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The longstanding and at times violent protests against Atlanta's planned police and firefighter training center are partially responsible for a nearly $20 million rise in costs connected to the ...
A plan to build a new training center for police and firefighters in Atlanta has put city officials on a collision course with activists opposed to its construction. How the fight over ‘Cop City ...
[3] [4] The land is owned by the City of Atlanta. [4] Once complete, the center is planned to be used as a training campus for police and fire services and is expected to open at the end of 2023. [5] Planned facilities include classrooms, a burn building, a mock city (including apartments, a bar/nightclub, and a school), and a shooting range.
Nearly three dozen people have been arrested after a violent protest erupted at the site of a future police training facility in Atlanta. Authorities said 35 people dressed in black clothing were ...
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.
Police used tear gas and flash-bang grenades Monday to halt a march against building an Atlanta-area police and firefighter training center that opponents call “Cop City.” More than 400 people ...
A memorial in the Atlanta forest commemorating Tortuguita. On the morning of January 18, 2023, Paez Terán was inside a tent at the Stop Cop City encampment. [6] At around 9:00 a.m. that morning, Georgia State Patrol troopers commenced a raid, also known as a Clearing Operation, on the encampment with the intent of removing and clearing illegal encampments.
The fight over a proposed police training facility in Atlanta has escalated in recent months, with a series of confrontations — including one that resulted in the police killing of an anti ...