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We recently filed an open records request for DeKalb County’s official comments on the third revision of the site plans for cop city. These comments were transmitted to the APF/APD on or around 11/22/22. The comments are made largely in red ink on each page. Some of them are a little hard to read, so… Read more
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Workers claiming to be in the employ of Ryan Millsap again returned to Weelaunee People’s Park (Intrenchment Creek Park) on the morning of December 22nd, 2022. Photographs submitted to ACPC show large numbers of trees being felled, and the machines being guarded by a solitary City of Lithonia Police Department officer. Said officer refused to… Read more
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Yesterday, December 21, 2022, Ryan Millsap of Blackhall Studios and his contractors destroyed the Weelaunee People’s Park trailhead and bike path, leaving behind piles of rubble and attempting to communicate that the public park is closed to the public. The South River Forest Coalition (SRFC) noted on their Instagram yesterday that Millsap’s destruction is explicitly… Read more
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Shared on behalf of the Weelaunee Coalition FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 21st, 2022 Please direct all inquiries to weelauneecoalition@gmail.com Dear Mayor Dickens, City Council members, and City Council President, We write to you as a coalition of educators, community organizers, parents, and residents of the surrounding neighborhoods and communities of South River forest, or Weelaunee… Read more
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December 20, 2022 – For Immediate Release Media inquiries can be directed to: atlpresscollective@protonmail.com. On December 17, 175 people gathered in Brownwood Park in East Atlanta to declare their support for the six activists recently charged with domestic terrorism, and to demonstrate their continued opposition to “Cop City,” a proposed 300 acre, $90 million police… Read more
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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… Read more
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For Immediate Release Media Contact: Phone: 917-535-3041 Email: kamaufranklin@gmail.com Town hall to Demand the End of Cop City Project Atlanta citizens and Community groups demand an end to the attempted construction of Cop City, the militarized police training facility, and an end to the repression of community organizers Atlanta citizens and community groups are gathering… Read more
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With gratitute to the South River Watershed Alliance for helping to compile the open records requests that produced these site plans. These plans are current as of July 2022, dated to a re-submittial of the land development permit for the cop city project to DeKalb County. Due to the size and length of many of… Read more
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With gratitute to the South River Watershed Alliance for helping to compile the open records requests that produced these site plans. These plans are current as of July 2022, dated to a re-submittial of the land development permit for the cop city project to DeKalb County. Due to the size and length of many of… Read more
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Phase I Enviornmental Site Assessment With gratitute to the South River Watershed Alliance for helping to compile the open records requests that produced these site plans. These plans are current as of July 2022, dated to a re-submittial of the land development permit for the cop city project to DeKalb County. Due to the size… Read more
