Atlanta Police Kill Forest Defender at Protest Encampment Near Proposed Cop City Training Center

We get an update on calls for an independent investigation into the Atlanta police killing of an activist during a violent raid Wednesday on a proposed 90 million training facility in a public forest, known by opponents to the facility as Cop City. Law enforcement officers including a SWAT team were violently evicting protesters who had occupied a wooded area outside the center when they shot and killed longtime activist Manuel Teran, who went by the name Tortuguita. Police claim they were fired on, though protesters dispute this account. We hear a statement from an Atlanta forest defender about what happened, and speak with Kamau Franklin, an antiCop City activist and the founder of the Atlanta organization Community Movement Builders. Democracy Now is an independent global news hour that airs on over 1, 500 TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. Watch our livestream at Mondays to Fridays 89 a. m. ET. Support independent media: democra