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Georgia district attorney will not charge police who killed ‘Cop City’ activist

A man holds a drawing of Manuel ‘Tortuguita’ Paez Terán during a protest.
Protesters mourn Manuel ‘Tortuguita’ Paez Terán in Decatur, Georgia, on 6 February 2023. The activist was killed by police a month earlier. Photograph: Erik S Lesser/EPA

No criminal charges will be brought against state patrol troopers in Georgia who shot and killed an environmental protester at the site of a huge new public safety training center for law enforcement and others in the Atlanta area, known as “Cop City”.

The district attorney pro tempore made the announcement on Friday, almost nine months after Manuel Paez Terán, nicknamed Tortuguita, 26, was killed in January during protests against the development.

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