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Atlanta Prosecutors Drop Money Laundering Charges for Cop City Bail Fund Activists

HeadlineSep 18, 2024

In Atlanta, prosecutors on Tuesday dropped all money laundering charges against three activists who were accused of misusing a bail fund to support protests against Cop City, a multimillion-dollar police training complex. Atlanta Solidarity Fund organizers Marlon Kautz, Adele MacLean and Savannah Patterson are still facing racketeering charges as part of a sweeping RICO case that includes at least 58 other Stop Cop City activists indicted last year. Advocates celebrated the victory, writing in a statement, “From the beginning, we knew these charges were not based on any evidence, but were instead politically motivated and intended to target a social movement.” 

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