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'''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. 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. | '''Stop Cop City''' ('''SCC''') or '''Defend Atlanta Forest''' is a decentralized social movement in the [[United States of America|US]] city of Atlanta, [[State of Georgia|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 [[Police|policing]] in the city, which has witnessed [[George Floyd protests|several protests against police violence]] following the 2020 murder of George Floyd and killing of Rayshard Brooks, both by police officers. 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. | ||
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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. 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.