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News Articles: protest

Rep. Park Cannon is confronted by a state trooper in the Capitol rotunda in February 2021, a separate incident from her arrest the following month. The Georgia Supreme Court is set to decide on a case over Georgians’ right to demonstrate inside the Capitol.

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Georgia lawmakers who protested at the Capitol ask state Supreme Court to toss law used in arrest

The Georgia Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday in the case of two Democratic elected officials arrested while protesting at the state Capitol. Lawyers representing Congresswoman Nikema Williams and Atlanta state Rep. Park Cannon said the laws used to arrest them are vague, overbroad and violate their free speech rights under the state constitution.

May 16, 2024
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  • Ross Williams
The Arch at the University of Georgia on Broad Street in Athens, Ga.

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183 UGA faculty members petition UGA Admin to dismiss student suspensions after protest arrests

UGA faculty members signed a petition asking UGA President Jere Morehead and other top administrators to dismiss the immediate suspensions of students who were arrested last Monday in a campus protest. 

 

May 07, 2024
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  • Jeff Dantre
UGA police arrest pro-Palestinian protestors in a Monday morning demonstration.

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Pro-Palestinian protest at the University of Georgia ends in more than a dozen arrests

A pro-Palestinian protest at the University of Georgia early Monday morning resulted in more than a dozen arrests.

April 29, 2024
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  • Chase McGee
Atlanta Police load arrested protesters into the back of a van at Emory University.

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UPDATE: 28 arrested at Emory University Pro-Palestine, Stop Cop City protest

Pro-Palestinian protesters and opponents of the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center clashed with law enforcement on the campus of Emory University this morning with 28 arrests being made.

April 26, 2024
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  • Logan Ritchie
Georgia State Patrol officers detain a demonstrator on the campus of Emory University in Atlanta during a pro-Palestinian demonstration on Thursday. / AP

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Protests erupt at Atlanta universities amid nationwide campus demonstrations against war in Gaza

Students at Emory University and Kennesaw State University protested the war in Gaza and the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center Thursday, resulting in arrests and disruptions.

April 25, 2024
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  • Sarah Kallis ,
  • Orlando Montoya ,
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Protesters drive into a police line during a demonstration in opposition to a new police training center, Monday, Nov. 13, 2023, in Atlanta.

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Police and protesters clash at Atlanta training center site derided by opponents as 'Cop City'

Police used tear gas and flash-bang grenades to halt a march seeking to stop construction of a police and firefighter training center in Atlanta. The clash came Monday at the end of a 2-mile protest march to the training center site.

November 13, 2023
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  • Associated Press
 Anti-abortion protesters gather outside A Preferred Women’s Health Center of Atlanta in Forest Park.

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Operation Save America anti-abortion event offers mixed messages of calls to violence

Protesters filled several blocks of sidewalk outside A Preferred Women’s Health Center of Atlanta on Friday morning, the fourth day of protests there this week.

July 24, 2023
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  • Kelcie Moseley-Morris
A protester holds a sign outside the Dekalb County Jail in May 2023.

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Protesters carry on under the shadow of Georgia's domestic terrorism law

Some protesters say the state's domestic terrorism law is being used to silence opponents of Atlanta's planned public safety training facility.

June 23, 2023
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  • Peter Biello
Author Heather Hendershot

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Political Rewind: Author Heather Hendershot discusses the 1968 DNC in her book "When the News Broke"

Friday on Political Rewind: Host Bill Nigut sits down with author Heather Hendershot to discuss her book When the News Broke. Hendershot is a professor of film and media at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Her books include What’s Fair on the Air? Cold War Right-Wing Broadcasting and the Public Interest and Open to Debate: How William F. Buckley Put Liberal America on the Firing Line.

 

May 05, 2023
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  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Natalie Mendenhall ,
  • and 1 more
Joel Paez, father of Manuel Esteban Paez Terán, speaks during a press conference, Monday, March 13, 2023, in Decatur, Ga. A press conference was held to give additional autopsy findings in Terán's death. (AP Photo/Alex Slitz)

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Two autopsies of Atlanta protester killed by police could both be valid. An expert explains

Michael Moore, a former U.S. attorney and partner at Moore Hall in Atlanta, contextualizes two autopsy report on the January killing of a protester at the site of a public safety training center in Atlanta.

April 28, 2023
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  • Peter Biello
President Donald Trump spoke for 50 minutes at a campaign rally in Rome, Ga. Sunday, Nov. 1, 2020.

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Political Rewind: Trump to appear in court today; Wisconsin's Supreme Court election and 2024

Tuesday on Political Rewind: As Donald Trump appears in court today, his most visible ally is Georgia's Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who will be in New York to protest. Plus, the outcome in Wisconsin's Supreme Court election could forecast what to expect in 2024's presidential election.

April 04, 2023
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  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Natalie Mendenhall ,
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Family members of Manuel Esteban Paez Terán embrace during a news conference, Monday, March 13, 2023, in Decatur, Ga.

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Georgia activist killed by troopers shot first, officers say

Georgia authorities say state troopers in January fatally shot an environmental protester who had fired at authorities after a trooper shot pepper balls into the protester's tent.

March 27, 2023
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  • Associated Press
Reverend Leo Seyij Allen speaks at a rally of clergy demanding the Atlanta City Council stop construction on the public safety training center and drop charges against protesters.

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23 charged with domestic terrorism at site of proposed training facility; faith leaders weigh in

Police arrested over 30 people Sunday and charged 23 with domestic terrorism after protestors at the proposed police training facility southeast of downtown Atlanta set fire to vehicles including a police car and construction equipment. ​Several Atlanta faith leaders gathered Monday afternoon at City Hall demanding the city stop construction of the new public safety training center.

March 07, 2023
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  • Amanda Andrews
Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens at a press conference inside City Hall on Jan. 31, 2023

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Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens announces 'Cop City' compromise as protestors fill City Hall

Tuesday afternoon, Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens and DeKalb County CEO Michael Thurmond announced changes to the planned Atlanta Public Safety Training Center known as "Cop City." They say their compromise will protect the environment, spur local business and serve as a community resource.



 

January 31, 2023
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  • GPB News Staff
Demonstrators gather during a protest over the death of Tyre Nichols, Friday, Jan. 27, 2023, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Alex Slitz)

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Political Rewind: Memphis police release video of Tyre Nichols beating; Peaceful protests in Georgia

Monday on Political Rewind: Protestors gathered peacefully over the weekend after the release of four videos showing the brutal death of Tyre Nichols at the hands of Memphis police officers. Meanwhile, Gov. Brian Kemp and Mayor Andre Dickens coordinate to stem violent protest in Atlanta.

January 30, 2023
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  • Bill Nigut and
  • Chase McGee
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