Tag: RICO
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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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RICO repercussions: how threats to Stop Cop City implicate reproductive justice
By Nneka Ewulonu RICO charges usually invoke the image of mob bosses and crime aficionados. But in Georgia – where the state RICO law is broader than its federal counterpart – the state recently levied RICO charges against 61 Stop Cop City activists and Atlanta Solidarity Fund organizers. The sprawling 109 page indictment, first made…
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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.