The Fight Over ‘Cop City’

<p><i>This episode contains descriptions of violence</i></p><p>In a patch of woods southwest of Atlanta, protesters have been clashing with the police over a huge police training facility that the city wants to build there. This month, that fight came to a head when hundreds of activists breached the site, burning police and construction vehicles.</p><p>Sean Keenan, an Atlanta-based reporter, explains how what opponents call “Cop City,” and the woods surrounding it, have become an unlikely battleground in the nation’s debate over policing.</p><p>Guest: Sean Keenan, a freelance reporter for The New York Times.</p><p>Background reading: </p><ul><li>This month, protesters damaged property at the site of a<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/05/us/atlanta-cop-city-protests.html"> planned police center</a> in Atlanta in a disturbance that grew out of a demonstration among activists in a forest being developed into a training center.</li><li>How a forest near Atlanta became<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/04/us/cop-city-atlanta-police-training.html"> a new front line</a> in the debate over policing.</li></ul><p>For more information on today’s episode, visit <a href="http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily">nytimes.com/thedaily</a>. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.</p>