Controversy Surrounds Proposed "Cop City" Training Facility in Atlanta.

Private equity firms Roark Capital and Silver Lake Management have been linked to the development of a police and fire service training complex in Atlanta known as "Cop City" and the Atlanta police force. Roark Capital owns Inspire Brands, whose CEO sits on the board of trustees of the Atlanta police foundation (APF), which is raising $60m from corporate funders to build Cop City in a forest previously earmarked for a public park. Silver Lake Management has invested more than $1bn in Motorola Solutions, which designed and implemented the surveillance system for Operation Shield, a program that boasts more than 12,800 interconnected cameras monitored by the police. The police crackdown on community protests against Cop City has led to dozens of charges of domestic terrorism and the police killing of environmental activist Manuel Paez Terán.