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☆ 61 Indicted in Georgia on Racketeering Charges Connected to 'Stop Cop City' Movement
  + stars: | 2023-09-05 | by ( Associated Press | Sept. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com   time to read: +2 min
Prosecutors allege the defendants are “militant anarchists” who have supported a violent movement that prosecutors trace to the widespread 2020 racial justice protests. Those events preceded the public announcement of the proposed training center by months. The “Stop Cop City” effort has gone on for more than two years and at times has veered into vandalism and violence. The majority of those indicted were already facing charges stemming from their alleged involvement in the movement. Political Cartoons View All 1142 ImagesActivists leading an ongoing referendum effort against the project immediately condemned the charges, calling them “anti-democratic.”
Persons: Chris Carr, ”, George Floyd, Rayshard Brooks, Molotov Organizations: ATLANTA, Republican, Prosecutors, Fulton Locations: Georgia, Atlanta, Minneapolis, Fulton County
☆ Dozens face RICO charges over Atlanta police center protests
  + stars: | 2023-09-05 | by ( Rich Mckay | Us Appeals Judge Faults Probe Of Federal Circuit'S Pauline Newman | Andrew Goudsward | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +3 min
[1/3] People protest agains the controversial "Cop City" project as the clear cutting of trees begins near Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., March 31, 2023. The defendants were charged with violations of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, commonly known as the RICO Act. "Each individual charged in this indictment knowingly joined the conspiracy in an attempt to prevent the training center from being built," the indictment reads. "The movement to prevent the development of Cop City is a fight against hundreds of years of racialized violence and ecological destruction," the website says. Clearing of the training center site has already begun, but a petition has circulated in Atlanta demanding a halt to the project pending a referendum.
Persons: Cheney Orr, Molotov, Rayshard Brooks, George Floyd, Rich McKay, Bill Berkrot Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Atlanta, Atlanta Forest, Public Safety Training, Police, Thomson Locations: Atlanta , Georgia, U.S, Atlanta, DeKalb County, Minneapolis, Cop
☆ What is Juneteenth? History of US federal holiday and its celebration explained
  + stars: | 2023-06-19 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +3 min
Juneteenth, long a regional holiday in the U.S. South, rose in prominence following protests in 2020 over police killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Rayshard Brooks and other African Americans. Juneteenth, a combination of the words June and 19th, is also known as Emancipation Day. Connecticut, Minnesota, Nevada and Tennessee have made Juneteenth a permanent public holiday for the first time this year, according to the Pew Research Center. In Alabama and West Virginia, Juneteenth has been authorized as a state holiday for this year by a governor’s proclamation. People are also celebrating the holiday by organizing for civil rights, reading books about African American heritage and history, attending festivals and musical performances, and dining at Black-owned restaurants.
Persons: Crystal Howard, Read, Joe Biden, George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Rayshard Brooks, Abraham Lincoln's, Juneteenth, Aurora Ellis, Lisa Shumaker Organizations: Black Americans, U.S, District, Columbia, Pew Research, The U.S, Supreme, Thomson Locations: Texas, U.S, Nashville , Tennessee, United States, Connecticut, Minnesota, Nevada, Tennessee, Alabama, West Virginia, America, The
☆ Atlanta to Pay Rayshard Brooks’s Family $1 Million
  + stars: | 2022-11-23 | by ( Jennifer Calfas | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Tomika Miller, the widow of Rayshard Brooks, and their daughter Dream at his funeral in June 2020. The Atlanta City Council approved a $1 million settlement to the family of Rayshard Brooks , a 27-year-old Black man who was shot and killed by a police officer there in 2020. The settlement, passed in a 15-0 vote Monday, addresses civil claims brought by Mr. Brooks’s family. It comes several months after a special prosecutor declined to pursue criminal charges against the officer who shot him and a second officer at the scene.
☆ Atlanta to pay $1M to Rayshard Brooks’ family after deadly police shooting
  + stars: | 2022-11-22 | by ( Chantal Da Silva | The Associated Press | Chantal Da Silva Is A Breaking News Editor For Nbc News Digital Based In London. | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +3 min
Brooks was fatally shot by an officer amid national unrest over police brutality after a Minneapolis police officer murdered George Floyd. Two officers located Brooks and bodycam footage showed they had a calm conversation with him for almost 40 minutes. In the footage, Brooks could be seen holding a stun gun he had grabbed from an officer as he ran away. “While we are disappointed that prosecutors didn’t pursue a criminal case against the officers involved in Mr. Brooks’ death, we continue to hold out hope that the Dept. of Justice will intervene in this matter,” Brooks' family's attorneys said on Monday, according to WXIA.
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