Former A-CC Commissioner part of protest on Peachtree

Former Athens-Clarke County Commissioner Mariah Parker was part of a protest that blocked traffic in Midtown Atlanta Thursday: Parker was with a demonstrator who taped himself to a scaffold at a construction site on Peachtree Street. She is among the activists protesting construction of an Atlanta Police Training Center. As an Athens-Clarke County Commissioner she was, in 2020, part of an unsuccessful effort to defund the Athens-Clarke County Police Department.

From WSB…

Part of a busy Midtown street is shut down after a protester chained themselves to construction equipment.

WSB is flying over the scene where police have blocked off Peachtree Street between 17th Street and West Peachtree Street.

The organizers of Stop Cop City says one of their protesters locked themselves to Brasfield & Gorrie construction equipment. The construction company is one of the head contractors for the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center.

It’s unclear when the road will reopen. Drivers can use Spring Street, Piedmont Avenue and West Peachtree Street as alternates.

This is the second time this year that “Stop Cop City” protesters have chained themselves to equipment in the Midtown area.

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