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Mar 3 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
'Tortuguita Vive': A No-Compromise Movement Responds to Police Killing a Forest Defender in #Atlanta:

From its beginning, the #StopCopCity movement has been one of no compromise, with protesters vowing that "Cop City will never be built."
The state seems to be responding in kind, pushing forwards with the broadly unpopular plan to build the USA's largest police training facility, resorting to tactics up to and including lethal force against those opposed to the project: unicornriot.ninja/2023/tortuguit…
Community organizations involved in the ongoing campaign to defend the 'Atlanta Forest' & #StopCopCity say state prosecutors are planning on releasing indictments in the coming weeks charging them as a “criminal organization” under RICO statutes. unicornriot.ninja/2023/atlanta-a…
See Unicorn Riot Coverage of the Movement to Protect the Atlanta Forest here:
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