Defend the Atlanta Forest

Activists holding a vigil on Jan. 19 for the forest defender Tortuguita, who was killed by a Georgia State Patrol Swat team during a multijurisdictional raid of the Weelaunee Forest on Jan. 18

Judges uphold domestic terrorism charges against activists 

In separate preliminary hearings on May 4, Magistrate Court judges in both Fulton and DeKalb Counties upheld charges of domestic terrorism against one individual arrested after a protest on Jan. […]

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