Activists who aided anti-cop protesters in Atlanta arrested for financial crimes

https://nypost.com/2023/06/02/atlanta-activists-who-aided-anti-cop-
protesters-arrested-for-financial-crimes/

Three Atlanta activists who spearheaded a fund to help bail out 
demonstrators arrested while protesting the state’s so-called “Cop City” 
have been busted for financial crimes.

Marlon Scott Kautz, 39, of Atlanta; Savannah D. Patterson, 30, of 
Savannah; and Adele MacLean, 42, of Atlanta, all of whom lead the Atlanta 
Solidarity Fund, were arrested Wednesday morning at Kautz and MacLean’s 
home — a distinct, colorful house covered in anti-cop graffiti.

They were charged with money laundering and charity fraud.

State investigators have claimed they have evidence linking all three 
organizers to the alleged crimes, but an attorney representing them said 
he was trying to figure out the basis for the charges.

“I know what the crimes are that are alleged, but I don’t know exactly 
what the state’s alleging that these three people did or how they 
supposedly engaged in charity fraud,” Don Samuel said.

The trio run the Network for Strong Communities, which was incorporated in 
2020. Through the Network, they collect funds for the Atlanta Solidarity 
Fund, which has bailed out numerous protestors and helped find them legal 
representation.

The protestors have been demonstrating against an under-construction $90 
million police training facility officially called the Atlanta Public 
Safety Training Center, but what they have labeled as “Cop City.”

They claim the facility will militarize officers and its construction is 
harming the environment by clearing out 85 acres of wooded lands.

More than 40 protestors have been arrested and charged with domestic 
terrorism since the protests began — in a sometimes destructive fashion.

Following the three leaders’ arrests, Republican Gov Brian Kemp said the 
state will “track down every member of a criminal organization, from 
violent foot soldiers to their uncaring leaders.”

The state’s Attorney General Chris Carr, who is also a Republican said 
that he will “not rest until we have held accountable every person who has 
funded, organized or participated in this violence and intimidation.”

The protests drew national attention in January when a state trooper 
fatally shot 26-year-old protester and environmental activist Manuel 
Esteban Paez Terán after he shot and injured a different trooper.

Executive director of the Civil Liberties Defense Center Lauren Regan 
slammed the arrests saying she didn’t see the crime committed.

“Bailing out protestors who exercise their constitutionally protected 
rights is simply not a crime,” Regan said. “In fact, it is a historically 
grounded tradition in the very same social and political movements that 
the city of Atlanta prides itself on. Someone had to bail out civil rights 
activists in the 60’s — I think we can all agree that community support 
isn’t a crime.”

LiS Wright
10 hours ago

You gotta figure that these 3 (and others) are getting their so-called 
"donated" funds by configuring the accounting numbers; probably selling 
illegal drugs; God knows what they do to afford their lifestyle and 
support their charity. All charities whether for or against a particular 
issue should be investigated.

pjdjmj
9 hours ago

These misfits obviously have not spent any time on home improvement. We 
don't want to imagine what the inside looks like.

Ben David
8 hours ago

They took lessons from BLM fundraisers.


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