A First Amendment battle looms in Georgia, where the state is framing opposition to a police training complex as a criminal conspiracy
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par Rachel McKane, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Brandeis University
David Pellow, Department Chair and Professor of Environmental Studies and Director, Global Environmental Justice Project, University of California, Santa Barbara
When does lawful protest become criminal activity? That question is at issue in Atlanta, where 57 people have been indicted and arraigned on racketeering charges for actions related to their protest against a planned police and firefighter training center that critics call “Cop City.”
Racketeering charges typically are reserved for people accused of conspiring…
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