Attorneys for the city of Atlanta say an ongoing petition drive to halt the construction of a police and firefighter training center is “futile” and “invalid.'
Activist Hannah Riley works on her laptop at Muchacho, a local taco restaurant, while gathering signatures from fellow voters, in Atlanta, Thursday, July 13, 2023. Organizers are trying to force a referendum that would allow voters to decide the fate of a proposed police and training center, but attorneys for the city say the petition drive is invalid.
Activists decried that argument, calling it"a shocking and violent assault on the democratic process.” . “We are making sure we continue monitoring the process. But there is no one in law enforcement or my administration that would ever get in the way of them doing their constitutional right to have a petition.”
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