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Jun 7 • 7 tweets • 4 min read Twitter logo Read on Twitter
Atlanta’s main newspaper (owned by Atlanta Police Foundation sponsor Cox Enterprises) finally confirms what’s been public knowledge since January: the DHS ‘violent extremist’ label Georgia Bureau of Investigation says is applied to “Defend the Atlanta Forest” doesn’t even exist.
We noted the falsehood of this claim by Georgia police in our February report about their controversial use of ‘domestic terrorism’ charges against tree-sitters and other #StopCopCity protesters:

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While Cox’s Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports this as breaking news today, it’s been over 4 months since DHS told @TimothyJPratt, @attackerman & the Washington Post it “does not classify or designate any groups as domestic violent extremists”:

DHS’ repeated clarifications contradict dozens of sworn affidavits filed by GBI Special Agent Gerald Ryan Long, which continued to falsely invoke a ‘violent extremist group’ DHS label for the #StopCopCity movement *months* after DHS told the media this label *does not exist.* Georgia Bureau of Investiga...
The already demonstrably false claim of a DHS ‘violent extremist’ label was cited again in GBI filings made under oath to secure warrants for last week’s widely condemned SWAT raid & arrests of @ATLSolFund nonprofit workers providing legal aid to protesters. Image
The warrants green-lighting the unprecedented raid and arrest of bail fund organizers based on this false information were signed by DeKalb County Superior Court Judge Shondeana C. Morris, who was appointed by Governor Brian Kemp in 2019: unicornriot.ninja/2023/three-atl…
GBI offered up a pretzel of twisted logic to @ajc when asked about DHS saying the DHS designation GBI refers to in ~52 sworn warrants doesn't exist.

According to GBI, the label DHS says isn't real, actually IS real bc it matches GBI's interpretation of general terms used by DHS. From The Atlanta Journal-Co...

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Following hundreds of speakers who voiced their opposition to funding ‘Cop City’ over a 14-hour public comment period, Atlanta City Council approved $67 million in funding for the controversial project early Tuesday morning.

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Starting Monday morning, crowds amassed at City Hall to speak against Atlanta Police Foundation’s Public Safety Training Center and urge council members to vote against funding the project. Atlantans chanted phrases like “if you build it, we will burn it” and “stop cop city."
Georgia authorities have gone to unprecedented lengths to repress opposition to the project — they’ve charged dozens of protesters under a rarely used domestic terrorism statute and recently arrested three organizers of a bail fund that provides legal aid to activists.
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Jun 5
Today on June 5, #Atlanta City Council will vote on whether to authorize $33.5 million taxpayer dollars for the Atlanta Police Foundation to fund the construction of the Public Safety Training Center, aka ‘Cop City.’

You can tune into the council here: atlantaga.gov/government/cha…
On May 15, hundreds of Atlantans unanimously spoke out against the proposed authorization.

Learn more about the over seven hours of public comment in opposition to 'Cop City' on May 15 here: unicornriot.ninja/2023/we-do-not…
However according to research done by @atlanta_press, the amount of public funds allocated to 'Cop City' construction may actually be over $51 million. atlpresscollective.com/2023/05/24/bac…
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Jun 3
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Jun 3
Two years ago today, a federal task force cornered & killed #WinstonSmith in Uptown Minneapolis.

Father of three, Winston Smith, 32, was sitting in a car with a friend after a lunch date around 2pm on June 3, 2021 when deputized sheriffs fatally shot him.

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The violent 2021 killing of Winston Smith in Minneapolis led to a fallout within the federalized task force that killed him, legacy media falsely reporting that Smith was a "murder suspect" & weeks of sustained protests with calls for accountability. 2/ unicornriot.ninja/2021/federal-t…
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Jun 2
Three Atlanta Solidarity Fund organizers arrested Wednesday were awarded bond in DeKalb County Magistrate Court Friday afternoon.

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The organizers were arrested in Atlanta on May 31 after the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and Atlanta Police Department executed a search warrant at their home.
The warrants accuse the three operators of the Atlanta Solidarity Fund, which organizes support for those arrested while protesting in and around Atlanta, of charities fraud and money laundering.
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Jun 2
On Weds morning three organizers of an Atlanta bail fund providing legal support to #StopCopCity protesters were raided and arrested.

They’re charged with money laundering and charity fraud, with routine expense reimbursements cited as evidence.

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Their first court appearance, a bond hearing, is getting underway now and can be watched here: youtube.com/live/PBpuaGb1Q…
The Atlanta Community Press Collective is live-tweeting:
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