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Tag: home demo

A Home Associated With Dodd Drilling LLC vandalized

Posted on May 16, 2022 - May 16, 2022 by scenes

EARLY MONDAY MORNING A HOME ASSOCIATED WITH DODD DRILLING, LLC WAS PAINTED WITH SLOGANS INCLUDING “DODD DRILLING STAY OUT”, “STOP COP CITY”, AND “DROP APD” TO THE DODD DRILLING JERK: LAST MONDAY, A BULLDOZER WITH YOUR LOGO FORCED ITS WAY INTO WEELAUNEE FOREST AND LEFT A 100-FT TRAIL OF DESTRUCTION IN ITS WAKE. FOREST DEFENDERS RESPONDED QUICKLY WITH ROCKS AND RAGE, BUT SOME DAMAGE WAS ALREADY DONE. DESPITE HAVING NO PERMIT, YOU ALLOWED ATLANTA POLICE TO USE YOUR EQUIPMENT TO INTIMIDATE AND INJURE THE FOREST AND ITS RESIDENTS. TODAY, YOU KNOW WHAT IT’S LIKE TO HAVE YOUR SPACE INVADED. YOU CAME TO OUR HOME SO WE CAME TO YOURS. ALL FORESTS ARE CONNECTED–YOUR PRIVATE PROPERTY IS NOT AS PRIVATE AS YOU MAY THINK. WE DEMAND YOU STAY OUT OF WEELAUNEE FOREST AND STOP WORKING WITH ATLANTA POLICE AND COP CITY CONTRACTORS. TO ALL OTHERS WHO WOULD SUPPORT COP CITY: IT MIGHT HAVE MORE COSTS THAN YOU ANTICIPATE, FINANCIAL AND OTHERWISE. MANY CREATURES CARE DEEPLY ABOUT THIS FOREST AND ARE PREPARED TO DEFEND IT. ANY PARTNER OF THE APD OR CONTRACTOR FOR COP CITY IS OUR ENEMY AND POTENTIAL TARGET. TO OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES: THE PRINCIPAL ADDRESS OF DODD DRILLING, LLC IS A SUBURBAN HOME IN A CUL DE SAC LOCATED AT 64 TIMBER WALK DAWSONVILLE, GA 30534. THE BACKYARD INCLUDES A LOVELY FOREST WHICH IS EASY TO VISIT. THE WEELAUNEE FOREST IS NOT DYING; IT IS BEING KILLED AND THOSE WHO ARE KILLING IT HAVE NAMES AND ADDRESSES. A LIST OF LOCAL ATLANTA EVIL-DOERS IS AVAILABLE AT STOPREEVESYOUNG.COM. ~SOME SEXXII FOREST FAIRIES

-Recieved Anonymously Over Email

Posted in Communiques, GeneralTagged apf, blackhall, home demo

May 11 House Visit at Keith Johnson (Brasfield & Gorrie)

Posted on May 14, 2022 - June 17, 2022 by scenes

The RC airfield in the forest with a smoke grenade, police officers, a bulldozer, an overturned car, and a banner in the background. In the foreground: Week of Action 3: May 8-14 2022 in the Atlanta Forest.
This is part of a series on the 3rd Week of Action.
On May 11, 30-40 people visited the home of Keith Lanier Johnson Jr. at 1268 Gordon Combs Rd NW, Kennesaw GA 30152.

Keith is the Eastern Regional President of Brasfield & Gorrie (B&G). B&G are the current general contractor for the Atlanta Police Foundation’s Cop City project in southeast Atlanta.

Now that Keith is no longer busy on the board of the Mount Paran Christian School, it seems he is managing the $142,327 of fines levied against his employer for safety and wage theft violations. He is also overseeing the destruction of grave sites, the leveling of a vital tree canopy, and the militarization of the American police force. It is for these reasons that community members went to his home at 6am.

The low-barrier fencing did not seem to deter assembled protesters from approaching the home directly in order to deliver fliers to Jr. Neighbors did not seem overly concerned with the assembled group when they approached the four building estate set back from the road. Hopefully Carolyn Paige Woodruff Johnson, Sarah E. Johnson, or Keith the younger were not bothered too much by the blow-back resulting from the decisions of Keith’s employers.

We hope that Keith is able to convince the two Magnus’s, currently sitting comfortably back home in Birmingham, that the current APF contract is untenable, and that there is an urgent need to cancel it. It could turn out that Keith personally is carrying to brunt of pressure for his bosses decisions.

Brasfield & Gorrie will eventually drop the Cop City contract. Anonymous groups are developing new methods for disincentivizing the project.

And they are getting closer.

-Received anonymously over email

Posted in Report BacksTagged 3rd Week of Action, direct action, ecodefense, home demo, protest

Atlanta protesters arrested while City Council passes lease agreement with police foundation

Posted on September 9, 2021 - January 31, 2022 by scenes
A photograph of protesters detained outside of Council Member Natalyn Archibong’s residence the night of Sept. 8. Protesters were gathered outside holding signs that read “No Cop Academy” while Archibong and the rest of Atlanta City Council were tuned into the night’s virtual meeting deliberating a ground lease to be issued with Atlanta Police Foundation. The lease agreement, which effectively sells massive acreage of city-owned land of the South River Forest and Old Atlanta Prison Farm, was passed in council in a 10-4 vote. Photo credit: The Mainline/2021.
A photograph of protesters detained outside of Council Member Natalyn Archibong’s residence the night of Sept. 8. Protesters were gathered outside holding signs that read “No Cop Academy” while Archibong and the rest of Atlanta City Council were tuned into the night’s virtual meeting deliberating a ground lease to be issued with Atlanta Police Foundation. The lease agreement, which effectively sells massive acreage of city-owned land of the South River Forest and Old Atlanta Prison Farm, was passed in council in a 10-4 vote. Photo credit: The Mainline/2021.

https://www.mainlinezine.com/atlanta-protesters-arrested-council-passes-lease-police-foundation/

Posted in NewsTagged apf, city council, direct action, events, ground lease, home demo

Fuck Cop City Labor Day BBQ

Posted on September 7, 2021 - January 31, 2022 by scenes

Signs placed on John Keen's yard

Signs on John Keen’s Yard      https://www.instagram.com/p/CTcl4B3L7uo/

Posted in Community BuildingTagged city council, events, home demo

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