Georgia district attorney will not charge police who killed ‘Cop City’ activist
by Guardian staff and agency from US news | The Guardian on (#6FC1E)
Manuel Tortuguita' Paez Teran was shot and killed in January while protesting construction of police training center
No criminal charges will be brought against state patrol troopers in Georgia who shot and killed an environmental protester at the site of a huge new public safety training center for law enforcement and others in the Atlanta area, known as Cop City".
The district attorney pro tempore made the announcement on Friday, almost nine months after Manuel Paez Teran, nicknamed Tortuguita, 26, was killed in January during protests against the development.
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