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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] 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