Tag: Tortuguita
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One Year Since Tortuguita’s Killing: A Reflection on our Coverage of the Movement Against ‘Cop City’ and the First Eco-Activist Killed in the US
Thursday, January 18, 2024, marks one year since Manuel “Tortuguita” Esteban Paez Terán was killed by police in the South River Forest outside Atlanta. A 26-year-old queer anarchist, Tortuguita had been an active participant in the movement against “Cop City” for months before Georgia State…
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No Charges For Georgia Troopers Who Killed Manuel ‘Tortuguita’ Terán
Stone Mountain, GA — A Georgia prosecutor announced Friday, Oct. 6, that six Georgia State Patrol SWAT troopers – Brylend Myers, Jerry Parrish, Jonathan Salcedo, Mark Lamb, Ronaldo Kegel, and Royce Zah – will not face criminal charges in the January 18, 2023 shooting death…
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Atlanta City Council Approves $67 Million in Public Funds for ‘Cop City’
Atlanta, GA — Following hundreds of speakers who voiced their opposition to funding ‘Cop City’ over a 14-hour public comment period, Atlanta City Council approved $67 million in funding for the controversial project early Tuesday morning.
Starting Monday morning, crowds amassed at City Hall to…
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Three Face Felonies for Allegedly Flyering Near Home of One Georgia Trooper Tied to Killing of Forest Defender
Bartow County, GA — More than 3 ½ months after Georgia State Patrol agents killed forest defender Manuel ‘Tortuguita’ Esteban Paez Terán during a raid on the Weelaunee Forest, officials still refuse to name the officers responsible for their death or take any steps toward…
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No Gunpowder Residue Found on Manuel ‘Tortuguita’ Terán According to DeKalb County Autopsy
DeKalb County, GA — Three months after Georgia State Patrol officers shot Manuel ‘Tortuguita’ Esteban Paez Terán, killing the 26-year-old environmental and human rights advocate, the DeKalb County medical examiner released their autopsy results. In the 34-page report, Dr. Gerald T. Gowitt, the chief medical…
![Georgia State Troopers making arrests after storming the Stop Cop City music festival in the "RC Field" clearing in the South River Forest near Atlanta on March 5, 2023. On the left, one arrestee is pinned down my two officers in dark blue kneeling on them. In the middle-left of the shot, a person sitting down can be seen sitting and about to be arrested. On the right center part of the image, a man in a neon green National Lawyers Guild legal observer hat is lying down on the ground with his hands out to the sides - presumably having done so on orders by an arresting officer. A Georgia State Patrol higher-up is seen striding towards the prone NLG observer with black leather gloves on his hands; other officers in frame do not appear to be wearing gloves.](https://unicornriot.ninja/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/police_raid_ATL__south_river_forest-festival-arrests.png)
Behind the #StopCopCity Domestic Terrorism Warrants
Atlanta, GA — The Georgia Bureau of Investigation, in collaboration with several other law enforcement agencies, charged 23 more people with ‘domestic terrorism’ for their alleged involvement in the ongoing effort to stop ‘Cop City’ and to defend the Weelaunee Forest in unincorporated DeKalb County…