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Dispatches from Atlanta and the Movement to Stop Cop City

Kody Cava

Long Live Weelaunee.
State repression targets the Stop Cop City movement

Originally published: Black Agenda Report on June 7, 2023 (more by Black Agenda Report) |

Cop City is an effort to ensure that state violence will bring the most draconian methods to bear against Black people. State violence is also being used proactively, in an effort to end opposition to this creation of Atlanta’s white ruling class and their errand boys and girls who ostensibly control a fake mecca for Black people.
‘Charging domestic terrorism is intended to make the cost of protesting too high’

Originally published: FAIR (Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting) on May 26, 2023 (more by FAIR (Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting)) |

CounterSpin interview with Cody Bloomfield on anti-activist terrorist charges.
At least 23 Cop City protesters charged with domestic terrorism in Atlanta

Originally published: Peoples Dispatch on March 8, 2023 (more by Peoples Dispatch) |

At least 23 people, including a legal observer, have been charged with domestic terrorism as protests against massive police training facility continue.
NLG statement in solidarity with Atlanta Forest Defenders

Originally published: National Lawyers Guild (NLG) on January 25, 2023 (more by National Lawyers Guild (NLG)) |

On Wednesday, January 18, Georgia State Patrol murdered Manuel “Tortuguita” Teran, who was camping in a public park to defend the Weelaunee Forest and stop the construction of Cop City.
Actions and rallies in solidarity with fight against ‘Cop City’ grows over weekend

Originally published: Its Going Down (anonymous) on January 23, 2023 by Its Going Down (more by Its Going Down (anonymous)) (Posted Jan 24, 2023)

Sunday marked the fourth straight day of vigils, protests, and rallies in solidarity with the struggle in Atlanta, following the police murder of Tortuguita, with more scheduled throughout the coming week.