In Atlanta, 61 activists have been indicted on RICO charges for their involvement in protests against the construction of a massive $90 million police training complex known as Cop City. Georgia’s Republican Attorney General Christopher Carr accuses the activists of violating the state’s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act. The indictment was handed up by the same Fulton County grand jury panel that indicted President Donald Trump and 18 co-defendants on RICO charges. Many of the protesters have already been charged with domestic terrorism. The ACLU blasted the indictment of the Cop City protesters. ACLU attorney Aamra Ahmad said, “We are extremely concerned by this breathtakingly broad and unprecedented use of state terrorism, anti-racketeering and money laundering laws against protesters.” We’ll have more on this story after headlines.
  • Veraxus@kbin.social
    13·
    1 year ago

    Murdering protestors wasn’t enough? They are now going after them for exercising their constitutional right to protest? The corruption in this case is absolutely beyond the pale.

  • Shdwdrgn@mander.xyzEnglish
    113·
    1 year ago

    The blue terrorists don’t like people having to right to tell them they are wrong.