Law enforcement in Georgia killed a 26-year-old demonstrating against the proposed $90 million 'Cop City' training facility during a raid on Wednesday.
DeKalb, Georgia, and Atlanta SWAT members are pictured leaving the Gresham Park command post in Atlanta on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023.law enforcement officers in Georgia shot and killed a protester in a densely wooded area of Atlanta’s South River Forest, which has been the site of ongoing protests against the development of a $90 million police training center, dubbed “The protests in Atlanta have been tense for months.
In December, law enforcement’s attempts to clear the protest movement from the forest intensified. In one raid, six protesters were arrested and charged with domestic terrorism. Activists say Wednesday’s raid was similar: a large-scale sweep of the forest involving SWAT teams and several agencies. The violence started almost immediately.
Michael Register, the director of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, told reporters on Wednesday that a protester had been killed by police around 9:00 a.m. during an exchange of gunfire that began when a Georgia State Trooper was shot “without warning.” Athat during an “operation to identify people who are trespassing and committing other crimes on the property,” law enforcement officers were fired upon as they approached an individual in a tent who was not complying with verbal instructions.
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