This morning the Attorney General’s office filed RICO indictments for 60 people alleged to be part of the Stop Cop City Movement. Image
The 42 individuals previously charged with domestic terrorism comprise most of the defendant list in the 60 person RICO indictment.
The date listed on all the indictments is May 25, 2020.

It is unclear why this date is listed, given that it predates any Stop Cop City activity by at least a year.
Recusal letter for Judge Scott McAfee. The recusal letter says McAfee discussed aspects of the investigation while working at the Georgia Office of the Inspector General Recusal letter for Judge Scott McAfee. The recusal letter says McAfee discussed aspects of the investigation while working at the Georgia Office of the Inspector General
The indictment includes the three individuals arrested for passing out flyers earlier this year in Bartow County
The RICO indictment in Fulton County has been updated to include the Solidarity Fund organizers. They have also been charged with 15 counts of money laundering.
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The May 25, 2020 date was the day George Floyd was murdered by Derek Chauvin.

In previous bond hearings for Stop Cop City defendants, prosecutors with the Georgia Attorney General’s Office have tried to link the George Floyd Uprisings to the Stop Cop City movement.
The AJC is reporting that the Stop Cop City RICO indictments came from the same grand jury used for the Trump indictments.
The indictment is now available: fultonclerk.org/DocumentCenter…

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