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#StopCopCity RICO Prosecution Motions Hearings Day 3 - Sept. 10, 2025:
Unicorn Riot Live@unicornriotlive.bsky.social · 12mo agoMotion 22 is being heard, defense attorney Stanley Cohen for defendant Carroll is arguing against the use of Georgia state-level Domestic Terrorism charges
#StopCopCity RICO Prosecution Motions Hearings Day 2 - Sept. 9, 2025:
Unicorn Riot Live@unicornriotlive.bsky.social · last yr."[Georgia] Attorney General has limited ability to prosecute cases... the RICO statute does not grant the GA AG concurrent jurisdiction..." - a defense attorney addresses Judge Farmer about the issues in interpreting language that says GA AG can only take a case "when dealing with or for the state"
Get finer grain details from the proceedings by reading our court reporting 'livetweet' threads on @unicornriotlive on bsky: #StopCopCity RICO Prosecution Motions Hearings Day 1 - Sept. 8, 2025:
Unicorn Riot Live@unicornriotlive.bsky.social · last yr.A defense attorney for #StopCopCity RICO case points out that the indictment says alleged criminal enterprise began in 2020 - well before the 'Cop City' urban warfare training center was proposed or opposed.
Judge Farmer just wrapped up the motions hearings in the troubled #StopCopCity prosecution brought by the Georgia AG office. Counts 1 (RICO) and 3 (Arson) are basically guaranteed to be dismissed based on his findings re: jurisdiction, and he may also dismiss Count 2 (Domestic Terrorism).
Judge Finds Attorney General Can’t Bring RICO Charges in Cop City Case
Judge Finds Attorney General Can't Bring RICO Charges in Cop City Case - UNICORN RIOT
Atlanta, GA — A Fulton County judge found Tuesday that Georgia’s attorney general lacked authority to bring racketeering charges against protesters named in the sprawling Cop City RICO case, calling i...
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Context: 3 people are charged with felonies and face years in Georgia prisons just for allegedly distributing flyers alerting neighbors of Jonathan Salcedo that the Georgia State Patrol SWAT trooper was involved in killing an environmental activist near a #StopCopCity tree-sit:
Three Face Felonies for Allegedly Flyering Near Home of One Georgia Trooper Tied to Killing of Forest Defender - UNICORN RIOT
On April 28, three people were arrested in Bartow County, GA for allegedly providing the public with information about the officers who killed Tortuguita.
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Unicorn Riot Live@unicornriotlive.bsky.social · last yr.Fowler says the AG also has jurisdiction bc State Trooper Salcedo was “engaged at his home” by protesters
Today's Cop City RICO motions hearing has begun. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yok1...
Cop City RICO Motions Hearing | Tuesday, Sep. 9
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Atlanta Community Press Collective@atlpresscollective.com · last yr.Cop City RICO: Motions hearings day 2. We'll be live-streaming the motions hearings all week on our YouTube channel. Be sure to subscribe and hit the bell button to get notifications when we go live. youtube.com/@atlpresscollective
Need a legal historian to tell me if this is the first use of "cooked" in this sense in a courtroom
Unicorn Riot Live@unicornriotlive.bsky.social · last yr.Judge Farmer to Dixon from Georgia AG office: “So if I buy a water ice at a mafia-sponsored event, I’m cooked?” (In reference to a defendant indicted in #StopCopCity RICO for allegedly having camped in the forest.)
More detailed livetweet style updates will be shared here on this account - and also follow @atlpresscollective.com LIVE NOW: Judge Kevin Farmer says he will be hearing 57 defense motions in the #StopCopCity RICO case:
Cop City RICO Motions Hearing | Monday, Sep. 8
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Unicorn Riot@unicornriot.bsky.social · last yr.Motions hearings in Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr's openly politically repressive RICO case against the #StopCopCity movement start momentarily and will go on for much of this week - we'll be sharing updates from the proceedings, which you can watch live thanks to @atlpresscollective.com:
Motions hearings in Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr's openly politically repressive RICO case against the #StopCopCity movement start momentarily and will go on for much of this week - we'll be sharing updates from the proceedings, which you can watch live thanks to @atlpresscollective.com:
Atlanta Community Press Collective@atlpresscollective.com · last yr.ACPC is set to livestream the motions hearings this week. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to get notified when we go live. youtube.com/@atlpresscol...