Tag: atlanta
Manuel ‘Tortuguita’ Terán’s Family Seeks Transparency in Police Killing
Atlanta – The family of Manuel “Tortuguita” Terán, the forest defender killed by police in Atlanta’s South River Forest, addressed the public for the first time Monday to ask for transparency in the state’s investigation into the killing.
While some details about the Jan. 18…
🦄 Eco, Police, Social Control
City of Atlanta and DeKalb County Announce ‘Agreement’ Amid Growing Opposition to Cop City
Atlanta officials are using environmental language to whitewash a controversial police training center set to demolish a forest.
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Marches and Vigils Across the US Respond to the Police Killing of Forest Defender Tort
In the days following the police killing of Manuel Terán (Tort/Tortuguita) in the Atlanta Forest, solidarity actions occurred in cities throughout the country. Tort was shot and killed on Wednesday, Jan. 18 during a large police operation to evict activists camped in the forest (forest…
Protester Shot and Killed by Officers During Raid on Atlanta Forest
Atlanta, GA – A protester was shot and killed by police Wednesday morning, January 18, in the midst of a multi-jurisdictional raid on the Atlanta Forest, also known as the Weelaunee Forest, in DeKalb County, southeast of Atlanta.
Update 1/19/23 at 4:30 p.m. EST:
The…
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Blackhall Intensifies Destruction of Weelaunee People’s Park in Atlanta Forest
Atlanta, GA – One week after a multi-agency raid on those camping out in the Atlanta Forest, the company behind the land swap of 40 acres of Weelaunee People’s Park (aka Intrenchment Creek Park), Blackhall Real Estate Phase II, LLC, instructed its contractors to dig…
🦄 Eco, Land & Housing, Police
SWAT Teams Attack Atlanta Forest Encampments, Activists Charged with ‘Terrorism’
Atlanta, GA – On December 13 and 14, 2022, SWAT teams and other armed police officers from eight different federal, state, county, and city police agencies conducted a raid on those camping out in the Atlanta forest in hopes of preventing the construction of a…