State of Georgia using extreme legal measures to quell ‘Cop City’ dissenters
Georgia prosecutors are calling the demonstrators “militant anarchists.” But many of those charged say they were simply attending a rally or a concert in support of the Stop Cop City movement.
- Georgia prosecutors are calling the demonstrators “militant anarchists.” But many of those charged say they were simply attending a rally or a concert in support of the Stop Cop City movement.
- The protesters, their lawyers and their supporters, who rallied outside the court this week, say the government is using heavy-handed tactics to silence the movement.
- Legal experts worry about the type of precedent this might set for our right to protest.
- Also joining us is Zohra Ahmed, assistant professor of law at the University of Georgia.