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OUR FIGHTS AGAINST WHITE SUPREMACY, POLICE VIOLENCE AND THE CLIMATE CRISIS
ARE INTERCONNECTED.

In the wake of the George Floyd uprising of 2020, the Atlanta Police
Foundation proposed a $90 million police training compound that would be
used to train police from across the country, and around the world, in
militarized tactics. The project would destroy hundreds of acres of the
Weelaunee Forest, one of the largest urban forests in the country. The
forest is a key resource to mitigate climate driven extreme heat and
flooding in the surrounding majority Black communities.

A vast network of organizations and people have been resisting the project
for over two years. The #StopCopCity movement has utilized a wide range of
strategies, from community organizing, to direct action [4], call-in and
email campaigns [5], and legal interventions which have successfully
delayed construction of the project.

ON JANUARY 18, 2023, A COMMUNITY MEMBER AND STOP COP CITY ORGANIZER NAMED
TORTUGUITA [6], WAS SHOT AND KILLED BY POLICE WHILE DEFENDING THE FOREST.
Climate Justice Alliance endorsed the statement of solidarity with the
movement to Stop Cop City and Defend the Weelaunee Forest [7], and joined
over 1300 groups in calling for an independent investigation of
Tortuguita’s death.

The land slated for development into Cop City has long been the site of
racialized violence: the land was violently stolen from the Muscogee
(Creek) nation, later became the site of a 19th century slave plantation,
and was a forced labor camp (the Old Atlanta Prison Farm [8]) as late as
the 1990s.

Despite this growing opposition to the project, on February 1, 2023, the
City of Atlanta approved the final permits for Cop City. While there will
be efforts to appeal the decision, there is an urgent need to respond now.
A week of solidarity actions [9] is currently underway (February 19-26), a
mass mobilization in Atlanta [10] has been called for March 4-11 [10], and
a National Day of Action [11] has been scheduled for March 9 [11]. THIS IS
A CRITICAL MOMENT IN THE CAMPAIGN TO DEFEND THE WEELAUNEE FOREST AND STOP
COP CITY, AND A CRITICAL MOMENT IN THE ABOLITION AND CLIMATE JUSTICE
MOVEMENTS.

Learn more about #StopCopCity [12]

 

[Stop Cop City Target Map] [13]

Stop Cop City Target Map

Stop Cop City Solidarity has created an interactive target map [13], that
shows the corporations and institutions that are responsible for the Cop
City project. Find a target in your community and take action to
#StopCopCity. Every action has an impact.

Take Action [13]

 

[Unicron Riot - Defending the Atlanta Forest] [14]

Behind the Movement to Stop Cop City

 

Hear from the people on the ground in Atlanta, Georgia in this October 2022
Unicorn Riot documentary [14] about their efforts to protect the Weelaunee
forest and the people from the Atlanta Police Foundation’s Public Safety
Training Center (aka “Cop City”).

The Daily Show [15] and AJ+ [15] also aired segments about Cop City. Click
here to watch the videos [15].

 

Watch the documentary [14]

 

TAKE ACTION LOCALLY AND CONVERGE ON ATLANTA FROM MARCH 4-11

[Mass Mobilization to Atlanta - Stop Cop City] [10]

Mass Mobilization
March 4-11, 2023

In response to the murder of Tortuguita, and the approval of Cop City’s
final permit, frontline organizers are calling for a large scale
mobilization in Atlanta from March 4-11.

Everyone is needed in Atlanta to stop Cop City, defend the Weelaunee
Forest, and honor the life of Tortuguita. More details will be coming soon,
but please make your plans now, and share this invitation with your
networks, organization, friends, and family.

Converge on Atlanta [10]

[Stop Cop City Day of Action] [11]

National Day of Action
March 9, 2023

Calling all organizations, organizers, students and community members to
join the call for a National Day of Action on March 9th to demand justice
for the police murder of Tyrie Nichols in Memphis, #stopcopcity Forest
Defender Tortuguita, and all others lost and impacted by police violence
and terror.

Cities with planned actions: Atlanta, Dallas, Detroit, San Diego, Jackson,
MS, Philadelphia, Baltimore, D.C., Greenville, NC, LA.

Endorse the Day of Action [11]

 

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Forest Defense Fund

The Forest Defense Fund [16] supports the work of the broad coalition
dedicated to saving the Atlanta Forest.

Donate to the Forest Justice Defense Fund [16]

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Atlanta Solidarity Fund

The Atlanta Solidarity Fund [17] is providing critical legal and bail
support for people arrested at protests in Atlanta.

Donate to the Atlanta Solidarity Fund [17]

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Justice for Tortuguita

Support the family of Manuel “Tortuguita” Páez Terán [19], who was
murdered by the police while defending the Weelaune Forest.

Donate to Tortuguita's Family [18]

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