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Unicorn RiotAtlanta’s main newspaper (owned by Atlanta Police Foundation sponsor Cox Enterprises) finally confirms what’s been public knowledge since January: the DHS ‘violent extremist’ label Georgia Bureau of Investigation says is applied to “Defend the Atlanta Forest” doesn’t even exist.
We noted the falsehood of this claim by Georgia police in our February report about their controversial use of ‘domestic terrorism’ charges against tree-sitters and other #StopCopCity protesters: https://unicornriot.ninja/2023/community-committee-cheers-police-violence-as-authorities-repress-resistance-to-cop-city/
'Community' Committee Cheers Police Violence as Authorities Repress Resistance to 'Cop City' - UNICORN RIOT
Atlanta, GA – As the movement to prevent the destruction of a huge swath of forest outside Atlanta grows more powerful, the authorities are scrambling to contain it. As they do, they are resorting to increasingly violent measures — including the killing of an Indigenous protester, Manuel Terán, also known as Tortuguita, on January 18 […]
DHS’ repeated clarifications contradict dozens of sworn affidavits filed by GBI Special Agent Gerald Ryan Long, who continued to falsely invoke a ‘violent extremist group’ DHS label for the #StopCopCity movement *months* after DHS told the media this label *does not exist*.
The already demonstrably false claim of a DHS ‘violent extremist’ label was cited again in GBI filings made under oath to secure warrants for last week’s widely condemned SWAT raid & arrests of @AtlSolFund nonprofit workers providing legal aid to protesters.
The warrants green-lighting the unprecedented raid and arrest of bail fund organizers based on this false information were signed by DeKalb County Superior Court Judge Shondeana C. Morris, who was appointed by Governor Brian Kemp in 2019: https://unicornriot.ninja/2023/three-atlanta-activists-arrested-home-raided-over-bail-fund/
Three Atlanta Activists Arrested, Home Raided Over Bail Fund - UNICORN RIOT
Atlanta, GA — Around 9 a.m. on Wednesday, three members of the Atlanta Solidarity Fund were arrested during a raid by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) and the Atlanta Police Department and charged with money laundering and charity fraud. Marlon Kautz, Savannah Patterson, and Adele Maclean were arrested at The Teardown Community, a hub […]
GBI offered up a pretzel of twisted logic when The Atlanta Journal-Constitution asked about DHS saying the DHS designation GBI refers to in ~52 sworn warrants doesn't exist.
According to GBI, the label DHS says isn't real, actually IS real bc it matches GBI's interpretation of general terms used by DHS: https://archive.is/lRDXi
Jes@UnicornRiot Lying cops, no surprise there