Forest encampments, mass petitions, a referendum drive and legal challenges. A look at the range of tactics opponents of the training center have used, and how authorities responded.
Critics of the training center argue the money could fund other approaches to safety. What community-centered public safety models propose, and the evidence behind them.
Domestic terrorism counts, a sweeping RICO indictment and a dismissal on appeal. How Georgia prosecuted protesters, and what the cases reveal about the legal limits of dissent.
Protest is protected by the First Amendment, but arrests, surveillance and criminal charges are real risks. What demonstrators should know about their rights and how to stay safe.
For opponents, the training center brings together two concerns: the loss of urban forest and the growing militarization of American policing. How the two arguments became linked.
Modern training centers often include mock streets and buildings. Supporters say they produce better-prepared officers; critics fear they normalize military-style tactics.
Why prosecutors turned to a racketeering statute against protesters, what the indictment alleged, and why civil liberties groups called it an overreach.
Georgia charged 61 people under its racketeering law over opposition to the Atlanta training center. A Fulton County judge later dismissed the charges, and the state appealed.
In January 2023, environmental activist Manuel Esteban Paez Terán, known as Tortuguita, was shot and killed by Georgia state troopers during a raid on the forest encampment. What happened and what followed.