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Uncle Joe

(65,525 posts)
Fri Mar 24, 2023, 12:31 PM Mar 2023

Cop City: Judge Denies Bond to People Rounded Up in Mass Arrest for Opposing Police Training Camp



In Atlanta, a judge has denied bond for most of the people indiscriminately arrested at a music festival against the proposed "Cop City" police training facility in the Weelaunee Forest. Jailed since March 5, they are charged with domestic terrorism based on scant evidence like muddy clothes or simply being in the area at the time of the festival. We're joined by Micah Herskind, an Atlanta community organizer, who calls the charges "political prosecutions" and a blatant "attempt to repress this social movement that is trying to stop Cop City."
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Cop City: Judge Denies Bond to People Rounded Up in Mass Arrest for Opposing Police Training Camp (Original Post) Uncle Joe Mar 2023 OP
I'm sure MTG et al will be visiting them soon Walleye Mar 2023 #1
Haaaa!!!!! Traildogbob Mar 2023 #2
Without organized Democrats backing grassroots causes like this are doomed. Magoo48 Mar 2023 #3

Walleye

(45,436 posts)
1. I'm sure MTG et al will be visiting them soon
Fri Mar 24, 2023, 12:38 PM
Mar 2023
After all it’s actually in her state this time

Traildogbob

(13,161 posts)
2. Haaaa!!!!!
Fri Mar 24, 2023, 01:28 PM
Mar 2023

Exactly what I thought the instant I read the title. How about one GD reporter ask her and “GOMER” that question. Answer….because they will never come on Nichole’s, Lawrence’s and now Psaki’s show. And the likelihood and Fox clown would ask, about as likely as trump shutting his facial anus, get out of our lives and spend quality father son time with Barron.
And yea, I did not consider it is her damn state. How many blacks are in Georgia prisons has she EVER spoke to about conditions?

Magoo48

(6,739 posts)
3. Without organized Democrats backing grassroots causes like this are doomed.
Fri Mar 24, 2023, 02:50 PM
Mar 2023

Our politicians should bringing massive pressure to bare. From oil and pipelines to local issues like this, we need protection from above. The Dem mayor is useless. We are not getting grassroots support; whether because we are too afraid of our own police wont respect first amendment rights, or, as I’m prone to believe, we’re unwillingness to be inconvenienced until we are personally impacted. Then, of course, it’s often too late.

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