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March 27, 2023

Georgia Police Fired Pepperball Rounds into Tent of "Cop City" Protester Before Deadly Gunfire
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The Guardian is reporting a police officer fired pepperball rounds into
the closed tent of slain activist Manuel Paez Terán before shooting at
them with live fire, leading to their death. The activist, who went by
the name Tortuguita, was killed while defending Georgia's Weelaunee
Forest from the construction of the $90 million police training facility
dubbed "Cop City." The new information surrounding Tortuguita's killing
was recently revealed in police incident reports and confirms Atlanta
police "planned and led" the deadly operation of January 18.


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