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Stop Cop City (SCC), also known as Block Cop City and Defend the Atlanta Forest (DTF), is a decentralized movement in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, whose goal is to stop construction of the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center by the Atlanta Police Foundation and the City of Atlanta.
This resulted in the development of Stop Cop City, a multi-faceted movement opposing the construction of the training center. In January 2023, Manuel Esteban Paez Terán, a member of the Stop Cop City movement, was fatally shot by Atlanta police. Following the shooting, law enforcement accused Terán of firing at officers; however, this is ...
The American Civil Liberties Union praised the legislation for taking "significant steps to protect people and ensure accountability against police violence" but expressed opposition to providing "hundreds of millions more to law enforcement" and called for more sweeping changes to "the role of police in our society fundamentally." [42]
The Washington Post and Bowling Green University published a vividly thorough informative study about police officers who have killed people in the United States since 2005.The study found that ...
But rather than increasing personal liberty or reducing police violence, police tech is — perhaps predictably — granting more power and authority to law enforcement agencies.” — Jacob ...
In a 2003 document titled Principles of Good Policing: Avoiding Violence Between Police and Citizens, the DOJ Community Relations Service outlines a two-level strategy for reducing potential for violence by police: To reduce the potential for violence, police executives must inculcate the values articulated by policy and procedure into two ...
According to the 2020 Police Violence Report, 1,126 people were killed by police, of which in 16 cases police officers were charged with a crime. 620 of the deaths began with police officers responding to reports of non-violent offenses or no crime. 81 people killed by the police were unarmed.
Why'd You Stop Me? focuses on training programs to dispel misconceptions about police as well as train officers to better understand community issues. [2] WYSM employs police officers and community members who have personal experiences with police officers or crime, including former gang members turned community advocates.