Overstreet, who’s represented District 11 since 2018, tried to paint Malhotra, the founder of the Center for Civic Innovation, as an anti-police extremist for criticizing Mayor Andre Dickens and the city council over backing the facility.| Atlanta Civic Circle
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has a long legacy of circulating pro-police and corporate talking points, which, in the past, have directly led to violent police or mob killings in the city. Read more via Scalawag: From the Atlanta Race Massacre to Cop City: The AJC Incites Harm.| Scalawag
The prosecutions were part of a yearslong effort to crush opposition to the construction of a police training center.| Truthout
DeKalb County, GA – The parents of slain forest defender Manuel ‘Tortuguita’ Paez Terán filed a civil rights lawsuit Tuesday against three Georgia law enforcement officers they say are most responsible for the death of their child in January 2023. Nearly two years after police killed Terán, and a year after the state refused to […]| UNICORN RIOT
The bill requires people be held on bail for dozens of new, small-time charges—and virtually eliminates charitable bail funds.| theappeal.org
The mass Stop Cop City arraignments in Atlanta charging protesters with domestic terrorism were a silly farce, one observer writes.| theappeal.org
Once a month, we put together a list of stories we’ve been reading: news you might’ve missed or crucial conversations going on around the web. We focus on environmental justice, radical municipalism, new politics, political theory, and resources for action and education. We try to include articles that have been published recently but will last,| Uneven Earth - Where the ecological meets the political
Once a month, we put together a list of stories we’ve been reading: news you might’ve missed or crucial conversations going on around the web. We focus on environmental justice, radical municipalism, new politics, political theory, and resources for action and education. We try to include articles that have been published recently but will last,| Uneven Earth - Where the ecological meets the political
