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3 Activists Against Atlanta’s ‘Cop City’ Hit With Money Laundering, Charity Fraud Charges

Three members of a left-wing activist organization protesting the building of a police complex in Atlanta, Georgia, were granted bond on Friday after their arrest for money laundering and charity fraud. A spokesperson for Attorney General Chris Carr’s office told The Epoch Times that the state discussed evidence in a hearing on Friday alleging that…


Child of Democratic Rep. Katherine Clark Gets Probation in Police Assault Case, Could See Case Dropped

Jared ‘Riley’ Dowell, the transgender child of House Minority Whip Katherine Clark (D-Mass.), will receive probation after being charged with assaulting a Boston police officer and vandalizing city property on the Boston Common in January. Dowell, a 23-year-old man who uses she/her pronouns, was charged with assault with a dangerous weapon and property damage following…


Florida Bar Association Investigating Lawyer Charged With Domestic Terrorism in ‘Cop City’ Attack

The Florida Bar Association has said it is investigating a lawyer who was part of a group of activists that attacked the site of a planned police training center in Atlanta on March 5 and were subsequently arrested. Thomas Webb Jurgens, a 28-year-old employee at the nonprofit legal advocacy organization, Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), was among 23 people arrested on…


Florida Bar Investigating Lawyer Charged With Domestic Terrorism in ‘Cop City’ Attack

The Florida Bar has said it is investigating a lawyer who was part of a group of activists that attacked the site of a planned police training center in Atlanta on March 5 and were subsequently arrested. Thomas Webb Jurgens, a 28-year-old employee at the nonprofit legal advocacy organization, Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), was among 23 people arrested on charges…


23 Face Domestic Terror Charges Over Attack on New Georgia Police Training Center

The Atlanta Police Department arrested and charged 23 individuals with domestic terrorism after they set fire to construction equipment at a new police training facility and threw rocks, bricks, and fireworks at police officers on Sunday. Among those arrested was Thomas Jurgens, a lawyer and employee of the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), a non-profit…


Atlanta Bail Fund Jumps to Support Arrested Protesters Who Face Domestic Terrorism Charges in ‘Cop City’ Attack

Organizations are defending and helping bail arrested protesters out of jail after the group of activists attacked the site of a planned police training center in Atlanta on Sunday, some of whom threw Molotov cocktails at officers. The Atlanta Solidarity Fund on March 6 said it’s committed to providing bail and other resources to protestors…