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'Cop City'

July 2024

  • A room full of people holding red signs that say 'Stop Cop City', with the focus on a middle-aged white woman holding a sign.

    After pressure, Georgia attorney general in Cop City case responds to motions

    John Fowler schedules forest visits for Rico defense lawyers but continues to claim ignorance on privileged emails
  • graffiti on a rock in a forest reads 'acab' and 'the forest is my home'

    Georgia accused of stopping defense lawyers visiting ‘Cop City’ protest site

    Dozens charged with conspiracy in South River Forest but court filing says state is obstructing attorney visits
  • A sign reads 'stop cop city'

    Federal judge in Georgia blocks ‘most severe’ law on bail fund restrictions

    Lawsuit challenges law as unconstitutional, meant to target fund helping Cop City protestors

June 2024

  • a person holds a sign that reads 'stop cop city'

    Petition aims to dismiss Atlanta’s bid to use Rico law against ‘Cop City’ activists

    Motion filed claims Georgia’s deputy attorney general violated attorney-client privileges of multiple defendants

May 2024

  • Two people hold a white sign reading 'The people's injunction to stop Cop City' as police officers stand behind them.

    Atlanta police surveil people opposing ‘Cop City’: ‘There’s this constant stalking feeling’

    Residents wonder what legal protections are available as police monitor them at all hours, blaring sirens and shining lights
  • Two young people in red dusty area between chain-link fences, with police officers in the background, hold white cloth banner between them that reads The People's Injunction to Stop Cop City.

    University of Georgia pulls out of ‘Cop City’ lawsuit requesting public records

    Dean of law school orders first amendment clinic to curtail core work, including on Atlanta Police Foundation case
  • Police with shields and armor face off against protesters.

    Georgia claims police not using Signal to message about ‘Cop City’, despite evidence to contrary

    Defense attorney in conspiracy case cites Guardian reporting in seeking police messages on activists opposed to training center

April 2024

  • police detain a demonstrator

    Police allegedly use rubber bullets and teargas at university protest in Georgia

    Multiple arrests at crackdown on Emory University campus encampment focused on Palestine and Cop City
  • White hands in a beige camel trench coat hold a color photo of a smiling, young Latino man wearing a camo bandana and sitting in a camp chair in the woods.

    Exclusive: groups call for US inquiry into police killing of ‘Cop City’ protester

    Petition to Inter-American Commission on Human Rights filed on behalf of Manuel Paez Terán, aka ‘Tortuguita’, and their mother
  • People hold signs as a man speaks into a microphone

    Georgia uses ‘political fear-mongering’ in efforts to charge Cop City protesters

    State and federal authorities attempt to prosecute residents linked to movement against police and fire department training center

March 2024

  • Police officers in black riot gear, with black outfits, blue helmets, and clear shields that says POLICE.

    Atlanta Police Foundation ignored Cop City records requests, lawsuit claims

    University of Georgia filed complaint on behalf of news outlet and transparency research organization, saying queries unanswered

February 2024

  • Torched police motorcycles

    Georgia police and FBI conduct Swat-style raids on ‘Cop City’ activists’ homes

  • Brick column holding gray sign that says 'Fulton County Jail' and address, beyond which are a black car and two sheriff's deputies.

    Georgia senate passes bill curtailing charitable bail funds for protest groups

January 2024

  • A supporter in Georgia holds a placard in support of Manuel Paez Terán.

    America's dirty divide
    ‘Tortuguita vive’: campaigners across US hail anti-Cop City activist killed by police

    Events in more than 30 cities mark ‘Day of the Forest Defender’, recognizing enduring impact of Manuel Paez Terán

December 2023

  • person holds sign that says 'viva tort' with a picture of a turtle, as police stand in front of them

    Closed-door meeting thwarts bid to let Atlanta residents vote on Cop City

    Top aide to mayor objected to referendum measure’s wording just before city official was to introduce it
  • In the middle of a mostly green image of deciduous green leaves, a young person wearing a red bandana covering their head and black mask covering their face holds a tree above the unseen ground with their arms and legs and looks at the camera.

    Federal agencies pushed extreme view of Cop City protesters, records show

    New documents seen by Drilled and the Guardian show how agencies laid groundwork for dozens of domestic terrorism arrests
  • Police officers in riot gear gathered in response to demonstrators protesting ‘Cop City’ near Atlanta, Georgia, on 13 November.

    Atlanta police use Signal to discuss ‘Cop City’ amid outcry over transparency

    High-ranking members of police department using encrypted phone app to communicate about project amid public concern

November 2023

  • Image taken of female- and white-presenting person taken from neck down, wearing beige trench coat and holding image of nonbinary person smiling and wearing bandana in forest.

    ‘It’s alarming’: diary of killed Cop City activist to play role in Georgia lawsuit

    State makes unusual move in submitting journal of Manuel ‘Tortuguita’ Paez Terán, killed by state troopers in January
  • A memorial to the activist known as Tortuguita, who was killed by police as he demonstrated against the police project.

    Fight to stop ‘Cop City’ over water pollution fears has day in court

    Opponents tell judge that sediment runoff from police campus violates Clean Water Act and thus project should be halted
  • Two young people hold wide white banner with black lettering saying 'The People's Injunction to Stop Cop City' with police officers beyond them, between what appears to be two chain-link fences topped with razor wire.

    Federal agency says it stopped measuring water pollution near ‘Cop City’

    Move is bad news for local environmental groups, whose motion to halt construction will be heard on 15 November
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