Latest arrests of ‘Cop City’ protesters ‘feel like overreach’, experts say

Three activists protesting the planned facility were charged under a little-known Georgia law, raising first amendment concerns

Three activists have been arrested in confusing circumstances and charged under a little-known Georgia law - an apparent tightening of the state's criminal justice system in response to a movement opposing the building of a huge police and fire department training center known as Cop City" near Atlanta.

Cop City" has sparked a broad-based protest movement in Atlanta and elsewhere, drawing global headlines when one environmental activist was shot and killed by police.