More than 60 protesters of Atlanta’s newly built public safety training center, which they call “Cop City,” are claiming victory two years after being indicted by the Georgia attorney general.
The defendants are awaiting a formal order from Fulton County Superior Court Judge Kevin Farmer after he announced that he plans to dismiss their racketeering charges, but a rowdy group of supporters went ahead and gathered outside the courthouse on Wednesday with food and loudspeakers to celebrate.
“We are finally getting official confirmation of what has been clear for years,” said Atlanta Solidarity Fund spokesperson Marlon Kautz. “Police and prosecutors have been recklessly abusing the legal process to terrorize their political enemies without regard for even basic procedural rules.”
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