A second autopsy of an anti-'Cop City' activist who was shot and killed by the Georgia State Patrol on Jan. 18 shows their hands were raised when they were killed, lawyers for their family say. The full autopsy report will be released on Monday.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation says officers killed Tortuguita in self-defense after they shot a state trooper, but the City of AtlantaThe Atlanta Police Department said that the"officers had no immediate knowledge of the events at the shooting site" before making their comments, and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said that officer's speculation is not evidence.
Tortuguita's family has sued for the release of more information under the Georgia Open Records Act, the press release says. "Imagine the police killed your child. And now then imagine they won't tell you anything. That is what we are going through," Belkis Terán, Tortuguita's mother, said in a statement.hasn't released the government's autopsy report or met with Tortuguita's family, and it blocked the City of Atlanta from releasing more video evidence.
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