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  • 19 Black Families Decide To Build Their Own Safe City, Purchase 97 Acres Of Land In Georgia

    09/01/2020 11:47:05 AM PDT · by Diana in Wisconsin · 153 replies
    Bored Panda ^ | September 1, 2020 | Rokas Laurinavičius & Denis Tymulis
    In the middle of the protests over police brutality and a pandemic, 19 black families have joined forces and purchased 96.71 acres of land in Toomsboro, Georgia. They plan to build a new, safe city there. Ashley Scott, a Georgia-based realtor, started The Freedom Georgia Initiative with a few like-minded people. In an op-ed for Blavity, Scott explained that the idea came after the death of Ahmaud Arbery, a black man who was killed by a group of white men while out on a jog. “I am concerned. At times distraught. For the first time ever in my life, I...