Rukia Rogers

Released
Gender:Female
Era:2020s
Time Imprisoned:
1 Day
Support
Environmental Activism Stop Cop City Movement
Rukia Rogers

Biography

Activist arrested December 22, 2023 during a "Forest Friday" weekly picket outside the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center ("Cop City") construction site in Weelaunee forest (South River Forest). She was one of three people collectively known as the "Weelaunee Three" charged with criminal trespass and held overnight in DeKalb County Jail before being released on December 23, 2023. In March 2025 prosecutors offered all three pretrial diversion requiring a rehabilitation course in exchange for dropping the charges.

Case

DeKalb County Jail
Charges: Criminal trespass; arrested December 22, 2023 at weekly Forest Friday picket outside Cop City construction site
Arrested: Dec 22, 2023
Incarcerated: Dec 22, 2023
Released: Dec 23, 2023
Sentence: No conviction; 1 night pre-trial detention; pretrial diversion offered March 2025 One of the "Weelaunee Three"; released by December 23, 2023.
Institution State: Georgia

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