Protestor killed & trooper shot as ‘Cop City’ protesters cleared from planned police training center

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A person was killed and a Georgia trooper was injured Wednesday as officials cleared out the site of a controversial proposed law enforcement training center in Atlanta.

Tensions have been rising in the city over the proposed Public Safety Training Center: a sprawling stretch of 85 acres of forested land in DeKalb County that will have a shooting range, an amphitheater and a mock city that will be used for training.

Opponents have called the center “Cop City,” and protesters have camped out in the area to decry construction.

A multiagency operation to clear out the area was conducted around 9 a.m. Wednesday.

Law enforcement found a man in a tent inside the woods who “did not comply” with verbal commands and shot a Georgia State Patrol trooper, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said in a news release.

GBI Director Mike Register said the man opened fire “without warning.”

Other law enforcement officers returned fire, hitting the man, who died at the scene, the GBI said.

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  1. Antifa tree huggers lol. Needed fire for staying in the forest and did not want to waste Molotov cocktails so that’s it.

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Protestor killed & trooper shot as ‘Cop City’ protesters cleared from planned police training center

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A person was killed and a Georgia trooper was injured Wednesday as officials cleared out the site of a controversial proposed law enforcement training center in Atlanta.

Tensions have been rising in the city over the proposed Public Safety Training Center: a sprawling stretch of 85 acres of forested land in DeKalb County that will have a shooting range, an amphitheater and a mock city that will be used for training.

Opponents have called the center “Cop City,” and protesters have camped out in the area to decry construction.

A multiagency operation to clear out the area was conducted around 9 a.m. Wednesday.

Law enforcement found a man in a tent inside the woods who “did not comply” with verbal commands and shot a Georgia State Patrol trooper, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said in a news release.

GBI Director Mike Register said the man opened fire “without warning.”

Other law enforcement officers returned fire, hitting the man, who died at the scene, the GBI said.

One Response

  1. Antifa tree huggers lol. Needed fire for staying in the forest and did not want to waste Molotov cocktails so that’s it.

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