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	Podcast:		The Daily
	Episode:		The Fight Over ‘Cop City’
	Category:		News & Politics
	Duration:		00:26:41
	Publish Date:		2023-03-28 09:45:00
	Description:		This episode contains descriptions of violence 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. 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. Guest: Sean Keenan, a freelance reporter for The New York Times. Background reading: This month, protesters damaged property at the site of a planned police center in Atlanta in a disturbance that grew out of a demonstration among activists in a forest being developed into a training center. How a forest near Atlanta became a new front line in the debate over policing. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.
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