Cop City
Have you heard about this Cop City? What is it, a city just for cops? Basically!
On this episode, we’re discussing the 85-acre, $90M+ planned urban development located at the edges of Atlanta known as Cop City. We talk about the significance of the land it is being planned on, how it upends some VERY RECENT urban plans sponsored by the City of Atlanta, and what broader political and geographic components are at work here that have made Cop City so infamous on a national scale.
Original South River Forest greenspace plans from 2017, prior to Cop City announcement in 2020, photo from Atlanta Regional Commission
Weelaunee Forest, photo from Decaturish
Sources and Links
Old Atlanta Prison Farm History
Those sweet, sweet Atlanta Design Plans from 2017, specifically the section about the South River Park investments
Guardian article and another Guardian article on the police shooting of Tortuguita and the fallout
Cop Cities of the present and future
Atlanta’s decision to push Cop City forward despite protests and water pollution regulations
Cop City protests, photo from Courthouse News Service
Cop City protests, photo from Decaturish
Weelaunee forest during Cop City protests, photo from Wikipedia
