Lawyers for the family of the environmental and social justice activist Manuel Paez Terán, known as Tortuguita, have filed a federal lawsuit against three officers involved in the killing of the “Stop Cop City” protester in a forested public park south-east of Atlanta nearly two years ago.
The complaint alleges Paez Terán’s fourth amendment rights were violated during the early morning raid on the forest on 18 January 2023, when officers from two agencies threatened to arrest them as they camped in protest against a controversial police training center known as “Cop City”.
