--- title: "Aja Arnold - Mainline" language: "en-US" source_url: "https://www.mainlineatl.com/author/ajers/page/3/" content_type: "text/markdown" --- [![](/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/IMG_8367-866x1024.jpg)](/atlanta-police-fbi-raids-one-arrested-arson/) [ Feb 8 2024 ](/atlanta-police-fbi-raids-one-arrested-arson/) ## [Atlanta police, ATF, and FBI raid three homes in southeast Atlanta, one arrested](/atlanta-police-fbi-raids-one-arrested-arson/) Police have charged one person with first degree arson while at least one other remains in police custody. Police said in an official statement that additional arrests are “coming soon.”   Updated (Feb. 9, 2024, 1:24pm): This article has been […] [ Atlanta police, ATF, and FBI raid three homes in southeast Atlanta, one arrested Read More »](/atlanta-police-fbi-raids-one-arrested-arson/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/IMG_8213-827x1024.jpg)](/two-atlanta-activists-halt-work-at-brasfield-gorrie-construction-site-demands-company-drop-cop-city/) [ Jan 29 2024 ](/two-atlanta-activists-halt-work-at-brasfield-gorrie-construction-site-demands-company-drop-cop-city/) ## [Two Atlanta activists disrupt work at Brasfield & Gorrie construction site, demands company “Drop Cop City”](/two-atlanta-activists-halt-work-at-brasfield-gorrie-construction-site-demands-company-drop-cop-city/) Two activists locked themselves to construction equipment at a Brasfield & Gorrie work site in Midtown. The activists, who were locked to equipment for over four hours, were arrested and charged with criminal trespass. ATLANTA—Early Monday morning, two Stop Cop [ Two Atlanta activists disrupt work at Brasfield & Gorrie construction site, demands company “Drop Cop City” Read More »](/two-atlanta-activists-halt-work-at-brasfield-gorrie-construction-site-demands-company-drop-cop-city/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/IMG_8096-Medium.jpeg)](/manuel-tortuguita-teran-one-year-anniversary-cop-city/) [ Jan 19 2024 ](/manuel-tortuguita-teran-one-year-anniversary-cop-city/) ## [Hundreds pay tribute to Manuel “Tortuguita” Terán at Atlanta vigil](/manuel-tortuguita-teran-one-year-anniversary-cop-city/) ATLANTA—Yesterday, over 200 people gathered to honor the life of Manuel “Tortuguita” Terán, who was violently killed by Georgia police one year ago. Tortuguita, a 26-year-old queer indigenous-venezuelan climate activist, was gunned down by Georgia police in Weelaunee Forest in [ Hundreds pay tribute to Manuel “Tortuguita” Terán at Atlanta vigil Read More »](/manuel-tortuguita-teran-one-year-anniversary-cop-city/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/5-1024x1024.jpg)](/new-episode-la-lucha-sigue-remembering-tortuguita/) [ Jan 18 2024 ](/new-episode-la-lucha-sigue-remembering-tortuguita/) ## [New episode—La Lucha Sigue: Remembering Tortuguita](/new-episode-la-lucha-sigue-remembering-tortuguita/) Available now is our new podcast episode featuring an interview with Belkis Terán, mother of Manuel “Tortuguita” Terán, who was violently killed by Georgia state police one year ago today on January 18, 2023, in Weelaunee Forest in so-called Atlanta. [ New episode—La Lucha Sigue: Remembering Tortuguita Read More »](/new-episode-la-lucha-sigue-remembering-tortuguita/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/52668179545_485f3ef2f8_k-1200x800-1-1024x683.jpg)](/first-cop-city-rico-trial-unexpectedly-delayed-challenge-to-dismiss/) [ Jan 10 2024 ](/first-cop-city-rico-trial-unexpectedly-delayed-challenge-to-dismiss/) ## [First Cop City RICO trial unexpectedly delayed due to defense’s challenge to dismiss](/first-cop-city-rico-trial-unexpectedly-delayed-challenge-to-dismiss/) After a new development of preliminary trial concerns in the courts, judge says she is unclear when the first Cop City RICO trial will resume ATLANTA—This morning, around 30 people sat in Judge Kimberly Adams’ courtroom in the Fulton County [ First Cop City RICO trial unexpectedly delayed due to defense’s challenge to dismiss Read More »](/first-cop-city-rico-trial-unexpectedly-delayed-challenge-to-dismiss/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/IMG_6989-Medium.jpeg)](/pre-trial-motions-cop-city-61-rico-trial/) [ Jan 8 2024 ](/pre-trial-motions-cop-city-61-rico-trial/) ## [Pre-trial motions heard in first Cop City RICO trial](/pre-trial-motions-cop-city-61-rico-trial/) ATLANTA—On Mon., January 8, Judge Kimberly Adams heard a series of pre-trial motions in the case of Ayla King, one of the 61 RICO defendants in the Stop Cop City movement in Atlanta. King, who is 19 years old, is [ Pre-trial motions heard in first Cop City RICO trial Read More »](/pre-trial-motions-cop-city-61-rico-trial/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/IMG_7766-1024x1006.jpg)](/three-arrested-outside-cop-city-site-atlanta/) [ Dec 27 2023 ](/three-arrested-outside-cop-city-site-atlanta/) ## [Three arrested at weekly picket protest outside ‘Cop City’ site in Atlanta](/three-arrested-outside-cop-city-site-atlanta/) Update: This article was updated on Dec. 28 at 3:32 p.m. to include quotes from one of the arrestees. ATLANTA—Three activists were arrested on the morning of Fri., Dec. 22, during a weekly picket protest Weelaunee Coalition organizers have named [ Three arrested at weekly picket protest outside ‘Cop City’ site in Atlanta Read More »](/three-arrested-outside-cop-city-site-atlanta/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/RICO-post-1024x683.webp)](/cop-city-rico-trials-dec-11/) [ Dec 12 2023 ](/cop-city-rico-trials-dec-11/) ## [The Cop City RICO trials are underway. Here is our first briefing from the proceedings.](/cop-city-rico-trials-dec-11/) Editor’s note: Monday, December 11, was the first day of trial in the “Cop City 61” RICO cases. This is our briefing of what’s happened so far. All details of this report have been verified with legal experts alongside the [ The Cop City RICO trials are underway. Here is our first briefing from the proceedings. Read More »](/cop-city-rico-trials-dec-11/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/tortuguita-1.jpg)](/manuel-tortuguita-teran-diary-cop-city/) [ Nov 22 2023 ](/manuel-tortuguita-teran-diary-cop-city/) ## [Prosecutors Smearing Dead ‘Cop City’ Activist by Publicizing Their Diary, Organizers Say](/manuel-tortuguita-teran-diary-cop-city/) Georgia police killed Manuel “Tortuguita” Terán on Jan. 18 as Terán was protesting against Cop City, the massive police training facility under construction in Weelaunee Forest in Atlanta. But, now that prosecutors have mass-charged activists in an unprecedented use of [ Prosecutors Smearing Dead ‘Cop City’ Activist by Publicizing Their Diary, Organizers Say Read More »](/manuel-tortuguita-teran-diary-cop-city/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/IMG_7062-768x1024.jpg)](/atlanta-egypt-israel-police-share-crowd-control-weapons/) [ Nov 16 2023 ](/atlanta-egypt-israel-police-share-crowd-control-weapons/) ## [Atlanta, Egypt, and Israel police forces share ‘crowd control’ weapons and military-industrial techniques](/atlanta-egypt-israel-police-share-crowd-control-weapons/) This week, Atlanta police officers armed with riot gear used tear gas canisters and smoke grenades against nonviolent protesters during a Block Cop City action. Harmful LRAD machines also made an appearance. This article contains additional reporting from Adjoa Danso, [ Atlanta, Egypt, and Israel police forces share ‘crowd control’ weapons and military-industrial techniques Read More »](/atlanta-egypt-israel-police-share-crowd-control-weapons/)