Week of Action to Stop Cop City, Part 3: Midweek Actions

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05/08/23 • 50 min

The Clergy crash a city council meeting, people return to the forest for a Purim celebration, and activists are met with intense police repression during daily non-violent actions happening throughout downtown.

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It Could Happen Here - Week of Action to Stop Cop City, Part 3: Midweek Actions

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Come Monday morning, Basically no one was in the forest. The police raid the night prior pushed out most of the people gathered for the music festival and week of action, and it was still unclear how the rest of the week would now proceed. This Monday happened to be the Jewish holiday Perum. Initially there were plans to have a perm celebration in the forest that evening, but it was unknown if people would feel comfortable returning to the woods.