ThaddeusSep 5, 2023
CrimethInc. Ex-Workers

Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr has indicted 61 people on charges of violating the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act in Fulton County.

The indictment includes 42 people previously charged with "terrorism" for allegedly participating in the movement to #StopCopCity, 3 people accused of distributing handbills, and 3 people charged for organizing legal support for activists. The only thing that connects the indictees is that they have been arrested or detained at some point, however randomly, and accused of protesting against the government's plan to destroy the Weelaunee Forest in order to build a police militarization compound.

The Fulton County prosecutor already withdrew from all cases related to the police training compound in June; likewise, the judge assigned this case immediately recused himself today.

Fulton County now has two competing RICO cases—one against Donald Trump, one against those accused of protesting the construction of the police training center—the former prosecuted by the county District Attorney, a Democrat, and the latter by the state Attorney General, a Republican.

This clumsily constructed case represents politically driven repression aimed at all forms of activism, in the style of Vladimir Putin.

Background:

https://crimethinc.com/LivinginanEarthquake

Living in an Earthquake

Participants trace the trajectory of the fight to stop Cop City through 2023, analyzing movement strategy in the face of unprecedented repression.

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Sep 5, 2023 at 4:01pmWeb
Show threadCrimethInc. Ex-WorkersSep 5, 2023

Although the two RICO cases represent rival factions of the political class, the same grand jury that indicted Donald Trump is responsible for indicting those accused of "racketeering" for protesting Cop City. The court system is the central infrastructure of state violence; however Democrats may endeavor to represent it as a check on the aspirations of autocrats, it naturally lends itself to all forms of repression targeting the oppressed, and that is the chief role that it will always play.

This is not the first time that corporations and police have frivolously used RICO charges to intimidate those who oppose their power grabs. For example, from 2016 to 2019, the company behind the Dakota Access pipeline brought RICO charges against the nonprofit organization Greenpeace. All of those charges were eventually thrown out.

For more background on how the authorities are using the legal system to try to crush environmental protest:

https://crimethinc.com/AtlantaSolidarity2023

Atlanta Police and Prosecutors Target Legal Support Activists

Atlanta police have arrested three legal support organizers, charging them with “money laundering” and “charity fraud.” This is a crucial escalation in totalitarian repression.

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Show threadLt. Commander ReggieSep 5, 2023
@CrimethInc #ACAB
Show threadOcéaneSep 5, 2023
@CrimethInc Thank you comrades
Show threadLukefromDCSep 5, 2023

@CrimethInc This shows the "3 way fight" aspect of the current situation in the US. That grand jury and prosecutor remain our enemy no matter what they do to Trump.

ALL of the Cop City prosecutions are of no legitimacy whatsoever. No demand made by the courts over this has anything standing behind it other than pure force of arms. Certainly there is no moral obligation to cooperate in any way with them.

Speaking of "racketeer influenced and corrupt organizations," the Georgia State Government is as much of a racket as any Mafia family ever was. They are as corrupt as any fictional County Commissioner in Georgia (e.g. Boss Hogg) ever was.

We need to get into the situation that we can respond to such attacks with "bring it on" and back it up.

Show threadWe Can Be GyrosSep 5, 2023
@CrimethInc arrest the town council for failing to vote with the will of its constituents.