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By Rich McKay ATLANTA (Reuters) - Six Georgia state troopers will not face charges in the January shooting death of a protestor who fired at officers .
A Georgia court has ruled that police officers who shot and killed protestor Manuel Teran at a camp site where they and other environmental activists were protesting a development known as "cop city," won't face charges.
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Six Georgia state troopers will not face charges in the January shooting death of a protestor who fired at officers at the construction site of a controversial Atlanta police training center, prosecutors said on Friday. In a 31-page summary report, a special Georgia prosecutor said Manuel Paez Teran, 26, was shot and killed by officers after he fired a gun from his tent at the planned training center. Police had ordered Teran to leave the property, the report said.