Cop City protesters chanted and threw ping pong balls at Atlanta city council members on Monday, marking a year since filing a petition for a referendum on the facility.
Atlanta, Georgia residents who oppose the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center dubbed 'Cop City' showed up in droves at the city council meeting on Monday, shouting, 'You have dropped the ball,' while throwing ping-pong balls toward the front of the room.
Two older women walked to the front of the city council room while holding a sign that read, 'Andre Dickens, you dropped the ball on democracy,' referring to the mayor of Atlanta. The sign also had a ping pong ball painted onto it with the number 116,000. As the two women stood up front with the banner, others in the crowd began to throw hundreds of ping pong balls toward the city council members.
But opponents are concerned the new facility will lead to greater police militarization. They are also concerned the facility is located in a majority-Black area, FOX 5 reported. The facility has been the center of several protests over the past couple of years. At times, the protests resulted in violence and vandalism, and even escalated after Manuel Esteban Paez Teran, who also reportedly went by the name 'Tortuguita,' by state troopers in January 2023.
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