Tag: Atlanta Public Safety Training Center
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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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APF Believes Forest Defender Indictments are Coming, Construction Plans in Disarray and On Hold
True to concerns brought by The Atlanta Solidarity Fund late last month, emails obtained through open records requests show that the Atlanta Police Foundation (APF) and its contractors are awaiting “indictments to the leaders” of the Stop Cop City and Defend the Atlanta Forest Movement. In an email to the members of APF’s Board of…
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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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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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Atlanta Clergy Join Call to Defend the Atlanta Forest
“Come with your vestments, robes, and shawls. Come with your sacred texts and teachings. Come with your spiritual power to protect this sacred place,” says a letter by a coalition of clergy and faith leaders who are calling for fellow religious leaders to support forest defenders and join the upcoming Defend the Forest Week of Action…
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Judge Denies Cop City Construction Injunction
Judge Thomas Cox of the Fulton County Superior Court ruled against a temporary restraining order, while ordering the Atlanta Police Foundation (APF) “immediately coordinate daily inspections of the property and pay for the same.” On Thursday, each side was given 20-30 minutes to speak on a series of questions laid out by the judge. According…
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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)…