The Earth destroying machine that entered the forest yesterday, along with a few others, has been torched. To Boyette Brothers (rental service) + anyone who tries to help build cop city, our message is simple: “If you build it, we will burn it.”
– Received anonymously over email
Background:
Atlanta. Georgia. December 2021, law enforcement raided a growing protest encampment set up in defense of the Atlanta forest. Both police and Blackhall Studios (behind such high profile movies as Venom and Jumanji), are hoping to bulldoze parts of the Atlanta forest to build a state of the art police training center and expand existing movie production space for Blackhall.
The South River portion of the Atlanta forest where the camp stood is known as one of the “lungs of Atlanta.” Air quality, flooding, temperatures, habitat, and quality of life all depend on it.
In response, a broad scale community campaign has been developing, bringing together both abolitionist and ecological forces and utilizing a diverse array of tactics.