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ATHENS, Ga — A student disciplinary hearing for six pro-Palestine demonstrators is underway at the University of Georgia. The students were arrested at the Gaza solidarity encampment and subsequently suspended and evicted from student housing in April. Live thread:

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Atlanta City Council Full Council Meeting on Cop City budget Jun 5, 2023 live tweet thread 🧵

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Cop City RICO arraignment live tweet thread. Monday, Nov. 6, 2023

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We’re reporting live from the press conference called by Stop Cop City Activists after the arrest of three bail fund organizers this morning. The press conference is about to begin

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This morning the Young Democrats of Georgia came out against the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center on the steps of City Hall ahead of the upcoming funding vote for the training center in Atlanta City Council this evening.

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Atlanta City Council meeting May 15, 2023, live tweet thread.

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Cop City RICO Speedy Trial of Ayla King live tweet thread. December 11, 2023.

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A first appearance hearing is underway for the 23 people arrested Thursday at Emory University. Only eight cases have been heard so far, and all have received an unsecured judicial release, also known as a signature bond.

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1 year

Chants breaking out in the chamber as council members deliberate what to do now.

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8 months

Cop City RICO—Ayla King speedy trial day one (Jan. 10, 2024) live tweet thread

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1 year

The bond hearing for three @ATLSolFund organizers arrested on Wednesday in a raid will begin soon. Marlon Kautz, Adele MacLean, and Savannah Patterson were charged with money laundering and charity fraud for providing bail and legal support to protestors. Live updates here.🧵

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CM Lewis introduces ELMS 34324, an ordinance to prohibit the wearing of ski masks, masks, barrier face coverings, hoods or any other device that conceals the identify of the wearer.

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"Not a single member of this body is worthy of being addressed today. But you," said Eva Dickerson addressing the audience, "are worthy of being addressed. I love you. . . This is our city. We do not answer to any of these cowards. They answer to us."

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“God hates Cop City,” the next speaker tells Council. “God would not put a shooting range… next to a children’s prison… God wouldn’t even have a children’s prison.”

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1 year

“The earth will still be here when Cop City falls,” Kernell says.

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1 year

DeKalb County Press Conference Live Tweet Thread — Residents lawsuit against city of Atlanta for disenfranchisement in the referendum process. Five DeKalb County residents who live near Cop City are suing to be allowed to collect signatures in the Cop City Referendum Petition.

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"You are already failing the disability community with your lack of care during the pandemic. You are already failing to make sure Atlanta is accessible for all to exist in. I had to bring an ASL interpreter because y'all don't give a damn about disabled people," he says.

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The next speaker, a doctor, says, “If I kill one of my patients, I would be put in prison. But when a police officer kills someone, there would be calls for 'more training.' Thats an ass-backward approach to safety.”

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10 months

Cop City RICO case speedy trial deadline extension and emergency motion to seal hearing, Nov. 22, 2023 live tweet thread

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1 year

Franklin says he finds it wild that the solidarity fund Is being charged with charity fraud and not the Atlanta Police Foundation.

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1 year

"The world is against Cop City -- against you, against the police, against corporations. You will fail. I promise you that. You will lose," they said. Their speech received a standing ovation, just one of several this night.

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1 year

Rukia Rogers, founder of the Highlander School, has ten minutes to speak. She says there has been a constant insinuation by Cop City proponents that “this is a white movement.” Rogers says the movement is multigenerational and multiracial.

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The next speaker is Alex Joseph, a former state and federal prosecutor. She says this is the most blatant example of overcharging she has seen in her career, and that this is the first time she’s seen a case of “charity fraud.”

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1 year

City Hall is packed with individuals lined up to speak against funding Cop City at public comment today.

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Y'all. We're going to win I don't care how long it takes - it's so god damn clear that the community is against this. The movement's already been at it for 2.5 years, what's another couple? We're only growing. We are in no way afraid of ruins. s/o @atlanta_press for the video.

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Chants of cop city will never be built. Ring out for minutes. Individuals are gathered at the front of the Galley screaming at the counselors. CM bakhtiari is in tears.

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9 months

Cop City RICO Speedy Trial of Ayla King live tweet thread, day 2, December 12, 2023.

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1 year

Franklin cites the historic use of bail funds, saying they are now an integral part of protest movements. “We see this as an opportunity by the State to change the narrative just after they were busted lying about the $30 million cost of cop city.”

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Joseph says, “what the state is seeking to do here is deny people the opportunity to defend themselves.” The message Joseph says the state intends to send is “if you protest they will arrest you”

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1 year

CM Lewis just indicated his intent to vote against funding for the training center.

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1 year

Amana Brazier, the 150th speaker on the eighth straight hour of public comment, reminds the CMs how the more than 24,000 applicants on the Atlanta Housing Waitlist will find it even harder to get affordable housing if Cop City is built.

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1 year

Miriam Ahmad, who lives within five miles of the Cop City site, says the police in Atlanta are “preparing for war,” noting that the original plans for the site included Blackhawk helicopters and that APD already trains with GILEE, a group “responsible for war crimes.”

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1 year

We’re live at a press conference for the family of Johnny Holman who was killed by an APD officer last week and Stop Cop City activists Lorraine Fontana and Taylor Jordan who were arrested protesting outside a Home Depot in June. The press conference will get started shortly.

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1 year

Samantha, says, "We've heard...nine hours of public comment. We've heard four minutes of support for Cop City." The crowd applauds.

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1 year

Chebon Kernell begins by speaking in the native language of the land upon with Atlanta sits, the language of the Muskogee People. Kernell says “let me be the first one to welcome you (Council) onto Muskogee land.”

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1 year

The next speaker uses their yielded time to hold a moment of silence for the lives who were murdered by the police, and cannot speak for themselves.”

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1 year

Sign-up for public comment has started. The meeting for funding vote on Cop City will begin as usual at 1pm.

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1 year

Kamau Franklin of Community Movement Builders starts off by recapping the arrest of the three organizers by GBI and APD. He says the charges are false charges intended to chill the Movement.

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1 year

Chase Oliver, member of the Libertarian Party, is here to show that Cop City is not a left vs. right issue, it's an issue of right vs. wrong. He says Council is betraying the trust of Atlantans by funding Cop City. He calls for ending qualified immunity and the war on drugs.

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The appeal hearing for Cop City RICO Defendant Ayla King is commencing. Chadha Jimenez, King’s attorney, filed a motion to dismiss King’s case, arguing that the state failed to satisfy speedy trial requirements in Georgia.

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1 year

Activists are now marching to the jail to hold a noise demonstration. They chant “stop cop city” accompanied by drums as they depart the press conference area.

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1 year

Woodall calls the raid against the Atlanta Solidarity Fund “morally reprehensible” and points out the that the SWAT officers, AR-15s and bomb dogs brought out by APD has a calling effect on free speech.

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1 year

“These are arrests meant to criminalize the movement, chill dissent, and discourage activism against Cop City,” says Franklin.

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1 year

"The use of the word 'Atlanta' in the APF's name is a sever misnomer. 45% of their members live in Buckhead. Only 4 of them live in majority-Black census tracks. These people do not represent Atlanta. They're not even from here. They're about as Atlantan as the Braves," he says.

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1 year

Joseph: all we have at the moment are affidavits written by police officers. I don’t see a crime here, I don’t even see any smoking guns. This crime is unprecedented because what is being described is an IRS investigation, not a criminal investigation.

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1 year

“This is a warning… you are making peaceful revolution impossible,” Oliver says to Council, “y’all are initiating force against us.”

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1 year

Samuel notes that Adele MacLean has been denied her leg braces and placed in solitary confinement because of her disability.

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1 year

Rep. Rowan Romman is the first speaker. As an elected official, Romman has up to ten minutes to speak. “At every opportunity, the community has been ignored,” Romman says.

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Jennifer, resident of district 7, says, "If you choose to vote against you constituents, and the people who your actions impact most, I ask you to be honest about why. Because it's not to create safer communities, to prevent crime, or to better serve the people who live here."

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1 year

Oliver says it is slander to say that the Stop Cop City movement is all out-of-towners and that the true out of towers are the corporate donors that back the construction of Cop City and the Atlanta Police Foundation.

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1 year

Here is the livestream link, which will begin at 1:

Watch Channel 26 LIVE | Atlanta, GA

City of Atlanta, Channel 26, ATL26

www.atlantaga.gov

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1 month

All six students have waived their rights under the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) so that media can cover this story. The names of the UGA six are: - Zeena Mohamed - Isabelle Philip - Ezra Lewis - Jack Hunter - Austin Kral - Lauren Heinze

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1 year

"I don't see the police raiding the office of Norfolk Southern -- a pathetic excuse for a railroad company that raided an entire town with chemicals -- but I do see police raiding the home of the Atl Sol Fund," says the next speaker.

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1 year

Shaheen, a long time stop cop city organizer, speaks next. She points out that the movement has done “all the right things” to protest this facility and nevertheless the state continues to engage in repression against the movement.

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1 year

Shannon Cofrin Gaggero is the next speaker. Gaggero is calling out Mayor Andre Dickens for exploiting the name of Amy St. Pierre, who was killed in the Midtown shooting several weeks ago. St. Pierre and Gaggero were friends, and she says St. Pierre was an opponent of Cop City.

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1 year

As CM Bond re-explains his commitment to funding Cop City, the crowd sings the 'Jeopardy!' theme song.

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1 year

DeShaun Harrison ( @DaShaunLH ) is a longtime Atlanta activist. Harrison says they are here to tell council, "We see you, and I see you." Harrison calls out council for playing on their phones and ignoring public commenters.

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1 year

“I have at least a hundred questions, and no answers,” Rogers says, highlighting how opaque the entire process of Cop City has been

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1 year

Panavka points out that people are being told they cannot bring food into the building “but police are sitting out there eating donuts.”

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1 year

“Every effort they make to squash our movement just makes us stronger…we will do whatever it takes to stop cop city,” Shaheen ends.

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1 year

Romman says she was asked to attend a vigil in memory of Tortuguita by a constituent who felt their safety was in jeopardy at such an event without the presence of an elected official.

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1 year

Judge Altman notes that there is not impressive evidence against the defendants, notes that there is nothing illegal about - for example - a mesh network or camping supplies.

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1 year

“If you vote yes, you are saying you are endorsing the violence the police foundation have used against protesters,” says Panavka. ‘You do not stand with the people of Atlanta, you do not stand with the people of DeKalb County…. If you vote yes.”

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1 year

“This project… has become a test to determine whether or not we can hold those in power accountable,” Romman says.

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1 year

"Shouldn't Tort's death have been enough for you to look into your conscience and vote against Cop City, or are most of you in such a codependent relationship with Brian Kemp, the cops, and corporations, that you are just too afraid to speak tort's name?" he asks.

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Each student redirected attention to Israel’s on-going genocide against Palestinians. They detailed the repression they have faced, and reminded the judiciary that what they have experienced is nothing in comparison to Palestinians in Gaza.

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3 months

Atlanta City Council meeting June 3, 2024, live tweet thread.

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1 year

“A vote today for this paper, is a public endorsement for war,” says Woodall.

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1 year

The next speaker describes her experience with the Atlanta jail after having been arrested for turning right on red at 3am, telling of her experience of abuse, sexual assault, and PTSD during her time in the jail. Her testimony received a standing ovation twice.

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"Nobody will remember the shooting ranges, but they sure as hell will remember the forest that got erased," said the next speaker, a pre-law student in Atlanta. "I'm sure some of you will be old, but I want a planet to live on in the next 30 years."

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1 year

Gary Spencer, senior council for the NAACP-Legal Defense Fund, is our next speaker with six minutes to speak. Spencer is calling out militarization of police, citing a 2018 report that shows it has deadly outcomes to those being policed and does not increase community safety.

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“SB 63 criminalizes bail funds, faith group bailouts, and even bailbondsmen in this state. This is a very harmful bill that will not make us safe, and instead lead to dangerous outcomes for all Georgians,” said James Woodall, Public Policy Associate at @southerncenter .

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1 year

Von Hanna, a mother and member of the Weelaunee Coalition says she is here to contradict the outside agitators narrative, she questions if Council is embarrassed to see the Mayor use against forest defenders the same trope that was used against MLK Jr.

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1 year

"When you are siding with Cop City, you are siding with fascism," Duncan says. "This project is based on genocide and fraud, the genocide being the murder of Tortuguita. . . The fraud being the fact that Atlanta officials have lied for nearly two years about the cost."

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9 months

A large number of children holding anti-Cop City signs and wearing costumes are gathering in front of the dais.

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1 year

“The city council has been entrusted with power bestowed upon it by the people. Align yourselves with what is just and what is fair,” Rogers says.

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1 year

Question: looking at the warrant, it says misuse of funds…how do you respond to that? Joseph: the state alleges that the solidarity fund used money marked for charitable donations and used them inappropriately. What it sounds like to me is these are overhead costs.

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@atlanta_press Judge Adams asked Francis Carroll “you look like you’ve seen a ghost are you ok?” Carroll was only recently released from DeKalb County jail after months of being held on a parole violation. Of Cop City defendants, only Victor Puertas has spent more time in jail than Carroll.

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1 year

Jessica Ten is the next speaker. She plays audio recording of radio traffic from the police last week while handling a balloon release for the murder of a 16 year old girl: "The barbecue will last as long as [the shooter] wants it to." At this point, the livestream cut out.

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1 year

“If you approve this project, you pick a side,” Romman tells City Council. “I’m here to ask you, and implore you: please table this project.” Romman says.

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1 year

Samuel notes that none of the defendants have felony convictions, have lived in Atlanta for many years, spend their time feeding homeless and hungry people.

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1 year

Keyanna Jones is the next speaker, who says, “if you don’t feel the spirit of this people, the spirit of the land, then something is wrong with you.”

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1 year

Next up is Dr. Jackie Echols, board president of the South River Watershed Alliance. Dr. Echols is talking about the environmental racism at play in the Cop City project.

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1 year

Scarlet from the working families’ party says she is appalled to have to be here. Scarlet calls for the end of criminalization of 1A rights.

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1 year

He notes that he arrived near 8AM to sign up to speak, but was told that he could not enter the building until 11:15. “That is deeply inaccessible. We can’t even have liquids in here. There are people here who need water – we’re humans. Y’all are drinking water up there.”

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1 year

"When peaceful protesters are facing 20 years of prison for posting fliers, it is upholding white supremacist ideals," says Jennifer Bennett, the 98th speaker of the night during the fifth hour of public comment.

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1 year

This concludes public comment. The total time of comment was seven hours and twenty minutes long.

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Von Hanna says, “where is the parkland we have been promised?” And then asks, “would you like to take your families to the woods on the edge of the largest police training facility?”

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One accusation against Mohamed is that the demonstration took place outside of the University “free speech zones”. Mohamed argues that the University is in violation of Georgia law because the FORUM Act explicitly bars public institutions from establishing free speech zones.

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1 year

Something like 50-60 activists are gathered for the noise demo. They are setting up a free food distribution as well.

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1 year

Tim Franzen at the American Friends Service Committee says he knocked on 2000 voters’ doors in CM Linston’s district with his organization. He found that 100% of voters in that district were against Cop City.

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15 jurors reported that they previously engaged in protest, 31 reported that they have friends or family have or have previously protested.

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1 year

"Viva, Viva, Tortuguita" rings through the chamber as the next speaker goes. Calls to "Stop Cop City" follow.

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1 year

“You don’t wanna spend 14 hours here… and I wanna tell you we wanna be here even less… but we’ll be here until we stop Cop City,” says Herskind.

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1 year

"What could be more First Amendment activity than building yard signs? Providing a person a place to live when they get out of jail?" - Donald Samuel, attorney for @ATLSolFund arrestees

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1 year

“Today folks, it is not simply about constructing a facility. It is about perpetuating military policing…putting the black and brown people of Atlanta at a heightened risk of police violence.

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Kaylen, a District 2 resident, asks reps to vote no and says, "I feel insane watching the same people who laud Atlanta for being the birthplace of MLK Jr. using the same tactics used to fight the Civil Rights movement decades ago."

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1 year

Alex says to city council, "You know our city is ranked worst for income inequality, and 2nd worst for economic mobility, and you willfully choose to invest in white supremacist, carceral strategies, rather than supporting our resource-starved communities."

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"Not one of these three individuals engaged in any violence behavior. ... The court needs to require that the prosecution require more details about these indidividuals particularly." - Donald Samuel, attorney for @ATLSolFund arrestees

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Court was scheduled to begin at 9:30 a.m., however Judge Kimberly Esmond Adams just swore in the prospective jurors for the case. We are told there are 70 jurors, however all media and the public are in an overflow room and only the judge is visible on the screen.

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Micah Herskind is the next speaker, he begins by listing a litany of reasons to oppose Cop City, but says he will focus on the major developments of the last few weeks. First he mentions the doubling of the cost of the facility from $30 million to $67 million.

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