Man killed, trooper shot while ‘Cop City’ protesters cleared
Associated PressATLANTA — Authorities said they killed a man who shot and injured a Georgia state trooper Wednesday morning as law enforcement officers tried to clear protesters from the site of a planned Atlanta-area public safety training center that activists have dubbed “Cop City.” Officers from several law enforcement agencies were conducting an operation to clear people out of the area around 9 a.m. when someone fired at them and officers shot back in self-defense, Georgia Bureau of Investigation Director Mike Register said during a news conference. Register said the “clearing operation” was being conducted in the same area where a handful of people were arrested last month and charged with domestic terrorism. They also oppose investing so much money in what they call “Cop City,” which they say will be used to practice “urban warfare.” The 85-acre property is owned by the city of Atlanta but is located just outside the city limits in unincorporated DeKalb County, and includes a former state prison farm. They “spoke about how the movement to stop cop city continues Atlanta’s history of resistance to state violence,” the email says.
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