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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.

  • FuglyDuckEnglish
    9•1 year ago

    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

    • stopthatgirl7OP
      10•1 year ago

      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.

      • FuglyDuckEnglish
        6•1 year ago

        correct me if I’m wrong, but even though the land itself is owned by the city, it’s in unincorporated land, meaning the neighbors to it don’t get to have a voice on the city council to represent them?

        I’m not sure what use dekalb county would be here, though.

        • stopthatgirl7OP
          6•1 year ago

          Unfortunately, all that matters is that the city owns the land, and they can do what they want with it. Since Atlanta owns the land, it’s the Atlanta City Council that decides what to do with it.

          As for DeKalb, it’s in DeKalb county and DeKalb county is the one that’s issued the building permits for it.