Everything that the state has accused the movement of doing is ultimately a projection,' says Micah Herskind.
: The indictment itself includes language that suggests collectivism, mutual aid and even the distribution of zines are indicative of criminality or criminal intent. Can you talk a bit about those characterizations?: I am not yet a lawyer, but when you read this indictment, they set out this theory, essentially, that this is an anarchist movement. According to them, every single person, including myself, I’m actually cited in the indictment, is an anarchist.
And I want to note that several months ago now, district attorney Sherry Boston, who’s the DA for DeKalb County, recused her office from these prosecutions, basically indicating that there’s really not the evidence to move forward on these prosecutions. And yet the Attorney General, Chris Carr still decided to move forward with them anyway, move them to a new venue in Fulton County instead of DeKalb County, and work to get these indictments.
Meanwhile, it’s not just even the activists and the organizers who are uncovering what’s happening. It’s the media outlets, like the SaportaReport, the Atlanta Community Press Collective, who are showing that for the last two years, the administration was lying about the costs of the facility, and that they actually knew all along that it would be over double what they originally promised. And so they say that we’re engaged in misinformation, and meanwhile, they’re the ones pedaling it.
It’s been said many times, the corporation, whose CEO is spearheading the fundraising campaign, and that donated 10 million to Cop City, owns the Atlanta Journal Constitution, which pumped out the pro Cop City propaganda all the time, along with a bunch of other outlets in Atlanta.
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