"We should not have to risk arrest and imprisonment for exercising our constitutional rights, including freedom of speech and equal protection under the law," asserted one of the plaintiffs.
"Bailing out protestors who exercise their constitutionally protected rights is simply not a crime," said one civil rights defender.
The lawsuit alleges that the arrest is part of a pattern of retaliation against journalists by Atlanta police.
From Cocaine Bear to Panda Express, the fight for a living wage is the same.
Truthout obtained Cop City’s certificate of insurance as activists and students target the project’s investors.
By Sean Summers / Unicorn Riot DeKalb County, GA — Two defendants arrested in March during a music festival against ‘Cop City’ were again denied bond Wednesday in DeKalb County…
The blue state could become the 20th in the U.S. to enact a so-called critical infrastructure law.
New information surfaces following an autopsy.
By Alex Binder / Unicorn Riot Atlanta, GA — Fifteen of the twenty-three people arrested and charged with domestic terrorism on March 5 are now out of jail. The nearly…
Socialist Seattle City Council member Kshama Sawant is launching a national coalition called Workers Strike Back to fight for wages, universal healthcare, LGBTQ rights, a clean energy transition, and more.
Unionized academic workers at Rutgers University have organized across hierarchies and are preparing to go on strike.
By Unicorn Riot Dekalb County, GA – At least 30 people were arrested on Sunday evening in the South River Forest during a ‘week of action’ music festival taking place…
By Unicorn Riot Atlanta, GA – Atlanta-area forest defenders, community activists and their allies from around the country and the world are initiating a ‘week of action’ against a proposed…
A 50-year-old organization led by prisoners with life sentences has emerged from a COVID shutdown to fight for the abolition of legalized slavery.
By Ryan Fatica / Unicorn Riot Atlanta, GA – Community organizations involved in the ongoing campaign to defend the South River Forest outside Atlanta, Georgia and ‘Stop Cop City’ say…
