Atlanta police arrest five activists chained to bulldozer at ‘Cop City’ site

Activists entered open gate where trees are being cleared two days after state attorney general indicted 61 people under Rico law

Atlanta police arrested five activists, including two clergy members, on Thursday after the activists chained themselves to a bulldozer at the construction site for Cop City", a huge police and fire department training center being built in a forest south-east of Atlanta.

The activists entered an open gate around 9am local time where trees are being cleared and land is being graded for the training center, which would occupy a footprint of 170 acres if completed according to plans. Two Unitarian Universalist church clergy members hung a sign on the bulldozer saying: Stop work."