Protests against a plan to build a new training center for police and firefighters in Atlanta have spread to cities across the country. The center's critics are wary that, if successful, it could create a precedent for others to follow.
that the center represents a necessary investment in public safety that’s been decades in the making.
“Cop City, if built, will set a new precedent for police militarization, not just in Atlanta, not just in the Southeast, not just in the country, but in the world,“ Jonah Sylvester, an organizer with the Weelaunee Defense Society of Pittsburgh, told theIn 2020, the city of Pittsburgh acquired a former hospital from the federal government, at no cost, in order to build a regional policing and first responder training center, similar to the one proposed in Atlanta.
Firefighters on the scene after a police car was set on fire during a protest against Cop City in Atlanta, Jan. 21. as exactly the kind of reform that community members demanded in 2020.
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