This article is about police in Georgia. In Atlanta, the police are on recording saying they are actively targeting Cop City protesters with baseless charges as punishment to proactively dissuade them from persisting because they’re worried about their ability to turn the public, and because they identified vulnerabilities on their side the protesters could legitimately/legally pursue. The corruption is as incredible as it is typical - the small town ones have the same capabilities and incentives and this is normalized everywhere, it is the same institution everywhere.

Remember DevOps? 5 Whys style analysis helps here - systems analysis