A Word: A Killing in Cop City

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🗓️ 3 February 2023

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Days before footage of the fatal police beating of Tyre Nichols was made public, protests disrupted downtown Atlanta. The demonstrations there came in response to law enforcement shooting protestor Manuel Teran to death at the controversial site of a future police training facility. The area has come to be known as “Cop City,” and on today’s episode of A Word, Jason Johnson is joined by attorney and State President of the Georgia NAACP Gerald Griggs to talk about the project, its history, and why officials are moving it forward in the face of widespread public opposition. Guest: Gerald Griggs, State President of Georgia’s NAACP Podcast production by Kristie Taiwo-Makanjuola You can skip all the ads in A Word by joining Slate Plus. Sign up now at slate.com/awordplus for just $1 for your first month. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is a word, a podcast from Slate.
0:05.2	I'm your host, Jason Johnson.
0:06.7	Georgia's governor called the National Guard to Atlanta this weekend,
0:10.5	bracing for protests over the killing of Thai re-nickels and over cop city.
0:14.7	The proposed police training facility being built outside Atlanta
0:18.4	has sparked demonstrations for months.
0:21.0	And one protester was recently killed by state troopers.
0:24.3	So what is cop city and why do so many residents see it as a threat?
0:29.0	You shouldn't respond to police brutality with the threat of more police brutality.
0:33.7	Atlanta's cop city coming up on a word with me, Jason Johnson.
0:38.1	Stay with us.
0:44.3	Welcome to a word, a podcast about race and politics and everything else.
0:47.6	I'm your host, Jason Johnson.
0:49.0	Over the weekend, many cities were braced for disruptive protests
0:52.8	over the beating death of Thai re-nickels by Memphis police.
0:56.3	We should note that protests did happen,
0:59.2	but they were overwhelmingly peaceful as usual.
1:02.6	Yet in Georgia, governor Brian Kemp put the National Guard on notice
1:05.8	and declared a state of emergency because of nickels,
1:08.9	but also another issue.
1:10.7	Demonstrations focused on the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center
1:14.6	that are known as cop city.
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