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Category: General

Ryan Milsap’s Tow Truck Destroyed in Weelaunee People’s Park

Posted on July 30, 2022 - August 1, 2022 by scenes

A tow truck with "ACAB", "Stop Cop City", and "NO Blackhall" with its windows smashed and propped open sits abandoned in a gravel parking lot.

Two doors from the smashed up truck are used to barricade the entrance to Weelaunee People's Park.

A white tow truck with a smashed windshield and no doors sits in a gravel parking lot surrounded by debris.

A white tow truck with "FUCK U" tagged on it in green paint sits in a gravel parking lot.
Tow truck smashed in ICP lot. Contents redistributed for better use. Thanks for the tools, Ryan!

-Received Anonymously Over Email

Posted in General

Banner Drop in Lenapehoking in Solidarity with the Weelaunee Forest Defenders

Posted on July 29, 2022 by scenes

Here's some video of the radical artwork in Brooklyn showing solidarity with comrades in Atlanta who are fighting to defend the ATL forest & #StopCopCity! pic.twitter.com/Rvx6OgGieV

— Ash J (@AshAgony) July 29, 2022

In solidarity with the week of action to defend the Weelaunee forest, a banner was dropped at Broadway and Havemeyer on occupied Canarsie Lenape Land (so called “Brooklyn NYC”) on Thursday July 28th. It continues to hang there thru Friday afternoon seen by both train-goers and a constant stream of car-users.

The earth and its people will one day be free again! No police, no pipelines, no prisons! Shut Down Rikers! No New Jails.

NYC to ATL❤️‍🔥

-Received Anonymously Over Email

Posted in Art, Community Building, General, Report BacksTagged 4th Week of Action, solidarity

Orlando USA Banner Drop In Solidarity With Forest Defenders

Posted on July 29, 2022 by scenes

In solidarity with forest defenders <3
From Orlando with love and rage! We will carry the spirit of defiance
seen these past months in defense of the wild to the placated streets of
our city. A wild rage has been released, we carry it in our hearts.
The flame burns on!
-1312
ORL to ATL
-Received Anonymously Over Email
Posted in Art, Community Building, General, Report BacksTagged 4th Week of Action, solidarity

DTF Flyers Wheatpasted Throughout The Twin Cities

Posted on July 28, 2022 - July 28, 2022 by scenes


During the fourth week of action to defend the forest, posters were wheat-pasted around several neighborhoods of the Twin Cities.

You can find these posters and more at defendtheatlantaforest.org and making your own wheat-paste is incredibly simple, with recipes easily available online.

-Received Anonymously Over Email

Posted in Art, General, Report BacksTagged 4th Week of Action, solidarity

WINNEMUCCA INDIAN COLONY DA REPORT BACK

Posted on July 27, 2022 by scenes

The Winnemucca Indian Colony, on Paiute and Shoshone land in so-called Winnemucca, Nevada, is under attack from self-appointed tribal chairperson Judy Rojo and her crooked council, none of whom even live on the colony or in Nevada. Judy is not recognized by the residents and elders of the Winnemucca Indian Colony. Although the colony was part of a forced removal project intended for “homeless Indians,” Judy Rojo charges the residents rent and began demolishing their homes and forcefully evicting them in November of 2021. The 20 acres of land where the WIC residents live today was purchased in 1928 by the government from the Central Pacific Railway. Many of the elders have lived on this land for decades and are second generation residents. Judy Rojo and her contracted goon, Bob McNichols of REZBuilders, have demolished 8 structures and homes on the colony so far without the consent of the residents.

Judy Rojo has also stolen 320 acres that has ‘legally’ belonged to the Winnemucca Indian Colony since 1918 under colonial law. She is building homes and a tribal building, which has not been approved by the colony residents. On the 320, Judy built and is using the Water Canyon Dispensary to steal and launder millions of dollars from WIC residents. The dispensary is currently expanding to increase their profits. This is a land grab. The identity of the non-native dispensary owner collaborating with Judy to launder money is unknown.
 
In April of 2022, machines were destroyed and two buildings, the tribal building on the 320 acres, and a deceased elder’s home that Judy seized to turn into a Bureau of Indian Affairs office, burned down, totaling approximately 1.3 million dollars in damages.
Under Judy Rojo, these development projects on the 320 will not benefit the colony residents. The BIA police have been terrorizing, arresting, and physically assaulting elders, residents, and invited protectors since November 2021 when demolition began and before. One officer, Charlie Etheredge, even murdered someone on the Fort McDermitt reservation and gave an invited protector a black eye. Since REZBuilders put up a barbed wire fence around the entire colony, with contracted BIA patrolling as prison guards, reporting to Judy and Bob and referring to them as their bosses, the colony has functionally been a prisoners-of-war camp. Because of the blockade, the residents have often been unable to receive the care and mutual aid they need, including house repairs, medical support, and food donations. Even residents’ families have been barred from entering the colony. BIA arrested elders whose homes have been demolished for trying to return. Currently the elders are being coerced into attending virtual fake hearings in a false court made by Judy and her council.
In response to this violence, the suppliers of Judy’s 320 building projects were targeted. On 7/7/22 Western Nevada Supply Company headquarters in Sparks, NV was vandalized. Multiple project trailers in a supply yard had electrical wires cut, tail lights removed, and messages of: “end contracts with Judy Rojo”, and “stop colonizing Winnemucca” spray-painted in black and red. On 7/8, a similar action occurred against Western Nevada Supply Company in Winnemucca. Bike locks were used around entrances/gates, the door locks filled with super glue, windows were blacked out and a message of “End contracts with Judy Rojo,” was spray-painted. On 7/9, Arnold Machinery in Elko, NV, who supplies some of the heavy equipment to Judy, was vandalized. Windows were blacked out and a message of “End contracts with Judy Rojo,” was spray-painted. Arnold Machinery is likely not the only company supplying heavy equipment to Judy. Attempts were made to smash windows at both Western Nevada Supply Company targets, but be warned, the glass proved to be thick.
 
Here is a non-exhaustive list of targets carrying out colonization and genocide in so-called Winnemucca, Nevada. If any of the people and companies listed below do not want to be targeted, they can stop colonizing Paiute and Shoshone land.
 
Judy Rojo
12717 Kumquat Ave
Chino, CA 91710
Other Council (incomplete)
Misty Morning Dawn Rojo-Alvarez
9845 3rd Ave, Hesperia, CA, 92345-3154
Shannon Evans
Merlene Magiera
Eric Magiera
Judy’s legal team (incomplete)
Norberto John Cisneros
1367 Panini Dr, Henderson, NV, 89052-3180
Treva Jean Hearne
8140 W 54th Pl, Arvada, CO, 80002-3514
Bob McNichols/REZBuilders
BobMcNichols@Rezbuilders.com
2175 Seneca Street, Kingman, AZ 86401
Bureau of Indian Affairs offices (incomplete/Nevada only)

​311 E Washington St, Carson City, NV, 89701-4065
2719-4 Argent Ave, Elko, NV, 89801
Winnemucca Tribal Council office 
595 Humboldt Street, Reno, NV, 89509-1603 (listed on BIA website)
433 West Plum Ln, Reno, NV, 89509 (listed on WIC website) 
 
BIA Officer: Charles David Etheredge
6203 Forest Grove Dr, Fredericksberg, VA 22407-6378
 
Western Nevada Supply Company (for full list of addresses visit website)
950 South Rock Blvd, Sparks, NV 89431
5445 South Carson Street, Carson City, NV, 89701
1225 Water Street, Elko, NV, 89801
3245 West Potato Rd, Winnemucca, NV 89445
2141 James Ave, South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150
10990 Industrial Way, Truckee, CA, 96161
 
Michael White, WNSC Winnemucca branch manager
personal email: philomath101@gmail.com
WNSC email: mwhite@goblueteam.com
 
Arnold Machinery (incomplete, multiple locations) 

4550 E Idaho St, Elko, NV 89801

-Received Anonymously Over Email
Posted in Calls to Action, Communiques, General, News, Report BacksTagged direct action, report-back, sabotage, solidarity

2021/2022 list of 1828 Atlanta Police Officers and Recruit names

Posted on July 27, 2022 by scenes

PODATA [list of names here]

copsofcopcity.noblogs.org has updated it’s list of officers and recruits to the most recent and comprehensive list of information. Send more information to copsofcopcity@riseup.net using our pgp key or the submission form found on our blog.

-Recieved Anonymously Over Email

Posted in General, News, Report BacksTagged police

Banner Drop In Minneapolis USA in solidarity with The Week Of Action To Defend The Weelaunee forest

Posted on July 27, 2022 by scenes

To begin the week of action to defend the Weelaunee forest, a banner was dropped over highway 94 in so-called Minneapolis on Monday July 25th. It remained in place for several hours, including the entire evening rush hour.

Stop Cop City! No Hollywood Dystopia!!

-Received Anonymously Over Email

Posted in Art, General, News, Report BacksTagged 4th Week of Action, solidarity

FLOCK SECURITY VEHICLE WINDOWS SMASHED & SCARED OUT OF FOREST​

Posted on July 25, 2022 by scenes
This afternoon a Flock Security Vehicle & worker outside the South Atlanta forest was spotted trying to replace one of the cameras they have habitually used to incriminate & incarcerate high volumes of people of color, activists,& struggling working class people.
  Rocks were thrown at the van, effectively smashing their windows, & the Flock Security vehicle speedily drove away from the forest in a hurry!
   NO Flock security cameras were allowed to be installed or replaced by Flock due to the efforts of forest defenders!
Defending the Forest often means taking risks, & aside from various forms of eco-defense, we will NOT risk allowing the cops to spin the narrative how they see fit, extrapolating & twisting the situation to try and justify their undue violence upon POC, general forest defenders & non-human animals & the LGBTQIA communities!
 . *SMASH ALL THE ENEMIES’ WINDOWS WITH ROCKS*.
-Received Anonymously Over Email
Posted in Communiques, General, Report BacksTagged 4th Week of Action, direct action, ecodefense

WOA ANARCHIST BINGO~ DTF ! STOP COP CITY! Fight Blackhall!

Posted on July 24, 2022 - July 24, 2022 by scenes

It’s officially the Week Of Action to collectively Defend the Forest BY HELPING Stop Cop City, & Fight Back Against Black Hall Studios!
There’s a bunch of folks in town & what better way to spend our time than collectively, and with a diversity of tactics fight our enemies both INSIDE & OUTSIDE the forest, and spread the resources of the cops & Black Hall thin…
Please help us gitr’ dun by trying to complete at least one “BINGO” line of A-team comrade tasks while so many folks are in up in this bish!
Remember your op sec & tech sec skills & training & get out there to start tallying off items on your to-do list for the cause!
The forest won’t defend itself from the oppressive regimes of law enforcement, & clearly petitions & shit are not enough!
*NO PASSIVE PARTICPANTS IN THE FINAL BATTLES FOR EARTH & FREEDOM.
TOTAL LIBERATION MEANS MAKE TOTAL DESTROY– so we can build the world we want to live in from the ashes of the old!
On the above A-TEAM BINGO Sheet, you have to utilize some deductive reasoning, be creative, & show us what you got!
All fires are sacred. Everything wild is better. Earth destroying equipment, their operators & people who guard them fearing to enter forest is one of many noble goals…

– Received Anonymously Over Email

Posted in Art, Calls to Action, Community Building, GeneralTagged 4th Week of Action, diy, joy

Weelaunee People’s Park Opening And Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

Posted on July 23, 2022 - July 24, 2022 by scenes

Cops, at Milsap’s orders, attempted to close the park to the public. Today, forest defenders kicked off the @defendATLforest Week of Action by re-opening it as Weelaunee People’s Park, ribbon-cutting ceremony and all. https://t.co/Dy5vQHAlBN pic.twitter.com/0jWR5QyqA9

— Atlanta Community Press Collective (@atlanta_press) July 23, 2022

Posted in Community Building, General, Report BacksTagged joy

Climate activists chained themselves to the doors of a Charlotte office building Friday morning

Posted on July 23, 2022 - July 24, 2022 by scenes

Protesters on Friday left a poster that reads “Stop Cop City. Drop the Contract” on the doors of an office buliding in Charlotte Climate activists want construction company Brasfield & Gorrie to end its contract which Atlanta for a police training facility in a forest home to an indigenous tribe.
https://www.newsobserver.com/news/state/north-carolina/article263729833.html

-Received Anonymously Over Email

Posted in General, News, Report BacksTagged protest, solidarity

RC Field Barricaded

Posted on July 22, 2022 - July 22, 2022 by scenes

A Banner that reads "BECOME UNREMOTECONTROLLABLE" "FUCK BLACKHALL"
“BECOME UN-REMOTE-CONTROLLABLE, FUCK BLACKHALL” reads the banner in front of the new tire-and-brush barricade in front of the Remote Control Airfield at Intrenchment Creek Park, where police entered the forest twice this week after barricading the ICP parking lot shut last Friday. The cops gleefully stepped into their role as the hired henchmen of corporate elites, and “closed the park”—which is still legally a public park—at the behest of Blackhall Studios CEO Ryan Millsap, sworn enemy of all things good in this world. The cops put up private property signs which were swiftly taken down, and the cement barricades autonomously swung open.

The time has long passed to choose a side. You are either with the forest or against it. We know where the cops stand, we know where Blackhall Studios stands, and we will no longer let them into these woods without a battle.

OUR WOODS NOT HOLLYWOOD’S! NO HOLLYWOOD DYSTOPIA! FUCK RYAN MILLSAP! FUCK BLACKHALL STUDIOS! BECOME UN-REMOTE-CONTROLLABLE!!!

-Received Anonymously Over Email

Posted in Communiques, General, Report BacksTagged ecodefense, protest

“We Will Not Be Intimidated” – statement from a squirrel

Posted on July 22, 2022 by scenes

The continued militarized response to treesitters in the south Atlanta forest shows very blatantly how willing the state is to use violence and intimidation to repress our movements.

To the state we say this “We will not be intimidated.” Your “aggressive posturing” will not scare us away. While you depict us as almost mythical creatures capable of terrifying things, skulking through the woods, we enjoy a world filled with relationships built on trust and intimacies deeper than you can imagine. group meals, music around the fire, real talk, a life richer than most anything to be found in civilization, built with the scraps of your world. There are many of us, with many different analyses, but we hold one thing in common, we have seen what is possible, and we stand in total opposition to this world and its cops. For a world without police or prisons or asylums, a world without gender, a world without civilization

-squirrel

 

-Received Anonymously Over Email

Posted in Community Building, General, NewsTagged direct action, diy, ecodefense, joy, protest

New Website Launched: Cops Of Cop City

Posted on July 21, 2022 - July 22, 2022 by scenes

copsofcopcity.noblogs.org

-Recieved Anonymously Over Email

Posted in General, NewsTagged apf, police

Ant gang moves 2 ton barricade of public park

Posted on July 21, 2022 - July 22, 2022 by scenes

It takes 100 cute little ants working together to type a communique. Imagine how many ants it takes to move a 4,000 lb concrete barricade! That’s what we accomplished last night, the evening of the 19th. Ryan Milsap wanted to close Intrenchment Creek Park to the public and thought that some 2 ton concrete barricades would do the trick. But he just had no idea how many ants love to come and go from the park and love to work together to make a nicer place for the whole community. Fuck Milsap, Fuck Blackhall, and FUCK THE COPS!

Love to you all,
Ant Gang

-Received Anonymously Over Email

Posted in Art, Community Building, GeneralTagged blackhall

BEAVERS GNAW DOWN 40 FT WOODEN SURVEILLANCE POLE IN WELAUNEE FOREST installed by APD & City of ATL:

Posted on July 7, 2022 by scenes

…We noticed that police escorted a white work truck with boom lift affiliated with The City of Atlanta to install a very large & approximate 40 foot wooden pole on Key Road near the prison ruins in south Atlanta yesterday, for what appeared to be a high altitude surveillance tower…
Us beavers just so happen to LOVE a good hardwood pole, & will surely gnaw down more if you bring them!
Thanks for the snack APD!
Downed wooden pole on the edge of a forested road
We saved some leftovers for you on the side of the road in what also appears to be a mounting pile of broken surveillance cameras…

In Solidarity with Forest defenders holding it down in the South Atlanta Forest,
The Beaver Gang

-Received Anonymously Over Email

Posted in Communiques, GeneralTagged apf, direct action, ecodefense, sabotage

Springfield Massachusetts, Atlas Technical Consultants Office Has Windows Smashed And Vandalized

Posted on July 4, 2022 - July 4, 2022 by scenes

june 15, night, more shattered glass windows and paint at an office of atlas technical consultants. their office located at 73 william franks dr west springfield, massachusetts 01089 was the latest in a spree of similar attacks across the country. so many of their offices have been hit, with many more to come until they drop ties with long engineering and its plans to help build cop city. drop the contract, save weelaunee forest! until then, expect more resistance…

-Received Anonymously Over Email

Posted in Communiques, GeneralTagged direct action, diy, protest, solidarity

Flyers About stopapf.noblogs.org

Posted on July 2, 2022 by scenes

Empire Communities is a contributor to the Atlanta Police Foundation and a real estate housing development company  that develops primarily in areas experiencing rapid gentrification and destroys forested land and multi-generational affordable homes to do so.  They own planned developments, active construction sites, offices, and model homes located in Atlanta GA, Austin, TX,Houston, San Antonio, TX, North Carolina, Ontario Canada. Learn more at stopapf.noblogs.org  The "At Promise Center"'s are one of the Atlanta Police Foundation's projects that serve as youth probation and furthering community policing in the areas they are built. In a City Council Meeting in July 2021 Dave Wilkinson (President and CEO of the Atlanta Police Foundation) said that "At risk youth of the "At Promise Center"'s could go and work" when asked about the motivation, vision, or reasoning for the "urban farm site" at the planned Cop City. Learn more at stopapf.noblogs.org Norfolk Southern is a contributor to the Atlanta Police Foundation and is rail and real-estate owner/operator that serves every major container port in the eastern United States.   Norfolk Southern is a major transporter of industrial products, including agriculture, forest and consumer products, chemicals, and metals and construction materials, and is a principal carrier of coal, automobiles, and automotive parts. Learn more at stopapf.noblogs.org

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

-Recieved Anonymously Over Email

Posted in Community Building, General, NewsTagged apf

Visit Stop The Atlanta Police Foundation Website

Posted on July 1, 2022 - July 1, 2022 by scenes

Stop The Atlanta Police Foundation

stopapf.noblogs.org

Visit https://t.co/sKJ6xltLVb for information.

— stopapf (@stopapf) July 1, 2022

Posted in Calls to Action, General

North Gate Barricaded Shut to Protect Forest from Cops with Chainsaws

Posted on July 1, 2022 by scenes

Barricaded gate with sign that read "Give Up"This last week, barricades were erected to protect the South Atlanta Forest from police incursions with chainsaws.
The north gate was sealed off to the OPF (Old Prison Farm) on Key Rd. with an array of concrete, thick wood, broken glass, & cunning!
To make matters worse for the police, a lovely bucket of shit was chained to the gate as well!
In conjunction, a banner reading, “Give Up,” was aptly placed on the front of the Barricade to rightfully celebrate the WITHDRAWAL of subcontractor Reeves Young from the Cop City project, as well as what appears to be (but not yet confirmed!) Main contactor Brasfield & Gorie.
Barricades will continue to be constructed as long as the South Atlanta Forest is threatened by cops, & in any danger of clear- cutting & the likes to build Cop City.
If the cops keep trying to enter the forest on UTV’s with hopes of terrorizing forest defenders, abusing non-human animals, or killing trees with evil tools, they will be consistently met with treacherous roadblocks…
Consider this your warning, APD.

-Received Anonymously Over Email

Posted in Communiques, General, Report BacksTagged direct action, diy, ecodefense, encampment, protest, sabotage

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