The 61 people charged with racketeering over efforts to stop the construction of Atlanta’s planned public safety training center, dubbed “Cop City” by opponents, are expected to be arraigned in November.
Fulton County Superior Court Judge Kimberly Esmond Adams is overseeing the case.
The arraignment is set for 9:30 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 6, which is when defendants will formally hear the charges against them and enter a plea of guilty or not guilty.
Republican Attorney General Chris Carr handed down the indictment on Aug. 29, alleging the defendants are “militant anarchists” who supported a violent movement that prosecutors trace to the 2020 racial justice protests.
Critics say that was before the so-called “Stop Cop City” movement even started.