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@defendATLforest
Jan 22, 2023 • 14 tweets • 5 min read • Read on X
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If Cop City is built, the forest will die. And police from all over the world will come here to train to murder protests.

But the movement to stop Cop City has become an international movement.

(Thread on global protests for the forest, and for Tortuguita.)
UPCOMING VIGIL: Los Angeles, CA

Sunday, January 22, 7 p.m., LA City Hall
UPCOMING VIGIL: Cleveland, OH
UPCOMING VIGIL: Las Vegas, Nevada
UPCOMING PROTEST: Emory U, in Atlanta
UPCOMING VIGIL: Akron, OH
UPCOMING VIGIL: London, UK
In Boise, Idaho, candles still burning after 24 hours
Copenhagen
Mass
Miami
More to come from NYC, Lansing, Portland, Philly, Chicago, Berlin, Paris, and elsewhere.

You can use the bottom of this poster to announce your own protest in your hometown, or just make anew - send it to us and we'll boost your event

#StopCopCity #JusticeForTort
UPCOMING PROTEST: New Orleans, Wed Jan 25, 6pm Armstrong Park

#JusticeForTort #StopCopCity
UPCOMING PROTEST: Washington DC, Tues Jan 24, 7pm, Malcolm X Park

#JusticeForTort #StopCopCity

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TRUE: Tort was killed in a public park adjacent to the site, in broad daylight, during legal park hours.
FALSE: "Outraged by Tortuguita’s death, organizers supercharged efforts to put the project up for a voter referendum in the fall."

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BREAKING: Community member locked themselves to construction equipment at a Brasfield & Gorrie construction site in downtown Atlanta this morning. Construction was disrupted,and a support rally gathered on the street. Peachtree St was closed at rush hour by police. Read more 🧵
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Atlanta residents continue to resist the "cop city" project, 100 million dollar militarized police training facility that has already cleared acres of trees in one of the last remaining urban forests in the country.
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