More than 60 so-called environmental activists were charged through a RICO indictment for allegedly conspiring to block construction of an Atlanta police training facility in Georgia’s woodlands.
The mostly out-of-state members of Atlanta Forest, described as a “self-identified coalition and enterprise of militant anarchists, eco-activists and community organizers,” is accused of coordinating, advertising and conducting “direct action” designed to prevent the construction of the Atlanta Police Public Safety Training Center and Shadowbox Studios, previously known as Blackhall Studios, to “promote anarchist ideas,” according to a copy of the Fulton County, Georgia, indictment obtained by Fox News.
The prosecutors said the actions of “this anarchist, anti-police and environmental activism organization,” include vandalizing private property; arson; destruction of government property; attacks on utility workers, law enforcement and private citizens; and gun violence, “all while promoting virulent anarchist ideals.”
The 109-page indictment alleges that, from May 25, 2020, to at least Aug. 25, 2023, the defendants’ behavior violated the Georgia Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act.
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That’s the same statute former President Donald Trump and his allies are charged under in Fulton County for alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
In the indictment over the “Stop Cop City” encampment and demonstrations, some defendants are also facing charges of domestic terrorism, first-degree arson and money laundering.
The group formed in the aftermath of George Floyd’s killing in Minneapolis, as “anti-government anarchists in Atlanta recognized an opportunity to rally against law enforcement,” the indictment says. Prosecutors say that after the “justified” Atlanta Police shooting of Rayshard Brooks in a Wendy’s parking lot — after…
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