A special prosecutor will not charge the six Georgia State Patrol troopers who shot and killed an environmental protestor at the proposed site for the controversial Atlanta Public Safety Training Center.
Manuel Esteban Paez Terán, who went by “Tortuguita” and used they/them pronouns, was shot and killed by six Georgia State Troopers on Jan. 18 as officers raided campgrounds occupied by environmental demonstrators who had allegedly been camping out for months to protest the development of the training center, dubbed “Cop City” by critics.
After months of investigating, the Stone Mountain Circuit District Attorney’s Office says the troopers’ use of lethal force was “objectively reasonable under the circumstances of the case.”
The victim was on his knees with his hands up when shot multiple times. There were exit wounds on his hands and arms that would have only been there if his arms were up.
The cops probably surrounded him then shot eachother, then to cover it up they shot someone afterwards with a gun found on the victim.
Cops will stick together, but I don’t think it extends to “shooting each other multiple times and possibly paralyzing a fellow officer”.
You have two people to possibly blame for a friendly fire accident, a fellow officer who could get fired or maybe sent to jail, your other choice is the guy you just shot 56 times.
Who do you blame in that instance if you are a cop?
Definitely impossible that he change positions after shooting. We all know once you shoot a gun you’re stuck in position because you’ve had your turn, and you have to wait for your next turn.
The bullet in the cops spine was from the activists gun……