Petition aims to dismiss Atlanta’s bid to use Rico law against ‘Cop City’ activists

Motion filed claims Georgia's deputy attorney general violated attorney-client privileges of multiple defendants

Georgia's deputy attorney general violated the attorney-client privileges of multiple defendants in its case against 61 people accused of organizing a criminal conspiracy in their opposition to the Cop City" police training center, according to a motion filed this week and the Guardian's reporting.

The motion filed Monday petitions Fulton county superior court to dismiss the charges against three of the defendants who run a bail fund known as the Atlanta Solidarity Fund. It also aims to disqualify both the attorney general's office and the Atlanta police from continuing to prosecute the case. Additionally, a hearing is sought on the matter.