Tag: Atlanta Police Foundation
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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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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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Stop Cop City activists launch referendum campaign to cancel lease
A day after the City Council voted to approve a $67 million funding package for the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center, activists launched a referendum campaign to put the training center’s future on the ballot in November.
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Backroom deals and elasticity clause increase public cost of Cop City
As a proposed funding ordinance for the initial construction plans of the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center, better known as Cop City, works its way through Atlanta City Council, new information suggests the ordinance could come with a total price tag of $51 million in public funds, instead of the $30 million that city officials…
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This is the Atlanta Way: a primer on Cop City
The struggle to Stop Cop City is not just a battle over the creation of a $90 million police urban warfare center. It’s not just a fight to protect the 381 acres of forest land, known as one of the “four lungs” of Atlanta, currently under threat of destruction. It’s not just a conflict over…
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A look inside APF’s reduced $72.8m Cop City budget
A budget breakdown spreadsheet sent by email between the Atlanta Police Foundation (APF) and DaVinci Development Collaborative, the project management company hired by APF to oversee the construction of the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center, shows a February projection estimating the cost to build a scaled down version of the facility coming in at $81,158,744, which…
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CSAC faces internal issues, demands meeting with Mayor
After cancelling its February meeting for what committee chair Alison Clark called “housekeeping” reasons, it was a surprise when the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center Community Stakeholder Advisory Committee (CSAC) cancelled it’s second consecutive monthly meeting in March. New emails reveal the committee underwent a turbulent latter half of the month, which started with one member…
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A night of police chaos causes weeks of suffering for festival attendees and families
The second day of the Defend the Atlanta Forest week of action, began much like the previous day ended: with a music festival on the RC Field. The lighthearted, joyful nature present the first night of the festival found itself represented by a more physical manifestation the second day in the form of a large…
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Media Advisory: Town hall to Demand the End of Cop City Project
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…