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Activists who aided anti-cop protesters in Atlanta arrested for financial crimes

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Allie Griffin

https://nypost.com/2023/06/02/atlanta-activists-who-aided-anti-cop-protesters-arrested-for-financial-crimes/June 2, 2023 2:46am 

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Marlon Scott Kautz (L), 39, Adele MacLean, 42, and Savannah D. Patterson (R), 30, have all been charged with money laundering and charity fraud.AP

Three Atlanta activists who spearheaded a fund to help bail out demonstrators arrested while protesting the state’s so-called “Cop City” have been busted for financial crimes. 

Marlon Scott Kautz, 39, of Atlanta; Savannah D. Patterson, 30, of Savannah; and Adele MacLean, 42, of Atlanta, all of whom lead the Atlanta Solidarity Fund, were arrested Wednesday morning at Kautz and MacLean’s home — a distinct, colorful house covered in anti-cop graffiti.

They were charged with money laundering and charity fraud. 

State investigators have claimed they have evidence linking all three organizers to the alleged crimes, but an attorney representing them said he was trying to figure out the basis for the charges.

“I know what the crimes are that are alleged, but I don’t know exactly what the state’s alleging that these three people did or how they supposedly engaged in charity fraud,” Don Samuel said.