In their attempts to silence critics of 'Cop City,' micahinATL says police and public officials in Georgia are validating protesters' criticisms of them.
to tell The Guardian in an email: “It raises serious first amendment concerns. It is also part of a broader pattern of the state of Georgia weaponizing the criminal code to unconditionally protect law enforcement and to silence speech critical of the government.”
When it comes to policing, cities often follow one another's playbooks. And the playbook we’re seeing in Atlanta — featuring extreme police repression and anti-democratic governance — should scare everyone. City and state officials are replicating and escalating tactics often associated with totalitarian regimes: They’re weaponizing the criminal legal system to intimidate, silence and lock away critics of the government.
Ironically, police and public officials are reinforcing exactly the type of repression that critics of Cop City say the facility will escalate.
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