Georgia accused of stopping defense lawyers visiting ‘Cop City’ protest site

Dozens charged with conspiracy in South River Forest but court filing says state is obstructing attorney visits

The state of Georgia has dragged its feet for months on allowing defense attorneys to visit the forest where a criminal conspiracy allegedly operated in opposition to the Cop City" police training center, according to a motion filed this week and the Guardian's reporting.

In his motion filed in Fulton county superior court, attorney Xavier de Janon is seeking to dismiss all charges related to the South River Forest, located south-east of Atlanta - for his client and for dozens of others. The forest's importance to the case is underlined by the fact that the indictment mentions the word, forest", 310 times in its 109 pages, according to the motion.