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Podcast: Arrested Mobility
Episode: Cop City: The Environmental Inequity Facing Atlanta's Black Community
Description: In 2017, Atlanta's city planning department designated four large green spaces as quote "lungs," that were vital for cooling the city. They announced plans to turn one of these lungs, the South River Forest, into an urban park. But four years later, there was a change in plans. The mayor approved a police and firefighter training facility to be built in that park. It's called "The Atlanta Public Safety Training Center," but to some, it has come to be known as "Cop City." There has been a concerted effort to push back against the development of the training...