Three people connected to the Atlanta 'Cop City' protests were arrested by federal investigators on Wednesday. Activists claimed the people are organizers of a bail fund group that assists protesters with bond and legal representation.
Three people connected to the Atlanta"Cop City" protests were arrested by federal investigators on Wednesday. Activists claimed the people are organizers of a bail fund group that assists protesters with bond and legal representation.
MacLean, Kautz, and Patterson are, respectively, the CEO, chief financial officer, and secretary of the Network for Strong Communities, which runs the Atlanta Solidarity Fund. The fund is a nonprofit organization that assists activists arrested for protesting the creation of the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center, dubbed"Cop City," with bail or legal representation.
"In fact, it is a historically grounded tradition in the very same social and political movements that the city of Atlanta prides itself on. Someone had to bail out civil rights activists in the '60s — I think we can all agree that community support isn't a crime." The new training center is slated to have a mock city, the echo of the"Cop City" name, as well as a"burn building" for firefighters, a firing range, a driving course, stables and pastures for police horses, and kennels for K-9s.
Kautz predicted in a February statement that investigators looking to build a criminal case against protesters would turn to Georgia's Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, according to ABC News. The law allows prosecutors to charge multiple people accused of committing separate crimes that are connected by a common goal.
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