Atlanta officials say a new complex would 'reimagine' policing. Critics say it would train officers in urban warfare and destroy public woodlands.
For thousands of years, the forested stretch of Georgia woodlands was home to Native Americans who called it Weelaunee, a Muscogee term for brown water.
People sat on a soft floor of pine needles, chatting, sharing cigarettes, reading books. Some gathered in circles to learn how to tie figure-eight knots or to strategize about code words and hide-outs in the event of police raid. Activists rally this month against a police and firefighter training complex to be built in a forest southeast of the Atlanta city limits.
But not everyone is on board with attacking property or cops. The day after the March 5 police raid, Bluebird said, some activists argued that those who returned to the concert after breaching the construction site and clashing with police had jeopardized the safety of people who had no idea about the confrontation. Still, most were glad that construction equipment had been destroyed and relieved that no one had been injured.
As a police helicopter buzzed overhead, Simms, the retired fishery biologist, cracked open a can of Terrapin IPA.A younger activist snorted and rolled his eyes.
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