Atlanta’s Citizens Are FED UP With Local Elected Officials Over Cop City

Clifton Kelly, an Atlanta-area First Responder, testified to the Atlanta City Council in opposition to the Cop City development. He said that first responders that aren't police officers do not stand to gain anything from the construction of this facility.

Later, another Atlanta resident, a black man with a young daughter, testified in opposition to the Cop City development. A lifelong Atlanta resident, he highlighted how poorly maintained city infrastructure is while an large amount of public funds would go to Cop City and not to improving that infrastructure.

"I cannot believe i am standing here, pleading with you not to spend the tax dollars of a black city, to tear down a forest in a black neighborhood, to increase the policing and caging of more and more black people. all this in a city with black leadership..."

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