It's Going Down on Nostr: "Georgia prosecutors and police have repeatedly stretched the law or come under harsh ...
"Georgia prosecutors and police have repeatedly stretched the law or come under harsh criticism for their handling of a criminal conspiracy case involving protesters against a police-training center colloquially known as “Cop City”, activists and experts say.
The case has been pushed so recklessly that one of the subjects of the prosecution told the Guardian that their constitutional rights were being “blatantly violated”, after police took thousands of his personal papers in a Swat-style raid last year.
Experts have told the Guardian the case is the largest use of so-called Rico statutes against a protest movement in US history. The law has historically been used to prosecute the Mafia or organized crime, but here it is being brought to bear against an environmental and social justice movement."
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/20/georgia-misconduct-cop-city-protester-case
The case has been pushed so recklessly that one of the subjects of the prosecution told the Guardian that their constitutional rights were being “blatantly violated”, after police took thousands of his personal papers in a Swat-style raid last year.
Experts have told the Guardian the case is the largest use of so-called Rico statutes against a protest movement in US history. The law has historically been used to prosecute the Mafia or organized crime, but here it is being brought to bear against an environmental and social justice movement."
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/20/georgia-misconduct-cop-city-protester-case