A coalition in Atlanta is building the infrastructure needed to protect their neighborhoods from ICE.

Atlanta community organizer Bassey Etuk opened a community defense workshop in June with a stark observation, and heads nodded around the crowded room. “Atlanta was a sanctuary city until the governor of Georgia made it illegal in 2009. Now Atlanta is Cop City,” he said. From California to Kenya, whenever I say I’m based in Atlanta, people immediately bring up Cop City…

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