More than five dozen activists were indicted on RICO charges last week over the ongoing efforts to halt construction of the city of Atlanta’s planned public safety training center in DeKalb County.
RICO prosecution requires multiple acts wherein members set up an “illegal coordinated scheme or operation (a “racket”) to repeatedly or consistently collect a profit” through coercion, fraud or extortion.
How in the hell is this going to apply to loosely organized voluntary protesters who are unarmed in the face of heavily armed police?This is stupid. This case is going to fall apart.
loosely organized
Did you even read the indictment?
They were organized enough to form a 503c charity and then funnel money in and out of it, track expenses and receipts, and perform reimbursements for supplies for conducting what amounts to traditional terrorism. They also established both on-grid and off-grid communication networks to organize and strategize. They also created and internally published their own educational materials to indoctrinate new recruits to the inner core of the cause.
You and I have very different definitions for “loosely”.
Further proof that all cops are bastards
The worst part of this is that the facility isn’t even in Atlanta. So the people directly affected don’t have a say in the city’s decisions
Atlanta is in DeKalb county. Well, partially - Atlanta is in DeKalb and Fulton. The land being rented to build Cop City is owned by the city of Atlanta.
I’m actually from DeKalb county, so this quite literally hits home for me.
Holy shit. 🍿
I hope 120 people replace them.
