Billionaire Scion and His Marxist Cousin Feud Over ‘Cop City’
May 10, 2024, 12:20 PM UTC

Billionaire Scion and His Marxist Cousin Feud Over ‘Cop City’

Brett Pulley

<-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://people/profile/17568317","_id":"0000018f-6381-d4b6-a98f-f7b54ea50000","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">Alexander Cox Taylor is the fourth-generation scion of a dynasty valued at $35 billion. He runs the family conglomerate, <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/1026Z%20US%20Equity","_id":"0000018f-6381-d4b6-a98f-f7b54ea50001","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">Cox Enterprises Inc., while supporting civic causes in his hometown of Atlanta, including a new $110 million facility to train police and other safety officials.

His first cousin, James Cox Chambers Jr., is using his own piece of the fortune to try to shut that very project down. Fergie, as he’s known to his family, is fervently against what he and other opponents deride as Cop City. A community organizer and self-proclaimed Marxist, Chambers for a time had an ACAB tattoo ...

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