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DoomsdaysCW<p>Defendants in Georgia ‘Cop City’ case say they are in limbo as trial delays continue</p><p> By R.J. RICO<br>Updated 12:26 AM EDT, May 12, 2025</p><p>ATLANTA (AP) — "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 worried about her career prospects after she graduates from her Ph.D. program.</p><p>"The three are among 61 defendants accused by Republican Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr of participating in a yearslong racketeering conspiracy to halt the construction of a police and firefighter training facility just outside Atlanta that critics pejoratively call 'Cop City.'</p><p>"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 case ever filed against protesters in U.S. history, experts say.</p><p>"Trial for five of the defendants was supposed to start last year but got bogged down in procedural issues. The judge overseeing the case then moved to another court. A new judge has set a status hearing for Wednesday.</p><p>"The delays have left people in limbo, facing charges carrying up to 20 years behind bars for what they maintain was <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LegitimateProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LegitimateProtest</span></a>, not <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DomesticTerrorism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DomesticTerrorism</span></a>. The case also has suppressed a movement that brought together hundreds of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/activists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>activists</span></a> to protect a wooded patch of land that ultimately was razed for the recently completed $118 million, 85-acre (34-hectare) project.</p><p>"Officials say the project is sorely needed to replace outdated facilities and boost officers’ morale. Opponents say it will be a training ground for a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MilitarizedPolice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MilitarizedPolice</span></a> force and its construction has worsened <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/environmental" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environmental</span></a> damage in a poor, majority-Black area.</p><p>"Protests escalated after the fatal 2023 shooting of Manuel Esteban Paez Terán, known as <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Tortuguita" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tortuguita</span></a>, who was camping near the site when authorities launched a clearing operation. Officials said they killed Tortuguita, 26, after the activist shot and wounded a trooper from inside a tent.</p><p>"A family-commissioned autopsy concluded Tortuguita was killed with their hands in the air, but a prosecutor found the officers’ use of force was 'objectively reasonable.' "</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://apnews.com/article/cop-city-rico-charges-61-atlanta-be5ef1ed1951a73870656f61fbbc567b" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/cop-city-ri</span><span class="invisible">co-charges-61-atlanta-be5ef1ed1951a73870656f61fbbc567b</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ACAB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ACAB</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StopCopCityQueens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StopCopCityQueens</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StopCopCitiesEverywhere" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StopCopCitiesEverywhere</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/JusticeForTort" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JusticeForTort</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StopCopCity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StopCopCity</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WeelauneeForest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WeelauneeForest</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DefendTheForest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DefendTheForest</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CopCity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CopCity</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SilencingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SilencingDissent</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CiminalizingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CiminalizingDissent</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MilitarizedPolice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MilitarizedPolice</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CopCity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CopCity</span></a> Is Everywhere </p><p>Learning from the Movement to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DefendTheForest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DefendTheForest</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CrimethInc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CrimethInc</span></a>, 2025-03-14 </p><p>"The movement to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StopCopCity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StopCopCity</span></a> and defend <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WeelauneeForest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WeelauneeForest</span></a> was one of the most important social struggles of the Biden era. Its trajectory tells us a lot about the challenges we confront today under Donald Trump. In the final chapter of our chronology, we trace the movement’s concluding phase, beginning in 2023 and ending with Trump’s arrival in power, and explore what we can learn from it."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://crimethinc.com/2025/03/14/cop-city-is-everywhere-learning-from-the-movement-to-defend-the-forest" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">crimethinc.com/2025/03/14/cop-</span><span class="invisible">city-is-everywhere-learning-from-the-movement-to-defend-the-forest</span></a> <br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ACAB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ACAB</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StopCopCityQueens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StopCopCityQueens</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StopCopCitiesEverywhere" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StopCopCitiesEverywhere</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/JusticeForTort" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JusticeForTort</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>This seems like a no-brainer. More <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GreenSpace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreenSpace</span></a> helps to ground and calm folks! </p><p>Eastern <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Kentucky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kentucky</span></a> residents debate <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/rewilding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rewilding</span></a> former <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/mine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mine</span></a> or turning it into a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/prison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>prison</span></a></p><p>WBUR, February 12, 2025</p><p>"Residents of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RoxanaKentucky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RoxanaKentucky</span></a>, are battling it out over whether to transform a piece of land, which formerly housed a strip mine, into a federal penitentiary or to rewild it and let the bison roam free.</p><p>"Here &amp; Now's Peter O'Dowd speaks with Grist's Katie Myers about the activists who want to keep the land from becoming another industrial hazard to the area."</p><p>Listen:<br><a href="https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2025/02/12/kentucky-prison-rewilding-land" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wbur.org/hereandnow/2025/02/12</span><span class="invisible">/kentucky-prison-rewilding-land</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SolarPunkSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SolarPunkSunday</span></a> <br>More <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GreenSpaces" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreenSpaces</span></a>! <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LessPrisons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LessPrisons</span></a> (and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CopCities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CopCities</span></a>)!<br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StopCopCitiesEverywhere" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StopCopCitiesEverywhere</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DefendTheForest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DefendTheForest</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DefendWeelauneeForest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DefendWeelauneeForest</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>HT <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@UnicornRiot" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>UnicornRiot</span></a></span> </p><p>Parents of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ForestDefender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ForestDefender</span></a> Killed by Police File <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CivilRights</span></a> Lawsuit</p><p>By Sean Summers, Unicorn Riot December 20, 2024</p><p>"The parents of slain forest defender Manuel ‘<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Tortuguita" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tortuguita</span></a>’ Paez Terán filed a civil rights lawsuit Tuesday against three Georgia law enforcement officers they say are most responsible for the death of their child in January 2023."</p><p><a href="https://unicornriot.ninja/2024/parents-of-forest-defender-killed-by-police-file-civil-rights-lawsuit/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">unicornriot.ninja/2024/parents</span><span class="invisible">-of-forest-defender-killed-by-police-file-civil-rights-lawsuit/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/JusticeForTort" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JusticeForTort</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StopCopCitiesEverywhere" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StopCopCitiesEverywhere</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Decolonize" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Decolonize</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resist</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporateColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateColonialism</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DayOfTheForestDefender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DayOfTheForestDefender</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StopCopCity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StopCopCity</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SmashThePatriarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SmashThePatriarchy</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DefendTheForest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DefendTheForest</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtectTheForests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectTheForests</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ACAB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ACAB</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>Festivals of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resistance</span></a> </p><p>A Call for Gatherings the Weekend Before Trump Takes Office</p><p>2024-12-03, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CrimeThinc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CrimeThinc</span></a></p><p>"The chaos that will accompany the return of the Trump administration represents an opportunity as well as a challenge. This is a chance to assert an autonomous pole of organizing, carrying forward the lessons of 2020 and the movement against Cop City while continuing the fight against patriarchal violence, white supremacy, and colonialism.</p><p>"By organizing ahead of Trump’s inauguration, we can seize the initiative and set our own timeline rather than being caught flat-footed and forced to react. We need to welcome new participants into these struggles and foster a revolutionary perspective that can orient us through the challenges ahead. No amount of internet activity could substitute for gathering face to face. The most important battles ahead will not be fought online, but in the streets of our communities.</p><p>"January 18 is observed as the Day of the Forest Defender. It will be the two-year anniversary of the murder of Tortuguita in Weelaunee Forest. It is an important date to gather, honor the memory of the fallen, and pledge ourselves to resistance and to one another."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://crimethinc.com/2024/12/03/festivals-of-resistance-a-call-to-gather-the-weekend-before-trump-takes-office" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">crimethinc.com/2024/12/03/fest</span><span class="invisible">ivals-of-resistance-a-call-to-gather-the-weekend-before-trump-takes-office</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CallingAllActivists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CallingAllActivists</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CallingAllAnarchists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CallingAllAnarchists</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resistance</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/JusticeForTort" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JusticeForTort</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StopCopCitiesEverywhere" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StopCopCitiesEverywhere</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Decolonize" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Decolonize</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resist</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporateColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateColonialism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DayOfTheForestDefender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DayOfTheForestDefender</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StopCopCity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StopCopCity</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SmashThePatriarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SmashThePatriarchy</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WhiteNationalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteNationalism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ChristoFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChristoFascism</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>Memphis Police Chief Trained With Israel Security Forces</p><p>Chief Cerelyn Davis also led the first police department in the U.S. that swore off the exchanges. </p><p>Alice Speri, February 2 2023</p><p>"The death of 29-year-old Tyre Nichols at the hands of Memphis police officers last month once again ignited outrage over the violent, militarized nature of U.S. law enforcement and placed scrutiny on police departments’ bloated budgets.</p><p>"Among the objections to policing that are being revived are criticisms of a controversial series of trainings and exchange programs for U.S. police in Israel. Scores of American law enforcement leaders have attended the programs, where they learned from Israeli police and security forces known for systemically abusing the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> rights of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Palestinians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palestinians</span></a>."</p><p><a href="https://theintercept.com/2023/02/02/memphis-police-israel/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theintercept.com/2023/02/02/me</span><span class="invisible">mphis-police-israel/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/JusticeForTyreNichols" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JusticeForTyreNichols</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ACAB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ACAB</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IDFTerrorism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IDFTerrorism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StopCopCity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StopCopCity</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StopCopCitiesEverywhere" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StopCopCitiesEverywhere</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>From 2020: How <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Target" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Target</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BankOfAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BankOfAmerica</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> quietly fund police through private donations</p><p>More than 25 large <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/corporations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corporations</span></a> in the past three years have contributed funding to private <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PoliceFoundations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PoliceFoundations</span></a>, new report says</p><p>by Kari Paul<br>Thu 18 Jun 2020</p><p>"The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HoustonPolice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HoustonPolice</span></a> foundation has purchased for the local police department a variety of equipment, including <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SWAT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SWAT</span></a> equipment, sound equipment and dogs for the K-9 unit, according to the report. The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PhiladelphiaPolice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PhiladelphiaPolice</span></a> foundation purchased for its police force <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LongGuns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LongGuns</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/drones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>drones</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BallisticHelmets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BallisticHelmets</span></a>, and the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AtlantaPolice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AtlantaPolice</span></a> foundation helped fund a major <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surveillance</span></a> network of over 12,000 cameras.</p><p>"In addition to weaponry, foundation funding can also go toward specialized training and support programs that complement the department’s policing strategies, according to one police foundation.</p><p>“'Not a lot of people are aware of this public-private partnership where corporations and wealthy donors are able to siphon money into police forces with little to no oversight,' said Gin Armstrong, a senior research analyst at <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LittleSis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LittleSis</span></a>.</p><p>"A variety of companies – including financial institutions, technology companies, retailers, local universities and sports teams, provide funding to police foundations. Donations may be, in part, to curry favor with a force that exists primarily to protect property and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/capital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>capital</span></a>, the report said."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/18/police-foundations-nonprofits-amazon-target-microsoft" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2020/j</span><span class="invisible">un/18/police-foundations-nonprofits-amazon-target-microsoft</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CivilRights</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ACAB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ACAB</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StopCopCity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StopCopCity</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StopCopCitiesEverywhere" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StopCopCitiesEverywhere</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DigitalFreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalFreeSpeech</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CivilLiberties" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CivilLiberties</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporateColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateColonialism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SilencingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SilencingDissent</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>Private Donors Supply Spy Gear to Cops</p><p>There's little public scrutiny when private donors pay to give police controversial technology and weapons. Sometimes, companies are donors to the same foundations that purchase their products for police.</p><p>by Ali Winston and Darwin Bond Graham, special to ProPublica Oct. 13, 2014</p><p>"In 2007, as it pushed to build a state-of-the-art <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surveillance</span></a> facility, the Los Angeles Police Department cast an acquisitive eye on software being developed by <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Palantir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palantir</span></a>, a startup funded in part by the Central Intelligence Agency's [<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CIA</span></a>] <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/VentureCapital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VentureCapital</span></a> arm.</p><p>"Originally designed for spy agencies, Palantir's technology allowed users to track individuals with unprecedented reach, connecting information from conventional sources like crime reports with more controversial data gathered by surveillance cameras and license plate readers that automatically, and indiscriminately, photographed passing cars.</p><p>"The LAPD could have used a small portion of its multibillion-dollar annual budget to purchase the software, but that would have meant going through a year-long process requiring public meetings, approval from the City Council, and, in some cases, competitive bidding.</p><p>"There was a quicker, quieter way to get the software: as a gift from the Los Angeles Police Foundation, a private charity. In November 2007, at the behest of then Police Chief William Bratton, the foundation approached <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TargetCorporation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TargetCorporation</span></a>, which contributed $200,000 to buy the software, said the foundation's executive director, Cecilia Glassman, in an interview. Then the foundation donated it to the police department.</p><p>"Across the nation, private foundations are increasingly being tapped to provide police with technology and weaponry that -- were it purchased with public money -- would come under far closer scrutiny.</p><p>"In Los Angeles, foundation money has been used to buy hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of license plate readers, which were the subject of a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CivilRights</span></a> lawsuit filed against the region's law enforcement agencies by the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California and the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ElectronicFrontierFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElectronicFrontierFoundation</span></a>. (A judge rejected the groups' claims earlier this year.)</p><p>"Private funds also have been used to upgrade 'Stingray' devices, which have triggered debate in numerous jurisdictions because they vacuum up records of cellphone metadata, calls, text messages and data transfers over a half-mile radius.</p><p>"New York and Los Angeles have the nation's oldest and most generous police foundations, each providing their city police departments with grants totaling about $3 million a year. But similar groups have sprouted up in dozens of jurisdictions, from <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AtlantaGeorgia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AtlantaGeorgia</span></a>, to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OaklandCalifornia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OaklandCalifornia</span></a>. In <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Atlanta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Atlanta</span></a>, the police foundation has bankrolled the surveillance cameras that now blanket the city, as well as the center where police officers monitor live video feeds.</p><p>"Proponents of these private fundraising efforts say they have become indispensable in an era of tightening budgets, helping police to acquire the ever-more sophisticated tools needed to combat modern crime.</p><p>"'There's very little discretionary money for the department,' said Steve Soboroff, a businessman who is president of the Los Angeles Police Commission, the civilian board that oversees the LAPD's policies and operations. 'A grant application to the foundation cuts all the red tape, or almost all of the red tape.'</p><p>"But critics say police foundations operate with little transparency or oversight and can be a way for wealthy donors and corporations to influence law enforcement agencies' priorities.</p><p>"It's not uncommon for the same companies to be donors to the same police foundations that purchase their products for local police departments. Or for those <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/companies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>companies</span></a> also to be <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/contractors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>contractors</span></a> for the same police agencies to which their products are being donated.</p><p>"'No one really knows what's going on,' said Dick Dadey of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CitizensUnion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CitizensUnion</span></a>, a good government group in New York. 'The public needs to know that these contributions are being made voluntarily and have no bearing on contracting decisions.'</p><p>"Palantir, the recipient of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LosAngelesPolice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LosAngelesPolice</span></a> Foundation's largesse in 2008, donated $10,000 to become a three-star sponsor of the group's annual 'Above and Beyond' awards ceremony in 2013 and has made similar-sized gifts to the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NewYorkPolice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewYorkPolice</span></a> foundation. The privately held Palo Alto firm, which had estimated revenues of $250 million in 2011 and is preparing to go public, also has won millions of dollars of contracts from the Los Angeles and New York police departments over the last three years.</p><p>"Palantir officials did not respond to questions about its relationships with police departments and the foundations linked to them. The New York City Police Foundation did not answer questions about Palantir's donations, or its technology gifts to the NYPD.</p><p>"Donna Lieberman, executive director of the New York <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CivilLibertiesUnion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CivilLibertiesUnion</span></a>, said she saw danger in the growing web of ties between police departments, foundations and private donors.</p><p>"'We run the risk of policy that is in the service of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/moneyed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>moneyed</span></a> interests,' she said."</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/private-donors-supply-spy-gear-to-cops" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">propublica.org/article/private</span><span class="invisible">-donors-supply-spy-gear-to-cops</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ACAB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ACAB</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StopCopCity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StopCopCity</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StopCopCitiesEverywhere" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StopCopCitiesEverywhere</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DigitalFreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalFreeSpeech</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CivilLiberties" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CivilLiberties</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporateColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateColonialism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SilencingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SilencingDissent</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>Dozens indicted on Georgia racketeering charges related to ‘Stop Cop City’ movement appear in court</p><p>by Kate Brumback, Nov 7, 2023 </p><p>ATLANTA (AP) — “Nearly five dozen people indicted on racketeering charges related to protests against a planned police and firefighter training facility near Atlanta appeared in court on Monday as their supporters rallied outside the courthouse.</p><p>“Protests against the proposed training center — dubbed “Cop City' by opponents — have been going on for more than two years. Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr obtained a sweeping indictment in August, using the state’s anti-racketeering law to target the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/protesters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protesters</span></a> and characterizing them as 'militant <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/anarchists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>anarchists</span></a>.'</p><p>“Demonstrators and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CivilRights</span></a> organizations, including the American Civil Liberties Union (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ACLU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ACLU</span></a>), have condemned the indictment and accused <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Carr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Carr</span></a>, a Republican, of levying heavy-handed charges to try to silence a movement that has galvanized <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/environmentalists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environmentalists</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/antipolice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>antipolice</span></a> protesters across the country.</p><p>“All 61 people indicted were scheduled to be arraigned Monday, that is to have the charges against them formally read in court. Fifty-seven of them appeared, called in small groups before Fulton County Superior Court Judge Kimberly Esmond Adams over a three-hour period, and each waived arraignment.</p><p>“Four defendants failed to appear. One was believed to be in France and prosecutors didn’t have a good address for him. One was in federal immigration custody. Another who is not American and who had left the country tried to return twice in recent days to attend the hearing but was denied entry to the country, her lawyer said. A fourth simply didn’t show.</p><p>“Most of the people who appeared had not yet surrendered at the Fulton County Jail to be booked on their charges. Some had recently reached agreements with prosecutors on a bond amount and conditions and others were still in the process of doing so.</p><p>“Adams told them they had until 10 a.m. Tuesday, 24 hours after the start of the arraignment proceedings, to turn themselves in. If they fail to do so, she warned, a warrant for their arrest could be issued and any bond would be rescinded.</p><p>“Adams instructed defense attorneys to provide the attorney general’s office with hard drives by Friday so they can receive copies of evidence in the case, known as discovery. Prosecutors are to finish copying and distributing that evidence to defense attorneys by the end of the year.</p><p>“A final plea hearing will be set no later than the end of June, Adams said. She explained to the groups of defendants that if they want to reach a plea agreement with prosecutors they must do it by that date.<br>“A couple of hundred supporters of the ‘<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StopCopCity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StopCopCity</span></a>' effort rallied outside the courthouse in downtown Atlanta on Monday morning singing, chanting and waving signs.</p><p>“Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens and other supporters say the 85-acre, $90 million facility would replace inadequate training facilities, and would help address difficulties in hiring and retaining police officers. Opponents have expressed concern that that it could lead to greater police <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/militarization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>militarization</span></a> and that its construction in the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SouthRiverForest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SouthRiverForest</span></a> will worsen <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/environmental" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environmental</span></a> damage in a poor, majority-Black area.</p><p>“Protests against the project, which have at time resulted in violence and vandalism, escalated after the fatal shooting in January of 26-year-old protester Manuel Esteban Paez Terán, known as <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Tortuguita" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tortuguita</span></a>. A prosecutor last month said he would not pursue charges against the state troopers who shot Paez Terán, saying he found that their use of deadly force was ‘objectively reasonable.'</p><p>“Most of those indicted in August had already been charged over their alleged involvement in the movement. RICO charges carry a sentence of five to 20 years in prison that can be added on top of the penalty for the underlying acts.</p><p>“Among the defendants: more than three dozen people who were previously facing domestic terrorism charges in connection to the protests; three leaders of a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BailFund" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BailFund</span></a> previously accused of money laundering; and three activists previously charged with felony intimidation after authorities said they distributed <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/flyers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>flyers</span></a> calling a state trooper a <br>'murderer' for his involvement in Paez Terán’s death.</p><p>“Prosecutors have alleged a conspiracy that includes a wide variety of underlying crimes that range from possessing fire accelerant and throwing Molotov cocktails at police officers to being reimbursed for glue and food for activists who spent months camping in the woods near the construction site.”</p><p><a href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/dozens-indicted-on-georgia-racketeering-charges-related-to-stop-cop-city-movement-appear-in-court" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">pbs.org/newshour/politics/doze</span><span class="invisible">ns-indicted-on-georgia-racketeering-charges-related-to-stop-cop-city-movement-appear-in-court</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DefendTheForest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DefendTheForest</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ACAB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ACAB</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DefendWeelauneeForest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DefendWeelauneeForest</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Censorship</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateJustice</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DirectAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DirectAction</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/JusticeForTort" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JusticeForTort</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/JusticeForTortugita" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JusticeForTortugita</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AtlantaGeorgia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AtlantaGeorgia</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentalRacism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalRacism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StopCopCitiesEverywhere" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StopCopCitiesEverywhere</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreeAllForestDefenders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeAllForestDefenders</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalizingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CriminalizingDissent</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SilencingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SilencingDissent</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>The Fight Against <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CopCity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CopCity</span></a></p><p>The protests in Atlanta build on a history of organizers challenging prison construction as a force for environmental destruction.</p><p>by Amna A. Akbar, May 10, 2023</p><p>"Locals often describe Atlanta as “a city in a forest,” with trees and a tree canopy covering almost half of the land. The ecosystem depends on this foliage, and activists say that the deforestation required to build the facility will harm air quality, hasten climate change, and contribute to flooding in predominantly poor and working-class Black and brown communities. The proposed development will further distance residents from accessible green space while bringing toxic waste closer. But the project will do more than fracture the largest green space in Atlanta. The activists fighting against Cop City argue that police violence itself constitutes an environmental hazard, and that toxic chemicals associated with explosives that could be used on the site will destroy the air, water, and land on which myriad forms of life depend."</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/stopcopcity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stopcopcity</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/defendwelauneeforest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>defendwelauneeforest</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/defendatlforest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>defendatlforest</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/weelaunee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>weelaunee</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DefendTheAtlantaForest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DefendTheAtlantaForest</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StopCopCitiesEverywhere" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StopCopCitiesEverywhere</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreeAllForestDefenders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeAllForestDefenders</span></a></p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org/article/the-fight-against-cop-city" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">dissentmagazine.org/article/th</span><span class="invisible">e-fight-against-cop-city</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>"I would rather be<br>among forest animals<br>and the sounds of nature, <br>than among city traffic<br>and the noise of man." <br>- Anthony Douglas Williams</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/stopcopcity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stopcopcity</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/defendwelauneeforest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>defendwelauneeforest</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/defendatlforest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>defendatlforest</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/weelaunee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>weelaunee</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DefendTheAtlantaForest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DefendTheAtlantaForest</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StopCopCitiesEverywhere" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StopCopCitiesEverywhere</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Maine</span></a> police have been armed with nearly $10M worth of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> equipment</p><p>by Nick Schroeder, June 15th 2020</p><p>"A <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Pentagon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pentagon</span></a> program has outfitted state and local law enforcement agencies in Maine with nearly $10 million worth of surplus <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> equipment since its inception.</p><p>"A vast quantity of rifles, riot gear, armored vehicles, computers, night-vision scopes and cold-weather gear deemed surplus by the Department of Defense has been transferred to civilian law enforcement agencies across the U.S. through the federal Defense Logistics Agency. The program, known as the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/1033program" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>1033program</span></a>, has equipped campus police, Maine’s warden service and police departments in several small Maine towns with large concentrations of military-grade and tactical equipment.</p><p>"It’s alarmed advocates who warn against a creeping militarization of municipal police forces. Michael Kebede, a lawyer with the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ACLU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ACLU</span></a> of Maine, called the accumulation of military equipment 'disturbing.'</p><p>"Such 'weapons of war' have been used in drug searches and raids since the first Bush administration launched the 'War on Drugs' in the 1990s, Kebede said.</p><p>“'The primary targets tend to be black and Latino people,' he said.</p><p>"The Obama administration restricted the 1033 program in 2014 after law enforcement agencies in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Ferguson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ferguson</span></a>, Missouri, deployed armored vehicles and other equipment obtained through it to suppress <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AntiRacist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AntiRacist</span></a> uprisings after police shot and killed Michael Brown. The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> administration reversed those restrictions in August 2017, after heavy police union lobbying."</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StopCopCity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StopCopCity</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StopCopCitiesEverywhere" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StopCopCitiesEverywhere</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DemilitarizeThePolice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DemilitarizeThePolice</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StopFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StopFascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Racism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WarOnDrugs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WarOnDrugs</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WarOnCitizens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WarOnCitizens</span></a></p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://wgme.com/news/local/maine-police-have-been-armed-with-nearly-10m-worth-of-military-equipment" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">wgme.com/news/local/maine-poli</span><span class="invisible">ce-have-been-armed-with-nearly-10m-worth-of-military-equipment</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Militarization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Militarization</span></a> of the police has been going on for a while -- and it's just getting worse!</p><p>Report: SWAT Teams Armed With Military Equipment Spend Most of Their Time Waging the Drug War</p><p>The ACLU finds that SWAT teams spend more time kicking down suspected drug offenders’ doors than rescuing hostages or stopping gunmen. </p><p>By Steven Hsieh, June 24, 2014</p><p>"The scope of police militarization in America would not be possible without the help of the federal government. Programs run by the Defense Department and Department of Homeland Security provide millions of dollars’ worth of military equipment to police departments every year, while grant money from the Justice Department is often used to buy weapons and body armor. For example, the North Little Rock Police Department in Arkansas received thirty-four semi-automatic rifles from the DOD, along with two MARCbots (military robots used in Afghanistan), ground troop helmets and a Mamba tactical vehicle."</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StopCopCity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StopCopCity</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StopCopCitiesEverywhere" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StopCopCitiesEverywhere</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MilitaryIndustrialComplex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MilitaryIndustrialComplex</span></a> DemilitarizeThePolice <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StopFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StopFascism</span></a> </p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/report-swat-teams-armed-military-equipment-spend-most-their-time-fighting-drug-war/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thenation.com/article/archive/</span><span class="invisible">report-swat-teams-armed-military-equipment-spend-most-their-time-fighting-drug-war/</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>Admiral William Adama, Battlestar Galactica: "There's a reason you separate military and the police. One fights the enemies of the state, the other serves and protects the people. When the military becomes both, then the enemies of the state tend to become the people."<br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StopCopCity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StopCopCity</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StopCopCitiesEverywhere" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StopCopCitiesEverywhere</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DemilitarizeThePolice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DemilitarizeThePolice</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StopFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StopFascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BattlestarGalactica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BattlestarGalactica</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Quotes</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>Time to TAKE OUR PLANET BACK! <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FuckCapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FuckCapitalism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StopCopCity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StopCopCity</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StopCopCitiesEverywhere" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StopCopCitiesEverywhere</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LoveYourMotherEarth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LoveYourMotherEarth</span></a></p>