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September 18, 2024

Atlanta Prosecutors Drop Money Laundering Charges for Cop City Bail Fund Activists
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In Atlanta, prosecutors on Tuesday dropped all money laundering charges
against three activists who were accused of misusing a bail fund to
support protests against Cop City, a multimillion-dollar police training
complex. Atlanta Solidarity Fund organizers Marlon Kautz, Adele Mac Lean
and Savannah Patterson are still facing racketeering charges as part of
a sweeping RICO case that includes at least 58 other Stop Cop City
activists indicted last year. Advocates celebrated the victory, writing
in a statement, "From the beginning, we knew these charges were not
based on any evidence, but were instead politically motivated and
intended to target a social movement." 


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