Anti-Cop Group Members Indicted for Racketeering
September 6, 2023 | Georgia
Republican Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr announced on Tuesday that Fulton County had indicted 61 individuals tied to the “Stop Cop City” movement on racketeering and domestic terrorism charges, according to a press release.
“Stop Cop City” is a Georgia-based movement that has allegedly vandalized public property and used violent demonstrations to protest police and government actions since George Floyd’s death in 2020, according to the indictment. The indictment lists 255 incidents, beginning in May 2020 and continuing through August 2023, accusing the indicted individuals from the group “Defend the Atlanta Forest” of participating in violent protests to protest the building of the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center, referred to by some as “Cop City,” in downtown Atlanta.
The attorney general accused protesters of, among other criminal acts, throwing Molotov cocktails at police officers and setting fire to construction equipment on multiple occasions, the press release reported. (Excerpt from DC Enquirer.)
