The City That Was in a Forest—Atlanta’s Disappeared Trees and Black People: A Conversation with Hugh “H. D.” Hunter - Non Profit News
“I was born and raised in Atlanta,” Hunter explained. Public–private deals paved the way for Cop City. Atlanta Fights BackHunter remains heartened by the Stop Cop City movement’s ability to transfer the local struggle into international solidarity. He says #StopCopCity will go down in history along with some of the greatest national struggles for freedom: “Defending the Forest and Stop Cop City will be one of those things. At this point, liberation is the direct opposite of what Cop City represents, and it is something that city leadership could never fully support while wanting to maintain power.
Source: New York Times January 18, 2024 15:05 UTC
