have dropped all 15 counts of money laundering that were levied against three Atlanta organizers accused of misusing a bail fund to aid violent protests against the city’s proposed police and fire training center The Independent UK · Sep 17, 2024
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
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
Bond granted for 3 activists whose fund bailed out people protesting Atlanta 'Cop City' project A judge has granted bond for three activists involved in supporting the protest against a planned police and fire training center in Atlanta that opponents have derisively dubbed “Cop City.” The Independent UK · Jun 2, 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