Cop City Is a Disability Justice Issue, Too

Disability justice activists are joining grassroots efforts to shut down Atlanta’s Cop City, the largest police training campus in the U.S. For Atlanta-based disability justice activists who are part of the coalition, the movement to stop Cop City is a disability justice issue. Despite the mass opposition at its meeting last June, the Atlanta City Council voted to approve $31 million in funding for the construction of Cop City. The “Vote to Stop Cop City” referendum campaign began soon after that council meeting, aiming to get a vote on Cop City’s construction on an upcoming ballot. But the City of Atlanta has questioned it and made a series of attempts to disrupt the validation process, which Stop Cop City organizers claim are stalling tactics undermining Atlantans’ right to vote on the issue.