'Power concedes nothing without a demand,' says atlanta_press. 'Ours is: 'Cop city must never be built—not here, not anywhere. Not one blade of grass! Not one tree! Free the prisoners, drop the charges!'' StopCopCity
under a 2017 Georgia law that expanded the definition of"domestic terrorism" to include certain property crimes.
Over the objections of environmental, racial justice, Indigenous, and other groups, the Atlanta Police Foundation —a private organization whose backersmajor corporations like Amazon, Home Depot, Wells Fargo, JPMorgan Chase, and UPS—was given permission in 2021 to build what's officially called the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center in the Weelaunee Forest in DeKalb County just outside Atlanta city limits.
from the Muscogee people, many of whom were forced westward during the genocidal Trail of Tears period.Manuel Esteban Paez Terán, a 26-year-old protester also known as"Tortuguita" who allegedly opened fire on them, during a raid to violently clear forest defenders from the site.including U.S. Sens. Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff and former gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams have said little to nothing about the killing, or about Cop City in general.
;“There is no compromise between the movement and the government. \n\nThe fact that they feel the need to say there is shows that we are winning.\n\nNo more backroom deals. No more empty promises.\n\nNo Cop City.\nNo land-swap.\nNo more repression.\n\nWe are close. Keep fighting.;”
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