A makeshift memorial for environmental activist Manuel Teran, who was deadly assaulted by law enforcement during a raid to clear the construction site of a police training facility that activists have nicknamed "Cop City" near Atlanta, Georgia on February 6, 2023. - Teran was allegedly shot by police on January 18, 2023, during a confrontation as officers cleared activists from a forest, the planned site of a police-training facility. (Photo by CHENEY ORR / AFP) (Photo by CHENEY ORR/AFP via Getty Images)
  • Three individuals involved with the Atlanta Solidarity Fund, a nonprofit that raises funds to support arrested protesters, will be released on bail after being arrested for charity fraud and money laundering.
  • The arrested individuals, Marlon Kautz, Savannah Patterson, and Adele Maclean, were accused of using the funds raised by the Atlanta Solidarity Fund for purposes beyond bail, including materials for signs and camping gear.
  • The Atlanta Solidarity Fund has been supporting protesters since 2016 and has recently focused on bailing out protesters involved in the “Cop City” project and facing domestic terrorism charges.
  • Over 40 people have been charged with domestic terrorism in connection to violent actions at the training facility, which has been targeted by far-left extremists. 
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