Cop City

Why I think Cop City will be disastrous for Atlanta’s Black Queer Community

At the beginning of this year, law enforcement in Atlanta fired 57 bullets, taking Miguel “Tortuguita” Teran from Indigenous queer environmental activist to unwilling martyr. On January 18, 2023, 26-year-old Tortuguita was shot and killed by Georgia state troopers in Atlanta during a protest against a proposed police training facility called “Cop City.”

Why I think Cop City will be disastrous for Atlanta’s Black Queer Community