Stop Cop City

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Stop Cop City (SCC), also known as Defend the Atlanta Forest (DTF), was a decentralized movement focused on Atlanta, Georgia, in opposition to the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center or "Cop City". The facility was announced in 2021 as a partnership between the Atlanta Police Foundation and the City of Atlanta, and completed in April 2025. The Stop Cop City movement has received international attention, especially after Tortuguita, a protestor occupying the disputed site, was killed by police during a raid in January 2023 after firing 4 shots and striking a police member. Opponents of the facility are concerned about destruction of the South River Forest and associated environmental justice impacts exacerbating economic disparities and ecological response to climate change in a poor, majority-Black neighborhood. Opponents also argue that the center will increase militarization of policing in the city—which had witnessed several protests against police violence following the 2020 murder...

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