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prole-log · 7 months
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nunjournal · 1 year
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per Atlanta Community Press Collective, Tortuguita was killed by police while seated and with their hands up. I know there have been some posts circulating about this already, but please keep it going. Atlanta Police Foundation’s narrative has and probably will continue to dominate the narrative because mainstream news orgs have just been parroting police press releases (as they do).
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yesiwillyes · 2 months
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so fucked and scary..obvs this is a shitty news source but i encourage people to look around on their own. atlanta community press collective is a great source of info... but literally they're doing multi-agency raids on people's homes. busting down their doors at 6am and stealing their phones and laptops and journals, whatever. promising more arrests to come. and andre dickens has the nerve to say that "arson" is not the way to have your voice heard, you need to take legal routes etc etc when literally he and his people did everything in their power to suppress the petition for the referendum that more than a quarter of atlantans signed. like really, there are "legal" routes? it's so heartbreaking and scary to think of anyone having to sit in jail rn let alone someone dragged from their home this morning. donate to the atlanta solidarity fund if you can. and let's all take a moment to imagine anyone we might know who's in jail rn happy and free and with their friends again
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radicalgraff · 1 year
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"Avenge Tort"
Graffiti on the police headquarters in Providence, Rhode Island in response to the murder of Manuel Teran aka Tort, an Atlanta Forest defender who was shot and killed by cops on Wednesday.
The Atlanta city council plans to clear the forest to build a massive police training facility dubbed "Cop City".
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nando161mando · 6 months
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March Against Cop Campus!
From Atlanta to the Bay
Stop Police Militarization in our Communities
Sat Sep 30 @ 3pm
Kennedy Plaza in San Pablo, California (23rd St & Brookside Dr)
The City of San Pablo plans to build a $43 million police training center and shooting range for cops around the Bay Area. The people of San Pablo and the Bay Area oppose this expansion of police power because of cops long history of harassing, abusing, incarcerating, and killing Black and Brown people.
Show up and march with us against the construction. We need healthy communities not police! Together we can stop Cop Campus!
@antifainternational @anarchistmemecollective @kropotkindersurprise @radicalgraff
#StopCopCity #StopCopCampus #BlockCopCity #DefendTheForest #DefendTheBay
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melchiorgabor · 1 year
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STOP COP CITY & DEFEND THE ATLANTA FOREST
on january 18, georgia state troops murdered Tortugita (aka Tort, they/it) during a raid of the weelaunee forest in the city of atlanta.
“cop city” is a proposed police training facility planned for construction in southwest atlanta. the designated land belongs to the Muskogee Nation, whose people were forcibly removed by the state in the 1800s.
today, atlanta is the greenest city in the us. we are known for our tree coverage. cop city will destroy a significant portion of our forest, which is essential for climate change mitigation. despite being opposed by 70% of atlanta citizens, the state and local government is not interested in listening to us. cop city will consume 85 acres of land, some of it the site of the old atlanta prison farm.
since 2021, a number of people have been protecting the forest by living in the trees. Tort was one of those people, and last week they were murdered by police while trying to prevent the construction of a facility meant to train more cops to murder more people.
the tree sitters are peaceful. stop cop city/defend the atlanta forest are peaceful protests. there have been rallies and events across the country this week in support of atlanta forest defenders.
please know that the mainstream coverage of Tort’s death and the ensuing protests is not accurate. GSP will not release body cam footage from the raid that killed Tort. they will not release ballistics. all they want is to demonize the brave people in this movement. don’t let them control this narrative.
if you’re able, please consider donating to the atlanta solidarity fund & help other protesters who have been arrested over the course of this week. you can also donate to a gofundme in support of Tort’s loved ones.
the community has been devastated. please spread the word, oppose cop city, and remember Tortugita.
#StopCopCity #JusticeForTort
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bash-the-fash · 6 months
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🏴 City Council passed a resolution ordering the Fulton County clerk to redact addresses. The Clerk and Mayor ignored them. They posted addresses on their website, effectively intimidating the public. 🏴
#stopcopcity #bashthefash #antifascist #acab #fuckthepolice #defendtheforest #atlanta #georgia
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nextworlddistro · 1 year
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Just in time for the Stop Cop City Week of Solidarity, our humble debut: The Little Green Songbook. Six songs for forests and their defenders. Available for your printer or ebook reader at NEXTWORLD.LOVE/SONGBOOK
Each song is paired with sheet music plus a link to an example of the melody. On our site you can find PDFs of the entire songbook or handout sheets of individual songs, good for crowds.
The Week of Solidarity to Stop Cop City begins today, February 19th. The mass convergence in Atlanta begins Saturday, March 4th. Cop City will never be built; our defenders will not fail.
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Police killed an Atlanta forest defender today, someone who loved the forest, someone who fought to protect the earth & its inhabitants.
For the last couple years protesters have occupied Atlanta forest to prevent it being cut down to make way for a massive police training facility dubbed "Cop City".
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prole-log · 1 year
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"Not One Inch" -- new work from NO Bonzo against Cop City in Atlanta. Here is a high res pdf.
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icarusxxrising · 7 months
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Important, PLEASE Read and Share.
TW // Violence and Police Brutality.
Protesters in Atlanta Georgia are being threatened on bogus charges by the state.
For the past 2+ years, protesters in Atlanta Georgia have been protesting and camping out in the Weelaunee Forest, Atlanta's largest remaining green space. With so little of these vast spaces left, and more being taken, it is so important to save what we can.
The Atlanta Police Foundation chose the Weelaunee Forest to establish a massive training complex which would include fake city like buildings for Police training, which is why the project has been dubbed "Cop City". This training facility would no doubt be used to increase the militarization of the Police, and add to the harassment and brutalization both black communities and protesters face when trying to live and exercise their rights.
The facility would be built adjacent to a majority Black, working class community that was not only promised the forest for trails and park space, but would surely be subject to even more policing instead of a Third Space* they can use as a community.
The facility would desecrate 87 acres of land, spanning over 381 acres, and costing around $90 million dollars that could have gone back into community projects and care instead of further the subjugation of the working class.
Police have been extremely violent towards the dubbed "Forest Defenders", raiding the forest multiple times to shoot pepper balls at nonviolent protesters and also destroying shelters, water/food storage, and even purposely destroy Jewish religious sites, including a Sukkah that was built for Sukkot and was destroyed by police in a raid 2 months after, along with a large Menorah which "disappeared". The forest camps has become an important religious site for Jewish people in and around Atlanta, as more than 60+ Jewish People have traveled to the forest for Shabbat, with hundreds more joining the live stream for Shabbat.
The forest is not just important for nearby Black and Jewish communities, the Defenders adding shelters, cafeterias, and even a small stage venue in the forest in an effort to Squat the forest has provided local homeless communities with a warm place to eat and shelter. The forest has transformed into a safe space for the community as Defenders educate each other and the Atlanta communities on first aid, cultural differences, leftism and anarchism in practice, and more.
Following violent interactions with Police, protesters have responded by burning down construction equipment (with no construction workers nearby), and throwing rocks at Cops who attempted to get close to harass the protesters. When it comes to the safety of our planet and communities, property is replaceable.
However, a life is not. On January 18th, 2023, a nonbinary anarchist eco activist, who was knowledgeable as a street medic and worked tirelessly as a forest defender, was shot and killed by Georgia State Troopers during another raid on the forest. Their name was Manuel “Tortuguita” Terán.
Police claimed Tortuguita shot first and injured a trooper, which the media picked up and began to circulate. However, multiple autopsies have confirmed not only did Tortuguita have no gunpowder residue on their hands, but Tortuguita was shot while on their knees, hands in the hair, surrendering to Police. Autopsies also concluded Tortuguita was hit with at least 57 gunshot wounds across their entire body, showing Tortuguita was executed by a police fire squad.
Police body camera footage also showed a Cop admitting that the Troopers had "fucked up their own guy", which authorities of course dismissed and refuse to participate in proving their innocence that they're so sure of.
In response to this, protesters took to the streets and burned a cop car, leading to police arresting 40+ activists. Police also arrested, threatened, and intimidated anyone who was peacefully discussing and sharing information about Tortuguita's murder on the streets of Atlanta, attempting to silence anyone who was even peacefully raising awareness.
Atlanta Police also conducted a random raid of a legally operating Bail Fund based in Atlanta, The Atlanta Solidarity Funds. The raid came as the Atlanta Solidarity Funds was legally raising money and awareness to help with Bail and Legal Defense, as protesters who were arrested peacefully were being charged with Domestic Terrorism, and now RICO/Racketeering charges. The Atlanta Police claim that the Bail Fund was laundering money, but other Bail Funds are calling this out as an obvious act of intimidation since absolutely no stories or proof has been released in conjuction with these financial charges.
There's a lot more, this has been going on for years, but one thing is certain. If we do not stop this here, they will tear the forests in your cities down and continue to militarize the police, furthering the oppression of the working class and continuing to make Black and marginalized communities lives hell.
Please read up on what has been happening in Atlanta because there's way more than the bits I talked about here. The Forest Defenders have been through so fucking much, and they still have a lengthy battle. But you cannot kill an idea. You can follow the Atlanta Solidarity Fund and the Forest Defenders on Social Media to keep up with them.
PLEASE boycott when possible, or be extremely vocal, towards the companies backing cop city. PLEASE tell them they have Blood on their hands.
Please continue to raise awareness, and follow Cop City closely. Please Read and Share.
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mrsblackruby · 1 year
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https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRsJ5PVt/
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doomhope · 1 year
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police have killed a forest defender in the Weelaunee Forest in Atlanta, GA, and a raid on the forest is ongoing.
please, if you don't know much about the movement against Cop City, start learning about it now and help them however you can. i recommend following @ defendATLforest and @ atlanta_press on twitter for updates.
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my-chemical-ratz · 1 year
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btw heres a zine i made to hand out in my town (i need to print more but im lazy lmao maybe i will once im on break)
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radicalgraff · 1 year
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"Stop Cop City / RIP Tort! Defend ATL Forest"
Mural in Athens, Georgia in memory of Manuel Teran aka Tortuguita, a 26-year-old Atlanta Forest defender who was shot and killed by cops on Wednesday.
The Atlanta city council plans to clear the forest to build a massive police training facility dubbed "Cop City".
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thatsleepymermaid · 5 months
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I regret to inform everyone that it seems like cop city is currently being built over the remains of Weelaunee. Now, this article was written by the AJC which is funded by the Atlanta Police Foundation so it could very well be propaganda to discourage the stop cop city movement from progressing.
We should remember that cop city will be used to train cops all over the world. From Australia to Israel. And, word on the street says that they'll use the cops train here to union bust as well and surpreses protests of all types.
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