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Tag: protest

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

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

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

Road blocked by protestors today near the Charlotte, NC offices of Brasfield & Gorrie

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

Road blocked by protestors today near the Charlotte, NC offices of #CopCity construction firm @BrasfieldGorrie. Residents of Charlotte call on B&G to drop the contract and stop Cop City! pic.twitter.com/4RZXY0DXSB

— Defend the Atlanta Forest (@defendATLforest) June 30, 2022

Posted in Community Building, General, News, Report BacksTagged protest

Noise Demo Outside NYC Atlas Office

Posted on June 8, 2022 - June 8, 2022 by scenes

Noise Demo Outside NYC Atlas Office pic.twitter.com/oLj3hOyflV

— Scenes from the Atlanta Forest (@scenesatl) June 8, 2022

pic.twitter.com/CH8B52KleF

— Scenes from the Atlanta Forest (@scenesatl) June 8, 2022

– Received anonymously over email

Posted in General, Report BacksTagged events, protest, solidarity

Church of Michael Keller Regional Pre-Construction Director for Brasfield & Gorrie Visited

Posted on June 6, 2022 - June 6, 2022 by scenes

On June 5th, Pentacost Sunday, a few activists visited the Kairos Church
on Riverside Drive in Atlanta, GA. The occassion of this visit was to
bring awareness to the congregation that their fellow congregant,
Michael Keller, is engaged in unconscionable destruction of His Creation
for his role as Regional Pre-Construction Director in Brasfield &
Gorrie, the general contractor of the Atlanta Police Foundation’s
unpopular “Cop City” project in southeast Atlanta. Michael Keller and
his wife Mary Stansfield Keller appear to be devout believers, which is
why we visited the church with fliers, rather than simply their private
residence at 2325 Dellwood Dr NW, Atlanta Ga. It is our sincere hope
that Michael, with the support of his community, accept responsibility
for the destruction and unjustifiable cycle of harm and police armament
he is helping to construct, in the Cop City project. We are sure that he
will do his best.

We all want a safer community and future. The Cop City is not making
Michael safer, it will not make any of us safer.

Brasfield & Gorrie, please drop the contract with the Atlanta Police
Foundation.

Matthew 18:15-19

“15 “If your brother or sister[b] sins,[c] go and point out their fault,
just between the two of you. If they listen to you, you have won them
over. 16 But if they will not listen, take one or two others along, so
that ‘every matter may be established by the testimony of two or three
witnesses.’[d] 17 If they still refuse to listen, tell it to the church;
and if they refuse to listen even to the church, treat them as you would
a pagan or a tax collector.

18 “Truly I tell you, whatever you bind on earth will be[e] bound in
heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be[f] loosed in heaven.

19 “Again, truly I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about
anything they ask for, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven.
20 For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them.”

 

 

-Received anonymously over email

Posted in Communiques, General, News, Report BacksTagged direct action, protest

A Message From A Tree sitter

Posted on June 3, 2022 - June 3, 2022 by scenes

They destroyed our camp, & sawed one of our platforms apart, but we still got up into same tree in opf near juvy to defend the forest, & we left a message for our oppressors & our tree sitter comrade has issued a statement:
“We are here today to stop the development of a police militarization facility, where police would train in tactics of repression and violence against the civilians of Atlanta. We are here today to stop a beautiful forest from being destroyed, to stop countless animals and plants from being exterminated from this place. Two incredibly important topics are at stake here today. Climate change and police violence are two of the most pressing issues affecting our society today, and they will only worsen if this facility is built. We cannot stand by as we sacrifice humanity’s future for a Cop City.”
-Wish
– Received anonymously over email
Posted in Calls to Action, Community Building, General, News, Report BacksTagged direct action, diy, ecodefense, encampment, protest, report-back

BULLDOZER STOPPED IN ATL FOREST BY HORDE OF FOREST DEFENDERS- CALL TO ACTION

Posted on June 2, 2022 - June 5, 2022 by scenes

On June. 2nd, a horde of forest defenders were able to stop a bulldozer on the edge of the woods (that was being escorted by kkkops) from destroying the forest by throwing rocks, deploying fireworks, & shouting scary words!

  However, cops are destroying forest defense infrastructure & we need all hands on deck to CONTINUE STOPPING THE CONSTRUCTION of cop city, & allow this scarred forest to heal.
   Another tree sit has also gone up in the path our enemies plan to destroy for their racist training facility, & we need help both supporting & defending that zone!
  We are welcoming ALL the tactics. Kate Bush flash mob when kkkops arrive? Fuck yeah. Frontline Action to stop machines of destruction? Fuck yeah. Please just get your sweet fucking feral ass down here.
 Your house sitting gig & coffee shop job can wait– come occupy the forest, & if you got privilege, use it to throw down, as trees, community members & non-human animals are better than a clear cut lot with a militarized police training center.
   The stakes are high & the forest is calling!
 Come for the blackberries & community, & stay for the chaos!
  Week of Action is June.2nd- till the Forest is safe!
   Interested in rolling with Camp Copperhead?Drop a line to:
  campcopperhead@proton.me

& We’ll get back to you soon!

– Received anonymously over email

Posted in Calls to Action, Communiques, Community Building, General, News, Report BacksTagged direct action, diy, ecodefense, encampment, events, joy, police, protest, report-back

Forest Defenders fire fireworks, throw rocks, and attack construction machine

Posted on June 2, 2022 - June 2, 2022 by scenes

Work stopped today, Thursday June 2, as a group of 10 forest defenders confronted a bulldozer in the forest just west of the juvy today. Forest defenders launched rocks and fireworks, yelling ‘get the fuck out of the woods’ as the machine was attacked. 4-5 workers, likely with Long Engineering, hid behind the bulldozer while one APD officer stood idly with his hands on his hips. Forest defenders retreated into the woods howling. No arrests were made.

We call upon anyone who wants to defend the forest and stop cop city to support the struggle by sowing chaos along the perimeter: plan a slow-moving car caravan on Constitution Rd, or a rally at the juvy.

Workers and pigs, we repeat: Stay the fuck out the woods.

-Received anonymously over email

Posted in General, Report BacksTagged direct action, diy, ecodefense, police, protest

Video Submission

Posted on June 2, 2022 by scenes

pic.twitter.com/2DlNDD7PEB

— Scenes from the Atlanta Forest (@scenesatl) June 2, 2022

-Received anonymously over email

Posted in Art, GeneralTagged direct action, diy, ecodefense, joy, protest, sabotage, solidarity

Police Raid Atlanta Forest Occupation

Posted on May 18, 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.
https://unicornriot.ninja/2022/police-raid-atlanta-forest-occupation/

– article by Unicorn Riot

Posted in NewsTagged 3rd Week of Action, direct action, ecodefense, encampment, police, protest, report-back

200 Protesters Marched Through Atlanta To Stop Cop City

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.

200 Protesters Marched Through Atlanta Yesterday To #StopCopCity

The Atlanta Police Foundation wants to destroy much of the remaining forest in the city to build a giant police training complex. Officers are very aggressive against protesters who oppose their favored project. pic.twitter.com/EgSWfzTNCY

— Unicorn Riot (@UR_Ninja) May 15, 2022

Posted in NewsTagged 3rd Week of Action, apf, protest

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

March to defend the forest led by preschoolers

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.

“Stop Cop City!”

March to defend the forest takes streets in East Atlanta Village, lead by local preschools pic.twitter.com/QH7ggTuraT

— Defend the Atlanta Forest (@defendATLforest) May 14, 2022

Posted in Report BacksTagged 3rd Week of Action, joy, protest

BRASFIELD & GORRIE CORPORATE HQ IN ALABAMA ATTACKED

Posted on May 13, 2022 - May 13, 2022 by scenes

ON THE MORNING OF THE 13TH, THE WINDOWS AND GLASS DOORS TO THE BRASFIELD & GORRIE CORPORATE HQ AT 3021 7TH AVE S, BIRMINGHAM, AL 35233 WERE SMASHED. THE WORDS “DROP COP CITY OR ELSE” WERE SPRAYPAINTED ON THE WINDOWS. PAINT WAS APPLIED TO THE FRONT SIGN.LET IT SERVE AS A WARNING TO THE EXECUTIVES AT BRASFIELD & GORRIE; WE KNOW WHERE YOU WORK AND WE KNOW WHERE YOU SLEEP. YOUR HOUSES COULD BE NEXT. KEITH JOHNSON, MILLER GORRIE, JAMES GORRIE, YOU WILL DROP THIS CONTRACT EVENTUALLY, WHY WAIT TO SEE HOW FAR WE WILL GO?

– IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE STRUGGLE IN ATLANTA

-Received anonymously over email

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

ATLAS office windows smashed, vandalism in Albany NY

Posted on May 13, 2022 - May 13, 2022 by scenes

On the evening of may 10th I smashed 7 windows at the office building where the northeast offices of ATLAS are located in Albany, NY. I also tagged “ATLAS – STOP DESTROYING THE ATLANTA FOREST.” Destroying hundreds of acres of forest during the 6th greatest mass extinction of species to build a police training facility following one of the largest anti-police uprisings in decades is fucking disgusting. With this vandalism I urge ATLAS to do the right thing and drop any contracts with Brasfield and Gorrie and the Cop City project.

 

-some anarchist-

-Received anonymously over email

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

People Gather At The Atlanta Office Of Brasfield & Gorrie To Ask Them To Drop The Contract With The Atlanta Police Foundation

Posted on May 12, 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.

People Gather At The Atlanta Office Of Brasfield & Gorrie To Ask Them To Drop The Contract With The Atlanta Police Foundation pic.twitter.com/pIqJZMszib

— Scenes from the Atlanta Forest (@scenesatl) May 16, 2022

We're probably going to hear more about this later, but you know what they say: "Fucking their shit up is worth a thousand words"… or something pic.twitter.com/O84WBhAAQb

— Scenes from the Atlanta Forest (@scenesatl) May 12, 2022

Posted in Report BacksTagged 3rd Week of Action, apf, protest

Bulldozer enters woods. Forest defenders repel them and the police.

Posted on May 9, 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.

At 9:30am today, people inhabiting the Weelaunee Forest woke to the sounds of destruction.

A bulldozer marked "Dodd Drilling LLC" accompanied by 2 Dekalb Co cops had bulldozed a destructive path thru Intrenchment Creek public park, threatened by Blackhall Studios development. pic.twitter.com/GRDe74Dqa5

— Defend the Atlanta Forest (@defendATLforest) May 9, 2022

Posted in NewsTagged 3rd Week of Action, blackhall, direct action, ecodefense, police, protest

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