The longstanding and at times violent protests against Atlanta's planned police and firefighter training center are partially responsible for a nearly $20 million rise in costs connected to the project, city officials said. The 85-acre (34-hectare) project, which critics call “Cop City,” is now expected to cost $109.65 million, up from a previous estimate of $90 million, Atlanta Deputy Chief Operating Officer LaChandra Burkes told City Council members on Wednesday. Atlanta has already committed $67 million toward the project, but Burkes emphasized that taxpayers would not be on the hook for the newly incurred security, insurance, legal and construction costs.
on jack smith s team. i suspect there are similar things happening for judges that are involved in any of these cases. security costs for special counsel jack smith have risen dramatically in recent months, with nearly a third of the inspections on the latest reporting period. the increase comes of the special counsel s alleged in court papers that trump s frequent rhetorical attacks have sparked threats to his team. we know about threats that have come into the new york officers of the court, and one other thing i love to hear your thoughts on is there s the threat of violence, and something like swatting could really, as we showed, can go wrong. but then there s also just the hassle. like, this is christmas day with your family. you ve got security now. you re going to the grocery store. your entire life is going to change under the circumstances. chris, these are the times in which we live. and i say this very sadly. when i was on the bench, occasionally, very rarely, i got thre
the limelight for leading the prosecutions into trump. we know that alvin bragg similarly, the security costs in the manhattan d.a. s office went up as well. there is some anticipation here that it s only going to get worse once the indictment drops. jack smith dropped the indictment against former president trump and his co-defendants last month in the mar-a-lago classified documents case. there s a feeling that security precautions might need to be even greater when it comes to this indictment, just because of the loaded aspect of what jack smith is going to be uncovering. after all, this all started with the former president encouraging his supporters and allies to storm and attack the u.s. capitol on january 6. andrew, picking up on that,