ATLANTA, Ga. - A judge says he’ll toss the racketeering charges against all 61 defendants accused of a yearslong conspiracy to halt a public safety training center that foes dubbed “Cop City.”

Fulton County Judge Kevin Farmer said Republican Attorney General Chris Carr lacked authority to secure the 2023 indictments under Georgia’s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations law, or RICO.

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Experts believe it was the largest criminal racketeering case ever filed against protesters.

The defendants faced allegations ranging from throwing Molotov cocktails to supplying food to protesters and pass

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