Article 68186 Atlanta Police Kill Forest Defender at Protest Encampment Near Proposed "Cop City" Training Center

Atlanta Police Kill Forest Defender at Protest Encampment Near Proposed "Cop City" Training Center

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We get an update on calls for an independent investigation into the Atlanta police killing of an activist during a violent raid Wednesday on a proposed $90 million training facility in a public forest, known by opponents to the facility as Cop City." Law enforcement officers - including a SWAT team - were violently evicting protesters who had occupied a wooded area outside the center when they shot and killed longtime activist Manuel Teran, who went by the name Tortuguita." Police claim they were fired on, though protesters dispute this account. We hear a statement from an Atlanta forest defender about what happened, and speak with Kamau Franklin, an anti-Cop City" activist and the founder of the Atlanta organization Community Movement Builders.

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