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The Flimsy RICO Case Against Atlanta's Cop City Protestors

Law enforcement officials appear to have tarred ad hoc bands of protesters as members of an organized criminal movement.

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Georgia Judge Issues Potentially Unconstitutional Gag Order in 'Cop City' Trial

The trial of the first of 61 defendants starts today, but the judge has seemingly forbidden any of the defendants or their attorneys from discussing the case.

Reason

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

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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

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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

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‘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

The Guardian - US

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

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Atlanta police condemned for heavy-handed action at Cop City protest

Officers used flash-bang grenades, teargas canisters, tanks and snipers and accused participants of ‘terrorism’

The Guardian - US

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

The Guardian - US

Inside the attempt to charge Georgia’s ‘Cop City’ activists with racketeering

Rico charges against 61 people have outraged civil liberties groups who see an effort to demonize legitimate protesters

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State of Georgia using extreme legal measures to quell ‘Cop City’ dissenters

Earlier this week, nearly five dozen people appeared in a courtroom near Atlanta to answer criminal racketeering and domestic terrorism charges brought against them by the state. The charges are related to what’s commonly known as “Cop City,” a $90-million paramilitary police and firefighter training facility planned for 85 acres…

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Dozens indicted on Georgia racketeering charges related to 'Stop Cop City' movement appear in court

Nearly five dozen people indicted on racketeering charges related to protests against a planned police and firefighter training facility appeared in court as their supporters rallied outside the courthouse in Atlanta

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Movement against Georgia’s ‘Cop City’ plans occupation and ‘week of action’

‘Block Cop City’ plans non-violent march onto site of police center and a week of panels and screenings aimed at Black audiences

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Critics condemn ‘chilling’ refusal to release evidence in police shooting of ‘Stop Cop City’ activist

Critics say decision part of worrying larger crackdown on protest movement

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The Guardian - US

Georgia refuses to release evidence from police shooting of Cop City activist

Experts say decision not to make evidence available to family of Manuel Paez Terán or public sets ‘frightening’ precedent

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Shot 14 times, no charges for police: family’s grief over death of Cop City activist

Manuel Paez Terán, known as ‘Tortuguita’ was isolated and alone as police shot him dead – and his family and friends say the full story is being kept from them

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‘Watershed moment’: activists speak out about ‘Cop City’ conspiracy charges

The same law used to charge Donald Trump is being wielded against protesters in a historic prosecution of 61 defendants

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Outcry as Atlanta refuses to handle petitions over ‘Cop City’ police campus

City condemned for controversial move after activists and protesters deliver signatures to clerk’s office at city hall

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Atlanta police arrest five activists chained to bulldozer at ‘Cop City’ site

Activists entered open gate where trees are being cleared two days after state attorney general indicted 61 people under Rico law

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‘Alarming and absurd’: concern as ‘Cop City’ activists charged with racketeering

Observers worry about the chilling effects on protests after Atlanta indicts demonstrators under organized crime law

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Georgia Charges 'Cop City' Protesters Under RICO Law Used To Indict Trump

Among the indicted are a Southern Poverty Law Center attorney acting as a legal observer and three people who run a bail fund.

The Independent UK

61 Stop Cop City activists face RICO charges in Georgia indictment

The state’s Republican attorney general is leading the prosecution

The Guardian - US

Cop City protesters charged with racketeering as Georgia takes hard line

Some of 61 defendants charged also face money laundering and domestic terrorism charges for environmental protests

The Guardian - US

‘Threatened and vulnerable’: Cop City activists labeled as terrorists pay high price

Protesters say classification as ‘domestic terrorists’ for opposing planned Georgia police facility has upended their lives

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‘Cop City’: civil rights groups urge US to investigate surveillance of protesters

ACLU and NAACP among organizations condemning homeland security department over ‘domestic violent extremist’ label

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