Georgia claims police not using Signal to message about ‘Cop City’, despite evidence to contrary

Defense attorney in conspiracy case cites Guardian reporting in seeking police messages on activists opposed to training center

Georgia's deputy attorney general said in court that he didn't think police in the state were using Signal to communicate about the law enforcement training center colloquially known as Cop City" - despite being presented, in a motion from defense attorneys, with evidence from the Guardian of law enforcement leadership ordering officers to download the encrypted phone app last year for that very purpose.

Defense attorneys have been seeking the Signal messages from Atlanta police and other law enforcement agencies that may be relevant to their clients' cases from the deputy attorney general, John Fowler, since February, according to their 15 March motion.