Cop City

Police officers arrest a demonstrator during a pro-Palestinian protest against the war in Gaza at Emory University on April 25, 2024, in Atlanta, Georgia.

Cops Deploy Tasers and Tear Gas on Campus Protesters

Disturbing video showed three police officers tasing a protester as they held him down on the ground.

Amanda Yen

People protest at the site of the Atlanta police training center, derisively called "Cop City"

Is California’s ‘Cop Campus’ the Next Cop City Fight?

This small California city is betting big on a massive police training center. Opponents say the money could be better spent.

Kelly Weill

A sign is seen during a protest at the site of a proposed Atlanta police training center, derisively called "cop city."

WILL THE VOTERS DECIDE?

‘Cop City’ Is Poised for Ballot Vote—But Officials Say No

Atlanta activists needed 70,000 signatures to put a controversial police facility up for a vote. They got 116,000. The city still might toss their petition.

Kelly Weill

Protesters march against the construction of Cop City, a police training facility outside Atlanta, Georgia.

Crackdown

Georgia Hits 61 ‘Stop Cop City’ Activists with RICO Charges

The defendants include a legal observer arrested at a protest, activists who distributed fliers, and others who ran a bail fund.

Kelly Weill

MOVING AHEAD

Controversial ‘Cop City’ Project Approved Amid Fierce Debate

Area residents decried the project in more than 14 hours of testimony.

Kelly Weill

CHAOS

Legal Observer Swept Up in Mass ‘Cop City’ Arrests

The National Lawyers Guild said that Thomas Jurgens, an attorney with the SPLC, was monitoring the Atlanta protest for the Guild at the time of his arrest.

Kelly Weill