DECATUR, Ga. (AP) — The parents of an environmental activist who Georgia state troopers fatally shot  near the site of a planned Atlanta-area police and firefighter training center filed a lawsuit Tuesday against three law enforcement officers who they say planned and carried out a police raid that led to his death. Manuel Paez Terán’s family says state troopers used excessive force against the 26-year-old when they fired pepper balls into the p…

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Family of 'Cop City' activist who was killed by troopers files lawsuit

Associated Press/Report for America DECATUR, Ga. (AP) — The family of an environmental activist shot and killed by state troopers near the site of a planned Atlanta-area police and firefighter training center activists call “Cop City” has filed a lawsuit against three law enforcement officers. Manuel Paez Terán’s family says state troopers used excessive force against the 26-year-old when they fired pepper balls into the protester’s tent after P…

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The family of an environmental activist shot and killed by state troopers near the site of a planned Atlanta-area police and firefighter training center activists call "Cop City" has filed a lawsuit against three law enforcement officers.

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The lawsuit from Joel Paez and Belkis Terán alleges that the raid that killed their child was illegal.

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Law Enforcement Killed Cop City Protestor Tortuguita. Now Their Parents Are Suing

Weelaunee Forest Defender Tortuguita's parents have filed a lawsuit seeking accountability for the police killing of their child during Stop Cop City protests.

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Justice for Tortuguita: Parents of slain Stop Cop City abolitionist file new lawsuit after police killing

Miami, Dec 17 (EFE).- The family of environmental activist Manuel Esteban Paez Terán, who died at the hands of the Atlanta police, capital of Georgia, when protesting the construction of a police training center in 2023, filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against the officers who ordered the operation. Paez Terán, known as Tortuguita, died on the morning of January 18, 2023 when authorities conducted an operation to clear a camp of activists who oppose …

Miami, 17 dic (EFE).- La familia del activista ambiental Manuel Esteban Paez Terán, que murió a manos de la policía de Atlanta, capital de Georgia, cuando protestaba por la construcción de un centro de entrenamiento policial en 2023, presentó este martes una demanda contra los oficiales que ordenaron el operativo.  Paez Terán, conocido con el nombre de Tortuguita, murió la mañana del 18 de enero de 2023 cuando autoridades realizaron un operativo…

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Latino environmentalist's family killed at the hands of the police in Georgia filed a lawsuit

Manuel Esteban Paez Terán, 26, was shot and killed by Georgia state troopers during a “clearing operation” of Intrenchment Creek Park where they were camping to protest the construction of the nearby Atlanta Public Safety Training Center. (Special)The parents of Manuel Esteban Paez Teran, who was killed while protesting the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center nearly two years ago, are suing three officers they believe conducted the raid that c…

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Parents of ‘Cop City’ protester killed by Georgia state troopers file civil rights lawsuit

DECATUR, Ga. (AP) — The parents of an environmental activist who Georgia state troopers fatally shot near the site of a planned Atlanta-area police and firefighter training center filed a lawsuit Tuesday against three law enforcement officers who they say planned and carried out a police raid that led to his death.
Manuel Paez Terán’s family says state troopers used excessive force against the 26-year-old when they fired pepper balls into the pr…

Family of ‘Cop City’ activist who was killed by troopers files lawsuit

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