Category: Reports
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We Got Us: A Case Study and Reflections on Supporting an Arrestee from the 2020 Uprisings
by the Richard Hunsinger Defense Committee The Atlanta Community Press Collective (ACPC) received the following submission on 3/3/2023 from a defense committee organizing on behalf of an Atlanta activist who was arrested during the uprisings in summer 2020. In the following statement, the defense committee describes its experience navigating the logistics of organizing a support…
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“If You Build It, We Will Burn It,” Defiant and Energized Defend the Forest Movement Retakes Ground
Earlier this year, multiple police agencies engaged in a mass raid of the Weelaunee Forest, destroying campsites that existed in the forest for over a year, and a GSP swat team killed forest defender Manuel “Tortuguita” Esteban Paez Terán. Forest Defender’s permanent occupation of Weelaunee ended after that raid, but the movement continued to fight. In…
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Land Swap or Cop City?: A Visual Guide
The land known as the Weelaunee Forest, or South River Forest, is today under threat on two fronts: a proposed police training facility, and a land swap between DeKalb County and movie industry executive Ryan Millsap. This map is intended to be a guide to the basic geography and jurisdictional boundaries of the area. We…
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With a Growing Number of Allies, Defend the Forest Movement Launches into Fifth Week of Action
The Defend the Forest movement, an autonomous coalition of individuals and organizations across a growing swath of ideological positions, plans to launch off its fifth week of action at 11:00am on Saturday, March 4 at Gresham Park with a protest and rally, followed by a two day music festival. From March 4 – 11, the…
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Brent Scarbrough & Co, APF Contractor and Donor
Second Cop City contractor has funding ties to project, leads destruction efforts in Weelaunee on Monday. Escorted by multiple armed law enforcement agencies (Atlanta Police Department, DeKalb County Police Department, Georgia State Patrol, Georgia Bureau of Investigations, DeKalb County DA, Georgia DA, and Georgia Department of Natural Resources), sub-contractors for the Atlanta Police Foundation’s (APF)…
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From the Oka Crisis to the Atlanta Forest
Submitted Anonymously to the Atlanta Community Press Collective On the 16th of October, during a “Weekend of Action” to defend the Atlanta forest, we screened Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance at a local community space. Around 50 people attended the event, the last formal event in a series of actions, cultural events, and presentations about…
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Atlanta Public Safety Training Center General Notes, Cover Sheet, Survey, Site Plans, Grading Plan July 2022 Plans
General Notes, Cover Sheet, Survey Site Plans Grading Plan
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With Removal of Member Lily Ponitz, CSAC Cements its Role as a Rubber Stamp and Stifles Dissent
After nearly an hour of debate in which former committee member Lily Ponitz was allotted just over two minutes at the start to defend herself, the Community Stakeholders Advisory Committee (CSAC) voted to remove Ponitz via an unusual voting method with only Ponitz herself and Amy Taylor voting against removal. Members Amy Taylor, Shuan Billingslea,…
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Cop City Environmental Reports Critical Review & Statement
The Atlanta Public Safety Training Center Development Team is Misleading Stakeholders Regarding Environmental Assessments and Avoiding Due Diligence by Lily Ponitz Introduction I am an environmental engineer, formerly registered as a professional engineer in Georgia, and worked for seven years in consulting for private-sector clients. My work revolved primarily around emerging water contaminants, doing design,…
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A brief history of the Atlanta City Prison Farm
Slave Labor, Overcrowding, and Unmarked Graves — The Buried History of Atlanta City Prison Farm from the 1950s to 1990s Shows It’s No Place of Honor The official histories of the Atlanta Prison Farm paint a rosy picture of “respect,” “trust,” “reform,” and “the dignity of work.” But digging deeper reveals a much darker history…