
Atlanta Police Kill Forest Defender at Protest Encampment Near Proposed “Cop City” Training Center
We get an update on calls for an independent investigation into the Atlanta police killing of an activist during a violent raid Wednesday on a proposed $90 million training facility in a public forest, known by opponents to the facility as “Cop City.” Law enforcement officers — including a SWAT team — were violently evicting protesters who had occupied a wooded area outside the center when they shot and killed longtime activist Manuel Teran, who went by the name “Tortuguita.” Police claim they were fired on, though protesters dispute this account. We hear a statement from an Atlanta forest defender about what happened, and speak with Kamau Franklin, an anti-“Cop City” activist and the founder of the Atlanta organization Community Movement Builders.
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Public forest will be cut to make room for apartments and shopping centers. It dont cost 9000000 to make a police training center
A forest defender. Yes, you heard that right.
Same as the UK, government are corrupt to the core. Keep building on “green belt land” whilst brown field sites are in abundance. We won’t have any green land left in 30 years or so if the government keep over riding local authorities decisions. 🫴🏻💷 shooting unarmed people is the norm by police these days in the USA so I understand.
“the police killing” after he shot a state trooper, rot in hell you greenie and the journalist who acts this even deserves media
I'm in full support of sending a few drones over their "autonomous zone" to clear them out. It's going to take decades to rid the forest of the smell of piss and patchouli
Forest defender? Lmao you mean leftist domestic terrorist who shot a law enforcement officer in the stomach and then got smoked like he 100% deserved
Atlanta police peacefully murdered a forest activist, who was violently defending his forest.
They should name this new facility's target practice area after tortuguita.
You can't shoot at police and expect not to be shot.
What gun was used to “shoot at the cop “ ??
I smell fascism
No jackbooted training cames ⚫️period❗️
Evil!!!
lol treehouse cut from below them and they had no food and water? mmm maybe get out of the tree? And where did the treehouse come from? Did they get a permit from the city to build a treehouse? Shot out of a tent? Where… this isn't a campground. Who gave him the right to just pitch a tent in our park?
I love how this random clown says how the cops should handle their procedures for armed and violent criminals.
For one that actual lives here, I completely 100% support the Police removing this group by force and any means necessary. They don't live here. They aren't part of the community. They are not part of Georgia at all.
The park used to be an amazing and beautiful place to walk and get away from the city. After these insane hippies moved in, they burned cars in the parking lot, spray panted the sidewalks and fences with obscenities, tore down the signs, ripped the benches out of the park, broke the lock on the bar blocking cars from driving on a pedestrian walkway, have left trash everywhere at the road and along the trail, regularly I heard gunshots randomly of full clips from the park, and they would literally stand at the entrance and stair down anyone coming to enjoy the park of which they do not belong and do not pay taxes toward.
I stopped going for fear of altercations and stopped taking my family. Last I went, I saw two residents of Gresham park walking with a tire iron, just in case. They have been destructive to the land they "protect", and this area of Atlanta for sure needs more police involvement, not less as it's a very high crime area.
Don't believe the lies and propaganda. These people are dangerous, armed, and are a complete nuisance to the residents around the city. The residents had their chance to voice their thoughts, and the city made a ruling to use the land. However the residents did not have a voice to have these people invade the city and the Gresham community, and no one here invited them.
Antifa is a terrorist organization
Is that your property??? Or government property????? Its called trespassing hippies
WHY DON'T EVERYONE BECOME A COP AND SECURITY GUARD, THEY STILL WOULD SHOOT EACH OTHER, BUT HOW FAST WOULD THEY KILL EACH OTHER????
because you are a police, it doesn't mean to go and kill people. they got all kind of training to not shoot and kill. Or to harm that other person . jail and prison is supposed to get you to change your mind on what bad your doing. Still to day it is cowboy and indians. And the law than wasn't fair. and today the laws are not fair. So if someone shoot a cop I don't blame them, because they are not gods, and a lot of time we don't know what really happen. So maybe people will think twice about being a cop, and if they do, at least they would try to think before just to shoot and kill, you can shoot and not kill, what i'm saying is don't kill. they're trained to not kill.
Long live tortuguita
So….Im guessing Torta guita was super stealthy, uncatchable, so he was deemed an HVT (damn, …..how do I know that ?…)
They can't document police?
Nice try…
Fuk Tha Police 🖕🏾
I can't believe this is going on in Atlanta that I used to live in. The same place where if you went to a public park they charge you $5. And this guy was squatting out there. And then you got some Richie from Kennebunkport tearing up the city. Probably one of George Bush's neighbors. Why do these little rich kids have to caused so many problems. If you want to help why don't you donate to a soup kitchen if you see how many homeless people are in Atlanta why don't you help them.
You can't fight the machine this country is forged by. They have an endless supply of brainwashed soldiers who don't care about mother earth or the freedom of individuals to live joyous peaceful lives. All that matters to them is control, when in reality they have nothing but hate and darkness in their hearts. Pitty this regime which will soon come to pass.
These kids are tired of brutality and it must stop !!!!!
Oy gevalt you fugging neo bolsheviks, see you on the battlefield and maybe in heaven yet seems unlikely.
Now his spirit is one with the woods. Be proud Antifa! SMhPussy
Whether a Republican government or a Democratic government, America is a brutal police state.
Keep voting democrat! lol
Protesting with weapons, the left keeps calling this peaceful protesting and it's getting people killed.
Why is it these people think they are allowed to live on the trees and weaponize themselves? Can anyone lay claim?
This is just silly and revolting. Put the guns down and step away from the trees!
It could have been prevented if the "forest defenders" were NOT armed. They militarized themselves in space that isn't theirs, then complain…
The man shot was white so why is race even a concern? This story smells of poop.
The propaganda on this channel is a sickness on a nation that used to stand for unity and peace. Probably funded by CCP and Soros. These unbalanced imbeciles want socialism at any cost. Do you understand where the term "NAZI" comes from? National Socialist….look it up.
Maybe don’t open fire on the police.
He deserves as much attention as those black cops got!!! This infuriates me that the media is silent on this.
YOUR POLICE AGENCY BEEN IN OFFICE FOR 100 OF HEARS THIS IS A HUGE ORANAZATION YOUR GOING AGAINST, THESE LITTLE AGENCY OF POLICE, COME FROM A BIGGER PICTURE, WHICH IS CONNECTED TO THE MILITARY. YOUR (JUDGES) IS WHAT CAN BRAKE THIS PROGAM OF JUST KILLING PEOPLE, THE LAWS ARE FROM CONGRESS AND THE POLICE FOLLOW THEM. SO this police institution is really from your government and the investments they put into the prison system.
AMERICA IS A PLATOFRM FOR WAR TRAINING. AND THE PEOPLE ARE REALLY TARGETS
magic and fairy were once on this earth, now they hide. and the people we have to day will soon hide. because your government don't care, and the states are having a pressure to say they fear everything but themselves. So sad how America has become a country of war against each other. and for those who just want to live and have peace will