Atlanta Forest Defenders Archives

Protester Shot and Killed by Officers During Raid on Atlanta Forest

January 18, 2023January 22, 2023

Atlanta, GA – A protester was shot and killed by police Wednesday morning, January 18, in the midst of a multi-jurisdictional raid on the Atlanta Forest, also known as the Weelaunee Forest, in DeKalb County, southeast of Atlanta.

Update 1/19/23 at 4:30 p.m. EST:

The…

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SWAT Teams Attack Atlanta Forest Encampments, Activists Charged with ‘Terrorism’

December 18, 2022January 10, 2023

Atlanta, GA – On December 13 and 14, 2022, SWAT teams and other armed police officers from eight different federal, state, county, and city police agencies conducted a raid on those camping out in the Atlanta forest in hopes of preventing the construction of a…

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