New documents shed light on police killing of Georgia ‘Cop City’ activist

Records obtained by Guardian give details about events leading to death of Manuel Paez Teran, shot dead in 2023

Previously unavailable records obtained by the Guardian shed light on the killing of environmental and social activist Manuel Paez Teran during a police operation aimed at clearing out less than two dozen people from an Atlanta-area forest as they protested against a training center planned to be built nearby known as Cop City".

The incident was the first of its kind in US history, and Georgia authorities have released scant information about what happened during the police operation two-plus years ago. None of the Georgia state patrol officers involved were wearing body cams, so no video evidence of the shooting exists.