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Godsblackarm t1_jbytpsw wrote

Reply to comment by RandolphCarter15 in Vermonters join growing opposition to Atlanta’s ‘Cop City’ by n0noTAGAinnxw4Yn3wp7

My brother in christ the 5 police officers who beat to death Tyre Nichols were black. The problem is the police regardless of who is in it.

More importantly from the article is the displacement of families already settled. Unsure where people are talking about "old growth forest" as there is literally none in the US.

> more importantly, Chambers said the 380-acre facility would dislocate members of the city’s Black and Hispanic communities.

The time and money would be better spent on affordable housing and community projects than a 100,000,000$+ larping grounds for police.

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RandolphCarter15 t1_jbyux0r wrote

Fair point. I just worry that the rhetoric around this doesn't fit the reality, and there is often a pattern of outside activists imposing their views on the local community. But framing it in terms of priorities is valid

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