Indigenous Peoples and Human Rights

March 10, 2023

Atlanta Cop City: Mvskoke Ceremonial Leaders Evict Police from Homelands


Mvskoke evicted police from their homelands. Mayor shown fleeing Mvskoke.



"I came all the way on the Trail of Tears to deliver this letter," said Mvskoke attorney Jordan Harmon, reading the letter as a session of Atlanta officials concluded. She continued reading it on camera as police ushered her into the elevator.

"Georgia is the birthplace of oppressive policing, originating with Indigenous genocide and the Trail of Tears and the capture and enslavement of African descendants seeking freedom. Our ancestors who are buried here continue to suffer while the City of Atlanta and the State of Georgia deploy the very same escalated militarized tactics against Black, Indigenous and people of the global majority that were used in Indigenous genocide and Black enslavement."

Atlanta Cop City: Mvskoke Ceremonial leaders evict police from homelands and demand justice for the assassination of Tortuguita. Atlanta Mayor flees Mvskoke.

Watch Video: Mvskoke Ceremonial Leader Reads Statement https://twitter.com/i/status/1633852566827315201

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On Wednesday, March 8, Mvskoke Ceremonial leaders attempted to reach out to Mayor Andre Dickens and deliver an eviction letter. They entered the Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC) meeting, where ARC Board Member and Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens was present.

Jordan Harmon, Mvskoke Creek attorney, read the letter aloud when the meeting adjourned and attempted to deliver an eviction notice to the Mayor. Dickens quickly fled the room, surrounded by his security forces, and refused to meet with Mvskoke Creek people who had traveled to their ancestral homeland.