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Cops Deploy Tasers and Tear Gas on Campus Protesters

GETTING UGLY

Disturbing video showed three police officers tasing a protester as they held him down on the ground.

Amanda Yen | Published Apr 25, 2024

Is California’s ‘Cop Campus’ the Next Cop City Fight?

CO$TLY

This small California city is betting big on a massive police training center. Opponents say the money could be better spent.

Kelly Weill | Published Sep 28, 2023

‘Cop City’ Is Poised for Ballot Vote—But Officials Say No

WILL THE VOTERS DECIDE?

Atlanta activists needed 70,000 signatures to put a controversial police facility up for a vote. They got 116,000. The city still might toss their petition.

Kelly Weill | Published Sep 11, 2023

Georgia Hits 61 ‘Stop Cop City’ Activists with RICO Charges

Crackdown

The defendants include a legal observer arrested at a protest, activists who distributed fliers, and others who ran a bail fund.

Kelly Weill | Published Sep 05, 2023

Controversial ‘Cop City’ Project Approved Amid Fierce Debate

MOVING AHEAD

Area residents decried the project in more than 14 hours of testimony.

Kelly Weill | Published Jun 06, 2023

Legal Observer Swept Up in Mass ‘Cop City’ Arrests

CHAOS

The National Lawyers Guild said that Thomas Jurgens, an attorney with the SPLC, was monitoring the Atlanta protest for the Guild at the time of his arrest.

Kelly Weill | Published Mar 06, 2023