Illustration by Eric Wilson for Votebeat. A Fulton County Superior Court Judge has ordered the Atlanta Police Foundation to comply with a series of open records requests filed by a group of ...

The Stop Cop City social movement has faced significant challenges: non-violent protesters have been jailed, and a protester lost their life to police officers while demonstrating against the ...

In 2023, 61 people were indicted over protests against Atlanta’s Public Safety Training Center, known by opponents as “Cop City.” Protestors are urging for the dismissal of RICO charges ...

ATLANTA — A Fulton County judge is promising to streamline a complicated racketeering case with 61 defendants. The charges stem from the Stop Cop City protests and the violence surrounding them.

After railroading all opposition, Atlanta’s “law-and-order” Mayor Andre Dickens celebrated the opening of the militarized police training center dubbed Cop City.

Hannah Kass, one of 61 people indicted on racketeering charges in connection with Atlanta’s “Stop Cop City” movement, stands in front of Lake Mendota in Madison, Wis., on May 2, 2025.

Their cases are at a standstill, 20 months after being indicted under Georgia’s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations law, or RICO, which is likely the largest criminal racketeering ...

Hannah Kass, one of 61 people indicted on racketeering charges in connection with Atlanta’s “Stop Cop City” movement, stands in front of Lake Mendota in Madison, Wis., on May 2, 2025.

Hannah Kass, one of 61 people indicted on racketeering charges in connection with Atlanta's "Stop Cop City" movement, stands in front of Lake Mendota in Madison, Wis., on May 2, 2025.

ATLANTA — Single mother Priscilla Grim lost her job. Aspiring writer Julia Dupuis frequently stares at the bedroom ceiling, numb. Geography and environmental studies researcher Hannah Kass is ...