Seth Stern

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Seth Stern is the Director of Advocacy for Freedom of the Press Foundation. He previously worked as a First Amendment lawyer and journalist.

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FILE - Protestors reacts before council members voted 11-4 to approve legislation to fund the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center, June 6, 2023, in Atlanta. Sixty-one people have been indicted in Georgia on racketeering charges following a long-running state investigation into protests against a proposed police and training facility in the Atlanta area that critics call “Cop City.” The Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2023, indictment under the state’s racketeering law was released by Fulton County officials on Tuesday, Sept. 5. (Jason Getz/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, File)

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Cop City Indictments Threaten Press Freedom Too

Seth Stern

The message is clear: Try to spread opinions cops don’t like through the media, and you might be charged next.