For years now, opponents of the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center have had a simple mantra: “Cop city will never be built.”
Atlanta- “Cop City will never be built!”
Protesters chant and begin to march down the sidewalk on their way to the Atlanta police foundation in protest of “cop city” pic.twitter.com/edV6CYk52I
— Savanah Hernandez (@sav_says_) March 10, 2023
People are entering the City Council chamber, chanting “Cop City will never be built!” pic.twitter.com/i3pq8z7W0c
— Atlanta Community Press Collective (@atlanta_press) June 5, 2023
And you have to give the activists credit for trying. Not only did they camp out in the forest and attempt to tie up the project in the courts, they also resorted to arson on a number of occasions, targeting both police and the construction companies that were working on the project. Here’s a report from…
