The citizens of Atlanta have overwhelmingly opposed Cop City and the local government does nothing to stop it. People have tried protesting peacefully, there was hours of discourse at the last city meeting about this and still lawmakers refuse to listen to the people. The project is damaging to the local ecosystem and is predicted to make the already bad flooding in the area worse, it takes away important green space from the local community and will directly impact local wildlife, air, and water quality. The communities of Atlanta need to be invested in, not ignored and its terrifying and incendiary that those who speak up about this are punished and silenced with "domestic terrorism."
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@BrainyPorcupineDemocrat2yrs2Y
Seems that a few things can be true at once:
-Protesting expansion of police power without restraints is a valid cause.
-The protestors who were simply using their speech should not be charged with any crimes.
-The protestors who were committing violent acts should be charged with crimes.
-Even those who were committing said violent acts should probably not be charged with anything that carries a potential term of 35 years. It's not as if they murdered anyone, let's be rational.
@BallotBoxStanGreen2yrs2Y
I am very worried about the continued militarization of police. Is a cop city "training center" that teaches police how to be even more brutal really the best way to spend $90 million? Using that money to feed and house people would probably do much more to reduce crime than creating a larger and better rehearsed police force. It's extremely concerning that these protests are being framed as domestic terrorism... I think the fact that they would exercise such extreme measures to keep people from speaking out shows that they know how unpopular and unnecessary the cop cities are.
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