Angela Davis talks 'Cop City' and the progress of contemporary activism

Author Angela Davis speaks during the Celebration of the Life of Toni Morrison, Thursday, Nov. 21, 2019, at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York. Morrison, a Nobel laureate, died in August at 88. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Civil rights activist Angela Davis says the struggle for freedom is infinite and complex. But it’s important to imagine a world without repressive forces such as police and prisons.

“What’s so important about the ‘Cop City’ campaign is that it brings together racism, police violence and climate change and of course, without being attentive to environmental issues we cannot hope for any kind of future,” said Davis who has spent more than five decades fighting for civil and human rights.

Davis recently gave the keynote speech at the 20th Annual Walter Rodney Symposium and was awarded a proclamation from the Atlanta City Council.