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On March 27, two trans women scaled a 250-foot crane at a Brasfield & Gorrie construction site near Midtown to protest ‘Cop City’. This is the fifth act of public civil disobedience against the contractor in which protestors have intentionally been arrested. This time, however, Atlanta Police charged the two protestors with felony false imprisonment—alleging that the women obstructed the crane operator's ability to exit the crane. At a press conference on March 29, Rev. Darci Jaret from Park Avenue Baptist Church called the felony false imprisonment charges "this carceral system trying to repress the tradition of civil disobedience." Jaret added, "No operators of any machinery were compelled to stay. In fact, the people—who were doing this out of love—encouraged them to exit and showed them that it was not obstructed." One of the protesters, Parker, told ACPC that she is not deterred by the charges. "Cop City will never be built, y'all," she said after her release from jail.
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Protesters who scaled 250-foot crane of 'Cop City' contractor undeterred by felony charges

Tensions run high in this immersive news documentary as filmmaker Lev Omelchenko follows activists to the frontlines of a direct action outside a gated community during a Stop Cop City summit in Arizona. Subscribe to our channel: https://shorturl.at/lCDGT Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/atlanta_press Check our website: https://atlpresscollective.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://instagram.com/atlpresscollective/ Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.io/AJEMobile Credits: Filmed, directed, and edited by: Lev Omelchenko Producer: Sam Barnes Producer: Nolan Huber-Rhoades Producer: Lev Omelchenko Senior Correspondent: Josh Rushing Directors of Photography: Shane Alcock and Jeremy Raff Fact-checking: Matt Scott and Sam Barnes Legal: Samantha Hamilton
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A Day of Inconvenience: Stop Cop City activists lock down in Arizona | ACPC Documentary

Atlanta physicist, artist, and community organizer Michael Czajkowski locked down at a Brasfield & Gorrie site in Midtown Atlanta on the morning of Mar. 7 to demand that the company drop their contract for the construction of 'Cop City'. The protest disrupted all construction at the site, and police blocked off the intersection of Peachtree Street and 17th Street for about two hours. Czajkowski was arrested, charged with two misdemeanors, and released the next day. Producer & Cinematographer: Nolan Huber-Rhoades Editor: Wittika Chaplet
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'Cop City' activist locks down at Brasfield & Gorrie site in Midtown

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On Aug. 29, 2023, a Fulton County grand jury handed down a racketeering-influenced and corrupt organization indictment against 61 individuals alleged to be part of a criminal conspiracy against a police training facility just outside of Atlanta known by most as “Cop City.” The indictment is the latest in a crackdown on a now multi-year protest movement against the controversial Cop City. Since Summer 2021, thousands have participated in marches and demonstrations against the facility. Cop City opponents set record turnout for public comment on three separate occasions. For a year, a group called the “Forest Defenders” occupied the land in and around the proposed training center site, an effort that combined with other forms of protest, delayed the start of construction by over a year. A series of police raids ended the forest occupation. Dozens were arrested and charged under the Georgia domestic terrorism statute and in January 2023, police shot and killed Manuel Paez Terán, a forest defender known as “Tortuguita.” In the media, political leaders have called opponents of the facility violent, outside agitators and terrorists. The 109-page indictment paints a confusing picture of these 61 individuals, intermingling acts of community care and mutual aid with mayhem and violence. In our exclusive series, the Atlanta Community Press Collective speaks with these people, trying to find out who they are in their own words. In Episode One, we traveled to New York to meet Priscilla Grim, a mother from Brooklyn, who came to Atlanta in March to blog about the movement against Cop City. Hit the subscribe button and make sure notifications are on to catch our second episode, where we travel to North Carolina to speak to Jamie Marsicano, to learn who she is, in her own words. For more about Priscilla or to financially support her, see her featured links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/priscillagrim Fundraisers: http://bit.ly/AllThingsGrim Weelaunee arrestees: https://linktr.ee/weelauneearresteefundraisers
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The ATL 61: Priscilla Grim [Episode 1]

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On Aug. 29, 2023, a Fulton County grand jury handed down a racketeering-influenced and corrupt organization (RICO) indictment against 61 individuals alleged to be part of a criminal conspiracy against a police training facility just outside of Atlanta known by most as “Cop City.” The indictment is the latest in a crackdown on a now multi-year protest movement against the controversial Cop City. Since summer 2021, thousands have participated in marches and demonstrations against the facility. Cop City opponents set record turnout for public comment on three separate occasions. For a year, a group called the “Forest Defenders” occupied the land in and around the proposed training center site, an effort that combined with other forms of protest, delayed the start of construction by over a year. A series of police raids ended the forest occupation. Dozens were arrested and charged under the Georgia domestic terrorism statute and in January 2023, police shot and killed Manuel Paez Terán, a forest defender known as “Tortuguita.” In the media, political leaders have called opponents of the facility violent, outside agitators and terrorists. The 109-page indictment paints a confusing picture of these 61 individuals, intermingling acts of community care and mutual aid with mayhem and violence. In our exclusive series, the Atlanta Community Press Collective speaks with these people, trying to find out who they are in their own words. In episode two, we traveled to North Carolina to meet Jamie Marsicano, a University of North Carolina law student who was arrested when Georgia State Patrol raided a music festival on March 5, 2023.
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The ATL 61: Jamie Marsicano [Episode 2]

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