Cop City is threatening Atlanta's residents and environment.

 

The facility will destroy of 85 acres of Atlanta's South River Forest.

Atlanta Is Going to Knock Down Their Biggest Forest All So Cops Can Have a New Militarized Playground!

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Despite the fact that an overwhelming majority of Atlanta residents publicly oppose "Cop City" -- a police militarization training facility -- it was still approved by the Atlanta City Council. On top of the problems that expanding police resources can bring, the site would also destroy much of Atlanta's South River Forest, threatening one of the city's best defenses against climate change. The Atlanta Police Foundation, which is helping fund the project, "has been a scourge to Atlanta's Black, homeless, and otherwise vulnerabilized communities for nearly two decades. Building Cop City would only make things worse for these communities."   Sign the petition to tell the Atlanta City Council to stop Cop City!   The chair of the Sierra Club's local chapter warned of the consequences of Cop City: "If built, the APF's facility would constitute a huge investment into a system of policing and militarization that has already proven to be dangerous in this city and around the world, in forms ranging from racial disparities in deadly interactions with police, to pollution from explosives and gun ranges persisting in the environment." The Atlanta City Council knows the human and environmental consequences of Cop City -- why are they proceeding with it? Tell Atlanta City Council to stop Cop City!

Thank you, Jess Care2 Petitions Team

P.S. Atlanta is pushing to create a Cop City, which would harm residents and destroy the city’s largest green space. Sign the petition!      Sign Now