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June 22, 2023

Opponents of "Cop City" Begin Gathering Signatures for Atlanta Ballot Referendum
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In news from Atlanta, opponents of a proposed massive police training
center known as Cop City are hoping to begin collecting signatures soon
to force a citywide referendum on the project in November. On Wednesday,
the Atlanta city clerk approved the language of the referendum petition
to stop the $90 million project. Meanwhile, The Intercept reports
Georgia's Attorney General Chris Carr has played a key role in the case
of a legal observer with the Southern Poverty Law Center who faces
domestic terrorism charges after being arrested in March. The De Kalb
County district attorney had recommended dropping charges against the
legal observer, Thomas Webb Jurgens, but Georgia's attorney general
overruled them.


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