Atlanta’s plan to build a sprawling police and fire training center amid a 1,000-acre stretch of urban woodland has become the focus of intense protest. Here’s what to know about the project and the opposition to it.
People protest Atlanta’s plan to build a police and fire training center known to critics as “Cop City,” in Gresham Park near Atlanta, March 4, 2023.
City officials say that the site is needed to replace inadequate training facilities and would become one of the largest such centers in the country. They have said that some of the protesters have crossed the line from civil disobedience into domestic terrorism.What does the city plan to build, and why?
The proposal includes building classrooms, a shooting range and a driving course for practicing high-speed chases. There would also be pastureland for police horses and a “mock city for real-world training,” where the police could practice conducting raids. The Fire Department says the center would allow firefighters to practice driving fire engines on a spacious training track, instead of on city streets at night.The plans were approved in the aftermath of the police killings of George Floyd in Minneapolis and Rayshard Brooks in Atlanta, at a time when there was growing resistance to traditional policing strategies and there were calls for redirecting police funding to other public safety initiatives.
“The South River Forest is one of the last and largest urban forests in Atlanta and in the country,” he said. “It is a really special place. It provides a habitat to some rare fish species and rare plant species, and it’s one of the largest intact forests we have in the region.”
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