On 31 May 2023, Adele Maclean, Marlon Scott Kautz and Savannah D. Patterson, respectively the CEO, chief financial officer, and secretary of the Network for Strong Communities were arrested and charged with money laundering and charity fraud, in Georgia, USA. Network for Strong Communities runs the Atlanta Solidarity Fund and provides legal support for protesters against a proposed police and fire training center (known as "Cop City" by protestors).

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation’s press release said that the charges against Kautz, Patterson and Maclean are “stemming from the ongoing investigation of individuals responsible for numerous criminal acts at the future site of the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center and other metro Atlanta locations.”

42 people have been charged with domestic terrorism in connection with protests over the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center, a cause that has garnered international attention since authorities clearing the protesters' camp in South River Forest fatally shot environmental activist Manuel Esteban Paéz Terán (Tortuguita) in January 2023.

In September 2023, 61 activists from the Defend Atlanta Forest movement were charged with violating the state’s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) law.

Lauren Regan, an attorney and executive director of the Oregon-based Civil Liberties Defense Center stated, “This is an extreme provocation by Atlanta Police Department and the State of Georgia. Bailing out protestors who exercise their constitutionally protected rights is simply not a crime."