A man is dead and a Georgia state trooper injured Wednesday after law enforcement officers attempted to move protesters from the site of a controversial proposed public safety training facility near Atlanta.
Activists have been occupying the area they call "Cop City" since late 2021 in an attempt to halt the project. Officers from several agencies were clearing people out of the area early Wednesday when the shootings happened, the Associated Press reported.
he and his family are"praying for this brave Trooper and public safety officers across all law enforcement agencies today."released by the Altanta Community Press Collective, which has supported the activists,"dozens of heavily armed" law enforcement officers entered"the tree line with guns drawn and heavy machinery poised to continue forest destruction."
Investigators have not released the name of the man who was killed. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation said the probe is ongoing.Activists with the"Defend the Atlanta Forest" movement – which describes itself as a decentralized movement to defend the Atlanta forest" – have been occupying the area in unincorporated DeKalb County to halt the construction of the 85-acre training facility.
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