State police killing of ‘Cop City’ protester was ‘objectively reasonable,’ prosecutor finds
State police killing of ‘Cop City’ protester was ‘objectively reasonable,’ prosecutor finds
Read State police killing of ‘Cop City’ protester was ‘objectively reasonable,’ prosecutor finds by John Ruch for SaportaReport here.
From the Saporta Report:
The state police killing in January of protester Manuel “Tortuguita” Paez Teran — a flashpoint of the “Cop City” protests — was “objectively reasonable” due to its shootout circumstance, and no criminal charges will be brought against the troopers, a prosecutor has ruled. “The use of lethal (deadly) force by the Georgia State Patrol was […]
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Was this the guy who 4 cops dragged out of camera view and then proceeded the beat and murder him?
They murdered him in his tent then planted a gun and said he shot at them.
A core issue is that the state troopers involved in the killing did not wear body cameras. However, Christian’s report says other officers in the general area — including Atlanta Police Department officers and state game wardens — did have body cameras whose audio matched the sequence of shots claimed by the troopers.
'Kay.