Dan GillmorIt is astonishing that Big Journalism has paid so little attention to Georgia's war on dissent -- charging people with major crimes because they've protested grotesque police abuses. https://www.rightsanddissent.org/news/90-organizations-tell-ag-carr-drop-cop-city-rico-charges/
William Hughes@dangillmor a Presidential #election with #Dolt45 running again and being absolutely terrible, threatening the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, getting his businesses cancelled throughout the state of New York, and on and on...
It's perfect cover for less flagrant but still damaging terrible government behavior. #CopCity is a travesty. But the #Atlanta PD is a pretty rough force, so it fits with their ouvre that they'd want a playground to practice their #militarization.
#StopCopCity #Georgia #DefundThePolice
("Defund" here means shift funding from arrests and abuse to diversion and support.)