Cop City

Students at Emory University set up a Gaza solidarity encampment on April 25, 2024.

One year after the Gaza solidarity encampment at Emory, Atlantans recount law enforcement brutality

One year after Emory University students launched a pro-Palestine encampment protesting the Gaza genocide and "Cop City," activists demand justice for the 28 arrested and call for institutional accountability.

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Protesters on Jackson Street Bridge hold a "No Cop Nation Banner" with Atlanta's skyline visible in the background.
On Cop City’s opening day, protesters drop banners in vow to keep fighting it

While city officials celebrated the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center’s grand opening, local Stop Cop City protesters held a block party protest on Jackson Street Bridge, from which they dropped banners expressing resolve to keep opposing the facility.

Keynote panelists Savannah Paterson (left) and Umaymah Mohammad (center) discuss the repression of protests during the Imaginary Crimes Tour on April 4 in Atlanta. (John Arthur Brown)
Imaginary Crimes Tour: Stop Cop City movement seeks to build national solidarity against police militarization
A group of nine smiling people wearing business casual attire stands in a curved line inside a beige hallway. The group is of mixed genders and races. The three individuals in the middle are the "Weealune Three" Cop City protesters. Left to right they are Noah Grigni wearing grey slacks, a pink oxford, grey jacket and KN-95 mask; Krya Hanon, wearing a purple dress and a keffiyeh, and Rukia Rogers, wearing a patterned black dress and keffiyeh.
“Weelaunee Three” Cop City protesters weigh pretrial diversion as supporters demand charges be dropped
Dawn O’Neal of the People’s Campaign to Stop Cop City speaks passionately into a Channel 2 microphone while a group of people who oppose Andre Dickens support her in the background.
Video While Dickens launched his reelection campaign, organizers envisioned a better future for Atlanta 

Atlanta activists hosted a noise demonstration at reelection campaign launch event for Mayor Andre Dickens, calling out broken promises and demanding a say in city governance.

Activists, including faith leaders, chained to a bulldozer. One activist sits on top. Police move in to arrest the activists. One officer is pointing a weapon at them.
New court date set for activists who served “People’s Stop Work Order”
A cinematic still of Jamie Mariscano, a white nonbinary person with medium-length dark blonde hair wearing a white t-shirt. Jamie is smiling. The setting is close to dusk, with long shadows. The sun frames left side of Jamie's face. Only the upper quarter of Jamie is visible. The setting is woodsy, with trees visible but slightly blurry in the background. The
Activist charged with RICO sues Atlanta Police Department for adopting policy of “systemic arrests and pretextual charges” of Stop Cop City protesters
Video Lakota Land Defender connects the legacy and future of Standing Rock and Cop City
On second anniversary of slain forest defender Tortuguita’s killing, hundreds march on for collective liberation 
Belkis Teran holds a picture of her child, Tortuguita.
Video Meet Belkis Terán, Tortuguita’s mother who continues the forest defender’s legacy

In addition to fighting for justice through the legal system, Tortuguita's mother, Belkis Terán, is continuing their legacy of struggle.