Manuel Esteban Paez Terán was shot and killed by six Georgia State Troopers on Jan. 18 as officers raided campgrounds occupied by demonstrators protesting the training center.
After a long session against a backdrop of hundreds of protestors, Atlanta City Council members voted to fund the highly controversial Cop City in Atlanta
Prosecutors will not charge the Georgia State Patrol troopers who shot and killed an environmental protestor during a confrontation at the planned site of the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center.
The Democratic-run city government in Atlanta has joined with the Republicans, the police and major corporations to promote the military training of the police.
More than 60 people have been named in a state RICO indictment filed in connection with the yearslong campaign by protesters in Georgia to thwart construction of the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center – dubbed “Cop City” by detractors.