For two years
we have defended a forest in south Atlanta
from those intent on destroying it.
This is the Weelaunee forest.
Those who want to destroy it intend to build a 90 million dollar
police training facility
Cop City
with roads to practice, high speed chases
and a mock city to practice raids,
explosive testing,
crowd control,
and other tactics of urban warfare.
In response, we have protested,
petitioned,
put our bodies on the line
and put pressure on cop city construction companies
and funders.
The climate crisis is already here.
All across the world,
people are fighting back against the destruction of their land,
water,
and local ecosystems.
The police trained in Cop City will be used to brutally suppress the movements
we need to wage these battles now
and in the years to come.
The struggle for life on earth
and the struggle to prevent the expansion of the police state
are one and the same.
This is not just a local struggle.
With media attention on the rise,
city officials are scrambling to control the narrative.
These individuals meant harm to people and to property.
This is a very small group of individuals.
Many of them don't even live in Atlanta or in the state of Georgia.
They have fabricated domestic terrorism charges,
and they have done this precisely because the movement is strong.
The police murder of Tortaguita
and the ensuing cover up
could have killed the movement,
but instead it has only grown and spread.
Together we will stand up to the forest,
for the trees and the animals that live in it,
and for each other.
Wherever you are, we need you here.
Come camp with us from March 4th through 11th for a week of action
in the Weelaunee Forest.
Cop City will never be built.
The Weelaunee forest is and will always remain
a public park.