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Police drive into a protesters line during a demonstration in opposition to a new police training centre, November 13, 2023, in Atlanta
POLICE used tear gas on Monday to halt a march against building a controversial Atlanta-area police and firefighter training centre that opponents call Cop City.
More than 400 people marched about two miles from a park to the site in suburban DeKalb County, chanting “Stop Cop City” and “Viva, viva Tortuguita,” invoking the nickname of an activist who was fatally shot by state troopers while camping in the woods during a protest earlier this year.
A wedge of marchers, including some in masks, goggles and chemical suits intended to protect against tear gas, pushed into a line of officers in riot gear on a road outside the training centre site.
The ban on Maccabi Tel Aviv fans was based on evidence of a pattern of violence and hatred targeting Arabs and Muslims, two communities that have a large population in Birmingham — overturning the ban was tacit acceptance of the genocidal ideology the fans espouse, argues CLAUDIA WEBBE
