City officials are waiting to see if the 11th Circuit Court rules in favor of the activists and forces the validation.
when attempting to remove Forest Defenders from a protest camp in January. The shooting — which was not recorded on police body cameras and sparked accusations of foul play on both sides — marked the first killing of an environmental protester by police in the United States.racketeering and conspiracy charges
The legal wrangling over the petition began earlier this summer, when clerks for the City of Atlanta issued the Vote to Stop Cop City Coalition a petition for signature gathering that came with rules requiring that an Atlanta resident be present each time the petition is signed. Before Cohen’s ruling, the original deadline for submitting the petition was August 21. At the time, the Vote to Stop Cop City Coalition announced the petition hadto put the referendum on the ballot — enough signatures to represent roughly one-fifth of the city’s population and far more than required to put the issue on the ballot.
“As always, Atlanta City Council can simply bypass this timely, costly, and frankly embarrassing process, by heeding the calls of their constituents and voting to place Cop City on the ballot,” the Vote to Stop Cop City Coalition said.
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