Rico)īy the end of the night, 23 had been arrested, each facing between five and 35 years behind bars on domestic terrorism charges, even though none of the warrants accuses any of them of injuring anyone or vandalizing anything.Ĭivil liberties groups and defense attorneys say officials levied the disproportionate charges to scare off others from joining a movement that has only grown since January, when a 26-year-old known as Tortuguita was killed by a state trooper as authorities cleared activists from the South River Forest.Īuthorities said they fired in self-defense after the protester shot a trooper, but activists have questioned that narrative and called for an independent investigation.Ī protester stands along Intrenchment Creek in DeKalb County, Ga., near the site of a planned police training center on March 9, 2023. Activists have been protesting the planned construction of a nearby police training center, calling it “Cop City.” (AP Photo/R.J. on March 9, 2023, four days after police stormed the event and arrested 23 people on charges of domestic terrorism in connection with the destruction of construction equipment. The stage used during the South River Music Festival is shown in DeKalb County, Ga.
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