Category: News Updates
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Block Cop City group issues call for mass action to stop construction
By: Matt Scott Update: Block Cop City organizers now say the nationwide tour will cover 70 cities. Just days after members of the clergy and other people of faith chained themselves to construction equipment at the proposed Atlanta Public Safety Training Center site, a new group, Block Cop City, announced plans for a mass action on Nov.…
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Construction work stopped briefly as Cop City protesters enter site
Thursday morning a group of Cop City activists invoked a “people’s stop work order” and chained themselves to equipment at the construction site for the proposed Atlanta Safety Public Training Center, more commonly known as Cop City.
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Referendum coalition requests election monitors oversee City’s process
On Tuesday, the Cop City Vote Coalition requested the Carter Center monitor how Atlanta undertakes the verification process to validate the referendum petition that would put the future of the training center opponents call “Cop City” on the ballot. The coalition made its request to the director of the Carter Center’s Democracy Program David Carroll…
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Georgia Attorney General brings RICO indictments against 61 activists
The Georgia Attorney General’s Office filed RICO (racketeering-influenced and corrupt organizations) charges against 61 individuals alleged to be part of the Stop Cop City Movement. The indictment was filed Aug. 29, but went unannounced and unnoticed until the Atlanta Community Press Collective broke the story on X, the platform previously known as Twitter, Tuesday morning.
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Not having a ball: inspector general investigates Dickens’ event expenses
By: Matt Scott A $124,566.90 invoice from the Hyatt Regency Atlanta with note instructing that the funds should be paid as a “professional courtesy” sparked an investigation into Mayor Andre Dickens’ 2022 Senior Citizen Ball that found violations in city policies regarding hotels, purchases, and the use of public funds for private benefit. The investigation…
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Charlotte officer sued for defamatory statements to DeKalb prosecutors
By: Matt Scott CHARLOTTE N.C. — At a press conference in front of Mecklenburg County Courthouse in Charlotte, N.C., Tim Emry and Xavier T. de Janon, attorneys for activist Jamie Marsicano, announced a complaint for damages lawsuit against Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department (CMPD) Major Brad Koch for his alleged improper handling of Marsicano’s expunged arrest…
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Despite promises, Atlanta’s detention center lease is not saving lives
By: Nolan Huber-Rhoades On the evening of July 11, deputies from the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office (FCSO) found teenaged Noni Battiste-Kosoko dead behind the bars of a cell in the Atlanta City Detention Center (ACDC). A representative from the Southern Center for Human Rights (SCHR) said that Battiste-Kosoko was a vibrant young woman who…
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APD, GBI raid bail fund, arrest three organizers
Marlon Kautz, Adele Maclean and Savannah Patterson were booked at DeKalb County Jail and charged with one count each of money laundering and charity fraud. A representative from the Solidarity Fund said Maclean was taken to Grady Hospital for a pre-existing spinal condition before being transported to DeKalb County Jail.
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Independent Autopsy Reveals Tortuguita Killed While Seated with Hands Raised
EDITORS NOTE: Due to the graphic nature of the autopsy we are issuing a content warning for this article. Please read with care.
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Atlanta Police Foundation Refuses to Comply with Zoning Appeal, in Violation of County Law
In an email exchange provided to ACPC, Dave Wilkinson, President and CEO of the Atlanta Police Foundation (APF) informs the foundation’s lawyer that APF plans to continue construction of Cop City in the Weelaunee Forest despite a recent appeal that stayed the use of the Land Disturbance Permit. Continuing construction while an appeal is under…