Two activists locked themselves to construction equipment at a Brasfield & Gorrie work site in Midtown. The activists, who were locked to equipment for over four hours, were arrested and charged with criminal trespass. ATLANTA—Early Monday morning, two Stop Cop […]
ATLANTA—Yesterday, over 200 people gathered to honor the life of Manuel “Tortuguita” Terán, who was violently killed by Georgia police one year ago. Tortuguita, a 26-year-old queer indigenous-venezuelan climate activist, was gunned down by Georgia police in Weelaunee Forest in
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After a new development of preliminary trial concerns in the courts, judge says she is unclear when the first Cop City RICO trial will resume ATLANTA—This morning, around 30 people sat in Judge Kimberly Adams’ courtroom in the Fulton County
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ATLANTA—On Mon., January 8, Judge Kimberly Adams heard a series of pre-trial motions in the case of Ayla King, one of the 61 RICO defendants in the Stop Cop City movement in Atlanta. King, who is 19 years old, is
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Update: This article was updated on Dec. 28 at 3:32 p.m. to include quotes from one of the arrestees. ATLANTA—Three activists were arrested on the morning of Fri., Dec. 22, during a weekly picket protest Weelaunee Coalition organizers have named
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Editor’s note: Monday, December 11, was the first day of trial in the “Cop City 61” RICO cases. This is our briefing of what’s happened so far. All details of this report have been verified with legal experts alongside the
The Cop City RICO trials are underway. Here is our first briefing from the proceedings. Read More »
Attacks on journalism and media are dangerous to us all. This op-ed was co-published by In These Times, Mainline, Mondoweiss, Prism, The Real News Network, Reckon, Scalawag, and Truthout. By Aja Arnold, Victoria Bouloubasis, Rebecca Chowdhury, Rae Garringer, Charmaine Lang,
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Georgia police killed Manuel “Tortuguita” Terán on Jan. 18 as Terán was protesting against Cop City, the massive police training facility under construction in Weelaunee Forest in Atlanta. But, now that prosecutors have mass-charged activists in an unprecedented use of
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This week, Atlanta police officers armed with riot gear used tear gas canisters and smoke grenades against nonviolent protesters during a Block Cop City action. Harmful LRAD machines also made an appearance. This article contains additional reporting from Adjoa Danso,
Organizers say today’s action is in solidarity with Atlanta’s struggle to stop Cop City following the Block Cop City direct action yesterday. ATLANTA—This afternoon, direct action network Palestine Action US disrupted operations at Bank of New York Mellon’s Atlanta office
