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Marjorie Taylor Green falsely claims slain Georgia activist killed police officer at Cop City protest

No police officer was killed in incident

The Independent UK · May 17, 2023

Opponents of Atlanta police training center say cops arrested 1, detained others

At the end of a “Week of Action” that saw peaceful and violent protests over the construction of the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center, police and activists came face to face again.

Tribune News Service · Mar 12, 2023

Activist’s hands raised when shot by troopers near training center site, family says

ATLANTA — An independent autopsy showed Manuel Teran’s hands were raised when the activist was fatally shot by state troopers in January near the site of the planned public safety training center, attorneys for the family said.

Tribune News Service · Mar 11, 2023

Environmentalists, clergy, other activists rally against training center

ATLANTA — Opponents of a plan to build a police training center on an 85-acre wooded property in DeKalb County gathered Saturday to kick off a week of protests and festivities aimed at stopping the project from moving forward.

Tribune News Service · Mar 5, 2023

Gov. Kemp calls up National Guard troops after violent unrest in Atlanta

ATLANTA — Gov. Brian Kemp signed an emergency order Thursday allowing him to deploy as many as 1,000 Georgia National Guard troops following the violent unrest in Atlanta this weekend over a proposed public safety center.

Tribune News Service · Jan 26, 2023

Gun tied to shooting of Georgia trooper purchased by protester who was killed

ATLANTA — The gun used to shoot a trooper during last week’s deadly encounter near Atlanta’s planned public safety training center was purchased by Manuel Teran, the protester who was then killed when authorities returned fire, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said Monday.

Tribune News Service · Jan 23, 2023

Violence over police training center tests Georgia’s political leaders

ATLANTA — Georgia’s most prominent political leaders condemned the violent protest that roiled downtown Atlanta after the shooting death of an activist who authorities say was killed after the 26-year-old opened fire at a state trooper.

Tribune News Service · Jan 22, 2023

Mayor, police chief: Atlanta ‘will not tolerate’ violent protests

ATLANTA — What started as a peaceful protest at Underground Atlanta on Saturday evening apparently turned violent when marchers headed downtown, with a police car afire and business windows broken.

Tribune News Service · Jan 22, 2023

Police training site protest in Atlanta has national reach

ATLANTA — From North Carolina to Seattle, the police shooting of a protester at the site of a planned public safety training center in Atlanta on Wednesday has reverberated across a wide swath of left-wing activist groups.

Tribune News Service · Jan 20, 2023