--- title: "News - Mainline" language: "en-US" canonical_url: "/category/news/page/3/" source_url: "https://www.mainlineatl.com/category/news/page/3/" content_type: "text/markdown" --- [![](/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/SOR-announcement-photo.jpeg)](/atlanta-organizers-announce-summer-of-resistance-stop-cop-city-juneteenth/) [ May 20 2024 ](/atlanta-organizers-announce-summer-of-resistance-stop-cop-city-juneteenth/) ## [Black Atlanta organizers announce ‘Summer of Resistance’ campaign will begin on Juneteenth](/atlanta-organizers-announce-summer-of-resistance-stop-cop-city-juneteenth/) Organizers call on their allies to join them in continued resistance against Cop City, police violence, land displacement, and imperialist genocide around the world Follow Strike Black and Save Weelaunee on Instagram for updates and event announcements throughout the summer. […] [ Black Atlanta organizers announce ‘Summer of Resistance’ campaign will begin on Juneteenth Read More »](/atlanta-organizers-announce-summer-of-resistance-stop-cop-city-juneteenth/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/signal-2024-05-13-204033-929x1024.jpeg)](/police-escalate-harassment-south-atlanta-cop-city-site/) [ May 14 2024 ](/police-escalate-harassment-south-atlanta-cop-city-site/) ## [Police Escalate Harassment of South Atlanta Residents Living Near ‘Cop City’ Construction Site](/police-escalate-harassment-south-atlanta-cop-city-site/) Police harassment and surveillance has continued on the heels of the February raids, wherein multiple police agencies, including the FBI, raided three residential homes in South Atlanta ATLANTA—Since the multi-agency raids that took place in South Atlanta last February, residents [ Police Escalate Harassment of South Atlanta Residents Living Near ‘Cop City’ Construction Site Read More »](/police-escalate-harassment-south-atlanta-cop-city-site/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/p2.jpeg)](/emory-faculty-prepares-no-confidence-vote-for-university-president-greg-fenves/) [ Apr 30 2024 ](/emory-faculty-prepares-no-confidence-vote-for-university-president-greg-fenves/) ## [Emory Faculty Prepares “No Confidence” Vote for University President Greg Fenves](/emory-faculty-prepares-no-confidence-vote-for-university-president-greg-fenves/) If passed, the vote could be a “profound victory” for students demanding the president’s resignation. Lilac Leblanc is a student at the Emory College of Arts and Sciences studying Anthropology and Creative Writing. Ian Rein is a student at the [ Emory Faculty Prepares “No Confidence” Vote for University President Greg Fenves Read More »](/emory-faculty-prepares-no-confidence-vote-for-university-president-greg-fenves/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/defend-1024x768.jpeg)](/atlanta-protesters-occupy-emory-encampment-israel-cop-city/) [ Apr 25 2024 ](/atlanta-protesters-occupy-emory-encampment-israel-cop-city/) ## [“We are occupying Emory University to demand immediate divestment from Israel and Cop City”](/atlanta-protesters-occupy-emory-encampment-israel-cop-city/) Narek Boyajian is a queer Armenian American community organizer, student, and educator based in Atlanta, GA. They are committed to abolitionist, anti-colonial, anti-imperialist movement work. Jadelynn Zhang is a Midwesterner now based in Atlanta, GA. She is a writer, researcher, [ “We are occupying Emory University to demand immediate divestment from Israel and Cop City” Read More »](/atlanta-protesters-occupy-emory-encampment-israel-cop-city/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/tort-e1712613993569.jpeg)](/human-rights-petition-doj-investigation-tortuguita-cop-city/) [ Apr 8 2024 ](/human-rights-petition-doj-investigation-tortuguita-cop-city/) ## [Human Rights Organizations Petition for DOJ Investigation of Police Killing of Manuel “Tortuguita” Paez Terán](/human-rights-petition-doj-investigation-tortuguita-cop-city/) Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, the Southern Center for Human Rights, and the University of Dayton Human Rights Center are calling for state accountability   This morning, three human rights organizations filed a petition with the Inter-American Commission on Human [ Human Rights Organizations Petition for DOJ Investigation of Police Killing of Manuel “Tortuguita” Paez Terán Read More »](/human-rights-petition-doj-investigation-tortuguita-cop-city/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/IMG_6049-1-1024x819.jpg)](/queer-in-the-fight-to-stop-cop-city/) [ Apr 1 2024 ](/queer-in-the-fight-to-stop-cop-city/) ## [Queer in the Fight to Stop Cop City](/queer-in-the-fight-to-stop-cop-city/) Gender non-conforming arrestees face harsher police violence and incarceration conditions than cisgender protesters Vienna Forrest could tell from the bleak light shining in her cell that it was well past the scheduled time for her bond hearing. It was her [ Queer in the Fight to Stop Cop City Read More »](/queer-in-the-fight-to-stop-cop-city/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/IMG_7511-706x1024.jpeg)](/shutdown-alabama-st-clair-prison/) [ Feb 23 2024 ](/shutdown-alabama-st-clair-prison/) ## [Incarcerated organizers lead shutdown in Alabama’s St. Clair Prison](/shutdown-alabama-st-clair-prison/) Free Alabama Movement organizers say they refuse to “finance their own incarceration and exploitation of gas chamber style executions, forced labor, and deadly abuse” SPRINGVILLE, AL.—This afternoon, around eight people arrived outside of St. Clair Prison in Springville, Ala., in [ Incarcerated organizers lead shutdown in Alabama’s St. Clair Prison Read More »](/shutdown-alabama-st-clair-prison/) [![](/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/)