The police entered the foggy forest not long after sunrise. The group of officers made their way through the thin, bare trees and found two people tucked into a hammock. With guns drawn, they ordered that the couple get out, and placed Sarah Wasilewski, her partner, and their friend who was camping nearby under arrest. And then the officers kept venturing in farther.
It was Jan. 18, 2023, and there’d already been several police raids here in Atlanta’s forest. For the past year, a community of activists called Defend the...
It was Jan. 18, 2023, and there’d already been several police raids here in Atlanta’s forest. For the past year, a community of activists called Defend the...
- 10/16/2023
- by Hilary Beaumont
- Rollingstone.com
A state of emergency has been declared in Georgia due to civil unrest in Atlanta following the police killing of an environmental activist.
Gov. Brian Kemp issued the declaration Thursday, which calls for the arrival of 1,000 members of the Georgia National Guard to “subdue riot and unlawful assembly” through Feb. 9, after activists threw rocks and set off fireworks at the Atlanta Police Foundation this week.
The National Guard’s arrival “may be necessary to avert the threatened danger and to maintain peace and good order in the particular circumstances,” read Kemp’s declaration.
Gov. Brian Kemp issued the declaration Thursday, which calls for the arrival of 1,000 members of the Georgia National Guard to “subdue riot and unlawful assembly” through Feb. 9, after activists threw rocks and set off fireworks at the Atlanta Police Foundation this week.
The National Guard’s arrival “may be necessary to avert the threatened danger and to maintain peace and good order in the particular circumstances,” read Kemp’s declaration.
- 1/26/2023
- by Tomás Mier and Charisma Madarang
- Rollingstone.com
On Wednesday morning, law enforcement officers in Georgia shot and killed a protester in a densely wooded area of Atlanta’s South River Forest, which has been the site of ongoing protests against the development of a 90 million police training center, dubbed “Cop City,” for well over a year.
The protests in Atlanta have been tense for months. They began in November 2021, when activists set up camp in what they refer to as the Weelaunee Forest, where the city council had recently approved the construction of the 85-acre facility. When...
The protests in Atlanta have been tense for months. They began in November 2021, when activists set up camp in what they refer to as the Weelaunee Forest, where the city council had recently approved the construction of the 85-acre facility. When...
- 1/20/2023
- by Jack Crosbie
- Rollingstone.com
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