Tuesday's protest was one of several on the property recently. Protestors oppose "the expansion of the police state" and said the Atlanta Police Foundation is threatening the Atlanta forest. Multiple people in the group identified themselves as Georgia residents. Over the weekend, the activist said officers charges at them for no reason while protesting in the streets near Freedom Park. Last week, police in Cobb County arrested two protesters for vandalizing the office of one of the building contractors involved in the project. Over the last month, the group has protested at company contracted to build the training facility and even its CEO's home. "This is an attempt to demoralize a vibrant and diverse movement that is led by local community members against the replacement of the largest urban tree canopy in the United States the largest police training compound in the United States," said Mae Johnson, an activist who lives near the site. Police said they have been sabotaging construction efforts and the protesters have claimed they have driven spikes into trees to make them hazardous to cut down. Some people who call themselves "forest defenders" have been camping on the site since last year. Police said eight protesters were arrested when officers were escorting construction workers through the planned site of a police training facility that is dubbed "Cop City", Police, protesters clash over planned police training facility
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