Defense attorneys in Cop City case ‘frustrated’ after finally visiting forest

Site of proposed Atlanta police training center has changed greatly since arrest of protesters charged with racketeering

After months of stonewalling by Georgia prosecutors, defense attorneys were allowed on Tuesday to visit the forest at the center of the state’s criminal conspiracy case against a movement opposing the police training center colloquially known as “Cop City” – only to come away frustrated by how much things had changed on the ground.

The attorneys also found confusion about where arrests and alleged crimes occurred during the last two years, according to a handful who spoke to the Guardian.