Extreme Charges for #StopCopCity Protestors, with Kamau Franklin (RICO Part 1)

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Extreme Charges for #StopCopCity Protestors, with Kamau Franklin (RICO Part 1)

2023-03-07

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This week, I speak with Kamau Franklin about the insane charges for Stop Cop City protestors, including possible RICO indictments in the coming days. We discuss Sunday’s massive police raid which resulted in...

This week, I speak with Kamau Franklin about the insane charges for Stop Cop City protestors, including possible RICO indictments in the coming days.

We discuss Sunday’s massive police raid which resulted in 35 arrests and 23 domestic terrorism charges, bringing the total number of domestic terrorism charges for #StopCopCity activists to 44.

While RICO charges have not been issued, community organizations in Atlanta including Community Movement Builders and the Atlanta Solidarity Fund have announced that they expect these indictments in the coming weeks.

The Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act was created in the 70’s to go after the mafia. It targets organized criminal enterprises, enabling extended penalties including sentences of 5 to 20 years and the seizure of financial assets from individuals and organizations

KAMAU FRANKLIN is a community organizer, writer, lawyer, and cofounder of Community Movement Builders, a national Black collective that works to build sustainable, self-determining communities through cooperative economics and community organizing. A fundamental component of this work is building resistance to police brutality and overpolicing.

I recently spoke with Kamau and 2 other activists from the movement to Stop Cop City and defend the Atlanta forest, and I highly recommend that folks go back and listen to this important discussion.

HOW TO HELP:

Show up to Weelaunee Park!

Donate to the Atlanta Solidarity Fund!

Sign this and this petition

Send automated emails to #StopCopCity funders, contractors, and city officials

GET PLUGGED INTO THE MOVEMENT:

Communitymovementbuilders.org

Defendtheatlantaforest.org

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