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Judge Finds Georgia State Troopers in Killing of Cop City Protestor Will Not Face Charges (atlantatribune.com)

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From the Atlanta Tribune:

A Stone Mountain, Georgia judge has ruled that none of the Georgia State Troopers involved in the killing of Manuel Teran will face charges. The highly controversial Cop City police training facility that many Atlantans are concerned will militarize police and result in more police brutality and slayings of Black and Brown residents, was the […]

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

“Keith Woodhouse, professor of history at Northwestern University, said, ‘Killings of environmental activists by the state are depressingly common in other countries like Brazil, Honduras, and Nigeria, but this has never happened in the US.’”

Until now.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Seems like a bit of a red herring given the protester shot at police.

[+] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Your understanding is incorrect based off what has been filed evidence-wise this far - the gun is entered into evidence and is in large part what the independent investigation hinged on when it came to not charging the officer.

I'm generally an ACAB kinda guy and I agree with the protesters' stance on "cop city" but the facts in this case were pretty clear in the court record, in the evidence submitted, and the body cam footage that was released https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/ballistic-analysis-shows-projectile-recovered-from-troopers-wound-matches-gun-in-protesters-possession/85-fe50a6e7-3959-45d8-bcf9-0954cd1f653c

The family is claiming this is all a coverup but haven't put forward any evidence of that other than the fact the GBI won't share more info which they legally can't as it is involved in the pending RICO cases filed against other protesters (how appropriate that omission is won't be known until the other court cases are heard). While there is a possibility the family is right, the evidence so far seems pretty clear - the body cam footage, the gun purchase records, and ballistic evidence

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Also, you seem to be putting words in the autopsy report's mouth - they found GSR on him though it does not speak to the source (he was shot 50+ times, GSR was everywhere) - it does not claim that he did not fire a weapon. Similarly, it concluding it was homicide is mixing up the medical examiner's use of the term and the legal use of the term - it was absolutely a homicide in that he was killed by another person - it does not speak to the justification of said homicide as that is far outside the scope of the medical examiner