The more than 60 police training center protesters tied up in the Georgia attorney general’s sweeping racketeering case said they were ready to keep fighting after a judge said he would likely let them off the hook over a legal technicality.

Fulton County Superior Court Judge Kevin Farmer said this week he was leaning toward tossing Attorney General Chris Carr’s charges under the state’s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act. The dismissal, should the judge finalize the order, would be based on the fact that the AG’s office skipped an essential step: it failed to get written permission from the governor to bring its case.

Kamau Franklin, a longtime training center opponent and community activist, said he hopes the charges being dropped allows those indicted to rebuild their

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