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The 23 people arrested in Atlanta who are now facing terrorism charges were NOT picked up from where the police vehicle was burned, as is implied by news media headlines. They were kidnapped from a nearby all-ages music festival. The police kettled children and one officer was heard threatening to murder a concert-goer.

ATL Community Press Collective, Stop Cop City and Defend Atlanta Forest are all reliable on-the-ground information aggregators you can search. You can donate to Atlanta Solidarity Fund (tho their website appears to be very busy atm) to help cover bail and legal costs for protestors and, apparently, random music festival attendees in Atlanta.

The more loosely and broadly they misapply the label terrorist to not just anyone who disobeys but anyone else unfortunate enough to be caught vaguely in their vicinity is going to gut the term of absolutely all meaning and stigma.

Yeah :/ stolen valor tbh.