In a new filing in federal court, the government of Atlanta aims to shut down even the possibility of a referendum on the police militarization facility known as Cop City, arguing that the citizens of the city have no right to break off the city government's contract with the Atlanta Police Foundation.

Ordinarily, democracy functions as a sort of theater in which the authorities manage people's perceptions of what the general public desires. In this case, however, the authorities in Atlanta are so determined to channel millions of dollars to the police that they are prepared to do without any illusions about democracy or anything like it.

Background on the movement to #StopCopCity:

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