Georgia officers who shot, killed man during 'Cop City' protest will not be charged, DA says

(11ALIVE) A prosecutor overseeing the January law enforcement shooting of Manuel Paez Teran, an activist who had been camped out in the South River Forest opposing the future Atlanta Public Safety Training Center, has determined the shooting was "objectively reasonable" and that there will be no charges against the six Georgia State Patrol troopers who were primarily involved.

George R. Christian, a north Georgia district attorney who took oversight of the shooting incident when DeKalb D.A. Sherry Boston recused her office from the Teran case (she later recused her office from all public safety training center cases), released his findings Friday in a 31-page report.

Christian determined that troopers, upon encountering Teran in a tent in the woods on Jan. 18, 2023, gave advanced notice of intent to use a "less lethal" way to force the activist out the tent: a pepperball launcher. Christian's report states that Teran "refused to comply with the lawful commands" to leave the tent, and that Teran ultimately shot four times at the troopers from inside the tent after the pepperballs were fired.

Teran was killed in the return fire, the report states, struck with at least 57 gunshot wounds.

The death of the activist earlier this year had a mushrooming effect on the protest movement against the training center, which opponents call "Cop City." Teran's family and the activist community have stridently opposed the official narrative that Teran shot first, describing them (Teran used nonbinary pronouns) as a pacifist and suggesting a trooper shot in the incident was hit by "friendly fire."

In a release, attorneys for Teran's family called the report a "rubber stamp of the GBI's version of events without any critical analysis" and contended the DA was not being forthcoming with evidence, now that the report has been released.

[incognitomode]

this incident, if anything, shows the importance of body cams for all law enforcement so cases like these aren't so debated.

[whysocurious]

Cop City is going to destroy a watershed, and destroy an entire city..

[absentstars]

Its okay to call a terrorist a terrorist.

[helifynoe]

There he was, inside the tent, out of view of the officers, but somehow they still managed to get 57 bullets into his tiny 130 pound body.

[DavidByrnes-yjxs]

Hold that DEA that judge and everybody accountable but not going to play whole Courtney Street time to take the war in our hands

[Muddy_The_Water]

Want to get away with murder be a cop.

[RedRum.]

So weird how if we kill someome accidentally or on purpose we get prison but cops get away with it

[Pinchegregory]

This guy literally shot at the cops. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes

[AB]

What did this guy die for? I don’t know who he is. What did he teach us?

[nettewilson]

Big shocker. Police can kill with impunity.

[BettyWhiteTheVibratorSlayer]

"We investigated ourselves and found no wrong doing...again." 🙄

[davidpoole]

What we've done to commies for 80 years now

[C.C.sho]

They use this guy as an example not to talk back to the Tyrant police, planted gun

[eromulus]

Los Alegres Del Teran, Lo Que Se Hace Se Paga🤭

[keithroberts]

Antifa and the state’s monopoly on violent force and coercion - a match made in Heav…oh actually Hell

[nonyabusiness]

Sounds to me like Atlanta PD got away with Murder again!

[michaelccopelandsr]

End qualified immunity! Make each officer personally liable! Take a percentage of EACH settlement out of corrupt police union's pension fund. Maybe when cops are liable for THEIR misconduct, along with innocent taxpayers, they'll properly educate themselves and cast out the bad apples instead of protecting them.

[harcoexteriors]

They did not shoot and kill him till he tried to kill them.

[DirtyRedMuzik]

Not a fan of police but I can’t stand Antifa.

[thinkbeyond]

And they get away with it yet again...🤬