• disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world
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    If you prefer your answer without disinformation:

    Cop City is the name of The Atlanta Public Safety Training Center. The center is planned to be used as a training campus for police and fire services and is expected to open at the end of 2023. Planned facilities include classrooms, a burn building, a mock city (including apartments, a bar/nightclub, and a school), and a shooting range.

    None of Biden’s $334M funding is going to Cop City.

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      1 month ago

      How incredibly ill informed to assume Atlanta is the only one. There are nearly 100 going up around the country. All being trained by the IDF.

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        Do you have a source so I can read more about it? I’m not finding anything in my searches.

        Another commenter pointed out the one going up in PA to me. I read an article on it. It’s just as concerning as the one in Atlanta, but there was no mention of the IDF in either facility.

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      cop cities are being built all across america. they train cops for urban combat. the cops hired will be trained in these military facilities.

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        If you’re referring to the map on isyourlifebetter.net then I’d recommend using its interactive features to look at the “cop cities” they link as having been built. Most of them are deescalation training facilities or just new police departments, not cop playgrounds.

        The map on that website makes its way around to incite reaction, often without linking the website itself. Cop City in Atlanta, however, is real and very concerning.

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            I didn’t see that one until you pointed it out. You’re right. That’s just as concerning as the one in Atlanta.

            https://www.pennlive.com/news/2023/12/pa-breaks-ground-on-300m-state-of-the-art-state-police-academy.html

            There’s no reason to throw a partisan wedge. I’m just interested in learning the truth, and there’s a lot of misinformation out there. Personally, I think police should focus on deescalation training and maximizing the use of less-lethal weapons over playing in shooting galleries.

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              well i want the abolition of prisons and police and private property, and my opposition to these facilities has nothing to do with the fact that democrats are supporting them. my opposition to democrats comes, at least partially, from that fact.

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                That’s fair. We can agree to disagree.

                I thought you were implying my lack of recognition of the cop city is PA was related to being a Democrat. It was honest unawareness, and I appreciate you mentioning it. I’m just out for the truth, which is a tall order these days.