Stop Cop City Rally & Press Conference
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In response to the National Call to Action from the Stop Cop City Coalition in Atlanta, GA, activists in Vermont rally and hold a press conference in solidarity, directed at Cox Enterprises to immediately divest from Cop City and cease their fundraising activities.
The City of Atlanta has leased 381 acres of Weelaunee Forest (the last substantial green space in the Atlanta area) to the Atlanta Police Foundation for a militarized police training facility funded by corporations. At the price of 90 million dollars, it includes a mock city to practice urban warfare, tear gas and explosives testing, dozens of shooting ranges, and a Black Hawk helicopter landing pad. Supported by the Atlanta Committee for Progress, which is composed of over 40 corporate elites including the CEOs of Coca-Cola, Home Depot and Cox, its aim is to further the surveillance of the population, stifling decent, and gentrification of the city.
Jim (Fergie) Cox Chambers, Jr. speaks out on March 9th in Burlington against his family company’s (Cox Enterprises) direct involvement in the private fundraising efforts for Cop City.
Cox Enterprises owns Dealer.Com in Burlington
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