Natasha Explains It All14 Juli 2023

Episode 29 - Action Alert! #StopCopCity

The City of Atlanta wants to spend $90 million in taxpayer dollars to tear down forest and build a police training center, where they will build a mock city for training for urban warfare, engage in explosions testing, have shooting ranges, and controlled building burns. This proposal is deeply unpopular among Atlanta residents, who want the money to be spent on several other areas where there are pressing needs, including education and healthcare. The major supporters of Cop City are major corporations - not the actual residents who will be targeted by the police trained at Cop City.

The good news is community organizers have organized an opportunity to put Cop City to a public vote. By August 14th, they need to collect 70,000 signatures from registered voters in Atlanta to secure a referendum on the November 7th ballot on whether Cop City should be funded.

Let's spread the word!

https://www.copcityvote.com - all the info you need about the petition and signature gathering

https://stopcop.city/ - all the info you need about what Cop City is

Also check out @copcityvote and @cpdaction for more and @atlantabeltlinehatesyou for great memes about #NoCopCity

You can also donate to the Atlanta Solidarity Fund at https://atlsolidarity.org/

To learn more about the major corporations backing Cop City, check out: https://news.littlesis.org/2022/11/15/meet-the-major-corporations-and-cultural-institutions-helping-build-cop-city-in-atlanta/

#StopCopCity

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