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The George Floyd protests in Atlanta were a series of protests occurring in Atlanta, the capital and largest city of Georgia, United States.The protests were part of the George Floyd protests and, more broadly, the 2020–2021 United States racial unrest, which began shortly after the murder of George Floyd by police officer Derek Chauvin in Minneapolis on May 25, 2020.
Armed members of the Not Fucking Around Coalition (NFAC) have demonstrated in separate protests across the US, making their first appearance on May 12. [23] On July 4, 100 to 200 NFAC members marched through Stone Mountain Park near Atlanta, Georgia, calling for the removal of the Confederate monument. [24]
Police hunting for Deion Patterson after violence unfolded at city’s Northside Hospital Medical Midtown
A memorial in the Atlanta forest commemorating Tortuguita. On the morning of January 18, 2023, Paez Terán was inside a tent at the Stop Cop City encampment. [6] At around 9:00 a.m. that morning, Georgia State Patrol troopers commenced a raid, also known as a Clearing Operation, on the encampment with the intent of removing and clearing illegal encampments.
1967 – 1967 Atlanta riots, June 17–20, Atlanta, Georgia; 1967 – Buffalo riot of 1967, June 27, Buffalo, New York; 1967 – 1967 Waterloo riots, July 8–9, Waterloo, Iowa, riots started after a young African-American man was arrested for assault and battery of an elderly white man sweeping the sidewalk in front of his business. [23]
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“Now, we were a unique city, because in the '40s and '50s, when all of this was going on, we probably had more Black PhDs in Atlanta than anywhere else in the world,” Young said.
Stop Cop City protests in Atlanta in January 22, 2023. The APF training facility is opposed by a coalition of environmental groups, neighborhood associations, local schools, [12] and racial justice groups. [13] Plans were approved by the city in September 2021 after 17 hours of public comment from over 1,100 residents, 70% of whom opposed the ...