Stop Cop City

Stop Cop City (SCC) or Defend Atlanta Forest is a decentralized social movement in the US city of Atlanta, Georgia, whose goal is to stop construction of the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center by the Atlanta Police Foundation and the City of Atlanta. Opponents of the facility are concerned about the growth of policing in the city, which has witnessed several protests against police violence following the 2020 murder of George Floyd and killing of Rayshard Brooks, both by police officers.

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The proposed location for the facility is the Old Atlanta Prison Farm, and opponents of the facility particularly object to this location because of its history and because the location conflicts with environmental and environmental justice agendas to preserve the area for urban forest. The planned training center would cover an area of 150 acres and include shooting ranges, space for militarized drills, and a mock city to test urban warfare tactics.^[1]

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↑ Black Alliance for Peace Atlanta (2023-01-25). "The State Repression of U.S. Settler Colonialism in The South: BAP ATLANTA STATEMENT" Black Agenda Report. Archived from the original on 2023-01-28. Retrieved 2023-01-29.

[1] Black Alliance for Peace Atlanta (2023-01-25). "The State Repression of U.S. Settler Colonialism in The South: BAP ATLANTA STATEMENT" Black Agenda Report. Archived from the original on 2023-01-28. Retrieved 2023-01-29.

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