Trooper shot, protester dead near Atlanta training center site

[WhiskeyGrinder]

https://www.ajc.com/neighborhoods/dekalb/breaking-trooper-shot-near-atlanta-training-center-site/SOQLFIHNP5GW3GQV4EZBXIK5F4/

Georgia state troopers helping conduct a “clearing operation” at the site of Atlanta’s planned public safety training center exchanged gunfire with a protester Wednesday morning, leaving the protester dead and one trooper wounded, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.

The protester, who was accused of firing first, was believed to be a male. His identity was not immediately released.

The wounded trooper also was not identified. He was in surgery around lunchtime Wednesday and in stable condition, Georgia State Patrol Col. Chris Wright said during a brief press conference outside Grady Memorial Hospital.

Few other details about the incident near Constitution Road, just south of the proposed training center site in southwestern DeKalb, have been released. Law enforcement was out en masse at nearby Gresham Park and along Key Road to the north.

[cbabe]

1. More on the 'training center'

https://www.ajc.com/neighborhoods/dekalb/breaking-trooper-shot-near-atlanta-training-center-site/SOQLFIHNP5GW3GQV4EZBXIK5F4/

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The “forest defenders” see the training center — which they’ve derisively dubbed “cop city” — as Atlanta doubling down on the militarization of police and controversial tactics even in the wake of 2020?s social justice protests. They also say the destruction of the forest will exacerbate climate change and lead to more pollution in an area that’s already been historically neglected.

Micah Herskind, a local community organizer, wrote on Twitter Wednesday that officials “rammed through a proposal despite enormous public opposition; they have repeatedly, violently raided the forest; they have destroyed land & attacked people.”

“What is true, no matter what, is that the city of Atlanta and APD are the escalatory force,” he wrote.

The Atlanta Community Press Collective, an activist-aligned online publication, issued a news release with similar sentiments, accusing “the government” of “escalating this situation pointlessly.” A vigil for the protester was scheduled for Wednesday night in Atlanta’s Little Five Points neighborhood.

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[TigressDem]

2. Cop City Construction being "occupied by protestors" who don't want a military factory for cops.

This is now the 7th person to be "stopped" by the Cops and supposedly the others "started it too" but throwing rocks etc...

GUESS IT STILL ISN'T OVER


https://www.democracynow.org/2022/12/21/atlanta_residents_protest_construction_of_cop
Six Charged in Atlanta with Domestic Terrorism for Protesting “Cop City” Training Facility
December 21, 2022

Six people in Atlanta have been charged with domestic terrorism for taking part in protests against a massive new police training facility known as Cop City. The protesters were taking part in a months-long encampment in a forested area of Atlanta where the city wants to build a $90 million, 85-acre training center on the site of a former prison farm. Conservationists have long wanted to protect the area, the South River Forest, from future development. Protesters are also urging the city to invest in alternatives to more policing. “This is basically a boondoggle that’s been given to the police to make them feel better,” says Kamau Franklin, founder of Community Movement Builders, which is a part of a coalition trying to stop the construction of Cop City in Atlanta.

https://www.seacoastonline.com/story/news/2022/12/21/kennebunkport-me-man-charged-with-domestic-terrorism-in-atlanta/69745059007/