Atlanta Forest Defenders
Background
On September 8th 2021 the Atlanta City Council approved a plan to build an 85-acre "public safety training center" (otherwise called "Cop City") at the historical old Prison Farm site in unincorporated DeKalb County in southeast Atlanta. [1] The project will cost approximately 90 million dollars with 30 million dollars coming from tax payers and the other 60 million being funded by the Atlanta Police foundation (APF.) [2] The land will be leased to the APF for 10 dollars a year.
The decision made by the City Council was met with strong opposition from many local residents. 1,100 Atlanta residents voiced their opinions to the council with approximately 70% of residents expressing their opposition to said development. [3] In addition to opposition from the general community 16 environmental action organizations signed an open letter urging the Atlanta City council to not approve the project. [4]
- ↑ https://saportareport.com/public-safety-training-center-wins-city-council-approval-opponents-suggest-fight-to-continue/sections/reports/johnruch/
- ↑ https://news.littlesis.org/2022/11/15/meet-the-major-corporations-and-cultural-institutions-helping-build-cop-city-in-atlanta/
- ↑ https://decaturish.com/2022/09/cop-city-explained-a-look-at-the-ongoing-controversy-surrounding-police-training-center/
- ↑ https://www.sierraclub.org/georgia/blog/2021/08/SouthRiverForestLetter