Fight Back! News: “In a surprising but significant turn of events, on September 24, Georgia prosecutors have dropped all 15 counts of money laundering against three prominent activists involved in the “Stop Cop City” movement.
These activists – Marlon Kautz, Adele MacLean and Savannah Patterson – are leaders of the Atlanta Solidarity Fund (ASF), a bail fund that has supported protesters opposing the construction of a controversial police training facility in Atlanta. While the trio still faces racketeering charges, the dismissal of the money laundering allegations nevertheless marks a victory against state repression and exposes the cracks in the state’s legal strategy.
The decision by Deputy Attorney General John Fowler to drop the charges came just before a scheduled hearing, leaving many to question the state’s aggressive pursuit of protest leaders under bogus pretenses. This retreat signals the real function of the state’s case against the Stop Cop City protesters, which is the political repression of a people’s struggle against police crimes.”