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Protesters Rally to Oppose Police Training Center in San Pablo, CA

HeadlineOct 02, 2023

In California, protesters gathered in the city of San Pablo Saturday to condemn the proposed construction of a $43 million police training center and shooting range. The city northeast of San Francisco has already fenced off a massive piece of land where the complex will stand — directly across the street from the San Pablo City Hall. Protesters invoked the fight to Stop Cop City in Atlanta, where dozens have been charged with domestic terrorism over their opposition to that site. This is a San Pablo demonstrator speaking anonymously for safety.

Protester: “It’s no wonder that after 2020 and the most massive sort of upsurge of anti-police antagonism in the United States, that the proposed plans for police training facilities are popping up all over the country, right? So they want to better prepare, basically, for counterinsurgency, better prepare to police and murder Black and Brown communities and people who seek to establish their freedom.”

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