Attorney Leo Terrell on Monday accused DeKalb County District Attorney Sherry Boston for refusing to prosecute mobs targeting a proposed police training facility in the Atlanta area.
“This is a slap in the face for every law enforcement officer in Atlanta,” Terrell told American Report co-host Sandra Smith. “When she talks about philosophical differences, she translates it to you, a lawyer. She doesn’t want to prosecute her personally. They are the agitators of democracy.” (Related: Antifa is a ‘weapon’ of ‘permanent democracy’, says Tucker Carlson)
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The city of Boston announced on Friday that it would withdraw from prosecuting a case related to a planned training facility known as “Cop City.” according to to CNN.
The Atlanta City Council has approved $31 million in funding for the project. Police arrested at least six people in January after riots broke out in Atlanta. Showdown Between the police and environmental activists protesting a planned police training facility.
A lawyer from the Southern Poverty Law Center was among 23 people charged with domestic terrorism following the January riots.
“You have a video showing right now. The evidence we’re looking at leaves no doubt about it. This is domestic terrorism,” Terrell continued. “But it’s going to destroy her political career, and what this is, Atlanta, just Los Angeles, just Chicago, just New York, Sandra, this is Democratic politics at work – anti-police.” and no assistance to law enforcement.It is very disingenuous.”
“Cop City” is a planned 85-acre training facility outside Atlanta for the training of law enforcement and other first responders that will include police dog driving courses, kennels and training areas, an auditorium, firefighters and a “simulated city” for firefighters. To train the police in urban operations, according to To ABC News.
“The city of Atlanta desperately needs a permanent training facility that can better train its police so they can better handle crises on the streets,” said John King, director of the Georgia Health, Safety and Fire Department. We will be better prepared,” he said. “All these radical trust fund kids are coming from out of state to burn our community down to their effect, and this is incredibly unfair.”
“I’m asking because I was a police officer in Atlanta. I was shot while on duty serving this wonderful community I love. The fact that the mayor and city council have stood firm. “I have to stand by the police, but I am disappointed that the DeKalb County Attorney’s Office is bowing to pressure,” King added.
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