The fight against the militarized police training center dubbed “Cop City” is one of the great struggles of our time.
showed that Tortuguita’s hands were raised when they were shot. Dozens of people were arrested not long after during another raid on a Stop Cop City gathering, resulting in outrageous charges of domestic terrorism.
Black student protesters, a coalition of movement organizations, and Black communities that are opposed to Cop City are being outright ignored by a Black establishment. Even when students and faculty from historically Black colleges and universities like Morehouse and Spelman joined the outcry against Cop City, Mayor Andre Dickens didn’t stop pushing for this facility. When the decision to sign off on domestic terrorism warrants came before Fatima El-Amin, a Black judge,.
The call to stop Cop City is much bigger than just one facility. It is also connected to the years-long fight against the West Side Cop Academy in Chicago and against Urban Shield in Oakland. It is also directly linked to the uprisings in Ferguson, Baltimore and the massive response to the public execution of George Floyd.
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