Video: Atlanta Police Department car goes up in flames, ammunition inside cooks off as protesters take vengeance for the murder of Tort in the defense of the Atlanta Forest

Video-taking direct action against Atlanta Police Foundation and Wells Fargo (MAJOR Cop City funders)

Video: Atlanta cop using potentially deadly knee on neck tactic to make three arrests

(video: tonight we burn candles, tomorrow we spread the flame)

On the 21st of January, vigils were held all over the so-called “United States” for Tort, the unarmed protester murdered by Atlanta police on the morning of Jan 18. There are reports cops just “found” a gun-the exact make and model they use-and Tort was a pacifist. This disproved police claims that Tort fired first and all but proves witness reports that the wounded cop was hit by friendly fire (blue on blue). That cop got a round in the guts, just under his vest and the result has been a lot of bellyaching by Atlanta cops.

On Jan 20, so-called “Progressive Anti Abortion Uprising”(a literally fetus-stealing religious group) and their allies showed up at the Supreme Court during the so-called “March 4 Life.” Present also at SCOTUS were several antichoice Gay men, helping to pave the way for their own fate if the GOP decides to round up the entire LGBTQ community. A bullhorn in siren mode helped drown out PAAU’s lies.

Suicides of young women are soaring in abortion ban states, the annual march should be renamed the March 4 Death as a result.

On Jan 15, an unknown person (won’t be unknown long…) threw a molotov cocktail at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Illinois. The fire was confined to one room thanks to a quick fire department response.

Just two days earlier, Illinois governor Pritzker signed an abortion rights law into effect. Unable to use police in Illinois to arrest and imprison women and doctors over abortion, Christian Nationalists have resorted to attempting to burn down abortion clinics instead.

abcnews.go.com/US/planned-parenthood-set-fire-2-days-after-state/story?id=96502839

This sort of thing is yet another indicator that the longstanding “cold civil war” in the US is no longer cold, and may now be a multipolar, low-level insurgent war instead of a cold war

As night fell on Jan 18, one known treehouse remains in position with an unknown number of defenders, high in a tree with police having FAILED to remove the, by force, by siege, or by threats. All eyes now turn to Weelaunee People’s Park

This is one of many outraged protests held nationwide the evening after cops shot and killed a protester in Weelaunee, the Indigenous name for the major forest near Atlanta that Brasfield and Gorrie is trying to demolish to build the “Cop City” police training range.

Just after 9AM on the 18th of January, the cops went to guns against the Atlanta Forest Defenders. Cops entered with guns drawn ahead of Brasfield and Gorrie’s construction equipment and the situation blew up. Witnesses reported a sudden barrage of about 12 shots, and when it was over, a cop was wounded reportely by another cop’s bullets and a protesters (reported as a bystander by some) was dead.

Later in the day, police continued to play with guns. Instead of investigating the “blue on blue” shooting of one of their own, they continued their attack. This may be to destroy evidence and block independent investigation. At least one person among the forest defenders has stated plans are to hold the line UNTIL THE LAST DEFENDER IS KILLED. This is like holding a trench in the First World War. Cops for their part are continuing to play with guns, a treesitter shot this photo of a cop in a cherrypicker holding a rifle while attempting to dislodge them:

Hours later, with FOX News and cops spewing lies about this incident, the Atlanta Press Collective published this press release:

Today the police shot and killed a protester in Weelaunee Forest. Dozens of heavily armed DeKalb Police, Atlanta Police and Georgia State police shut down Weelaunee People’s Park and nearby streets before entering the tree line with guns drawn and heavy machinery poised to continue forest destruction.

Full press release at: https://atlantapresscollective.com/2023/01/18/press-release-police-murder-protestor-in-atlanta-forest/

(end press release)

The fury of forest defenders and abolitionists is boundless after this murder of one of our own. In the wake of this outrage, and with live fire having been introduced to the battlefield, an anonymous call has been posted to scenes.noblogs.org calling for a nationwide night of vengeance and rage:

https://scenes.noblogs.org/post/2023/01/18/a-call-for-retaliation/

The worst has come to pass. An unnamed forest defender has been shot and killed in Weelaunee. Consider this a call for reciprocal violence to be done to the police and their allies. On Friday, January 20th, wherever you are, you are invited to participate in a night of rage in order to honor the memory of our fallen comrade.Love and rage Defend the Atlanta Forest