Current Events > Autopsy reveals activist was sitting w/ hands raised when killed by the police

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An environmental activist died after raising hands and being shot from head to toe by police nearly two months ago near Atlanta, the person's family and attorneys said Monday.

The activist known as Tortuguita, whose full name is Manuel Esteban Pez Tern, suffered 14 gunshot wounds on Jan. 18, family attorneys said.

Tortuguita, 26, was at a peaceful protest and occupation of the South River Forest when gunfire erupted, loved ones have said.

The autopsy, conducted by a former state medical examiner, Dr. Kris Sperry, showed the fatal wound was a shot through Tortuguita's right eye, along with other wounds to the left upper chest, abdomen, arms and leg, lawyers said.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/environmental-activist-fatally-shot-head-peaceful-protest-family-claim-rcna74656

They drew first blood

Cops and being disgusting, sub-human scum

name a more iconic duo

Cops will use any excuse to kill you in cold blood and face no consequences for doing so

read the article this was a gang showing up to kill protesters that were threatening their territory. Cops are no different than street gangs nowadays.

It sounds like multiple cops approached the guy and then lit him up. You know how once one of them fires a shot then everyone else starts unloading all the bullets they got. Like god damn if only there was video of this execution so that itd make bigger news and outrage and maybe MAYBE an officer arrested.

The GBI claims that Tortuguita shot and injured a state trooper before officers returned fire.

Forensic ballistic analysis has confirmed that the projectile recovered from the troopers wound matches Terans handgun.

I'm not saying police departments don't lie, but let's pump the brakes on the "cops killed a guy who was just sitting by a tree with his hands up" angle.

So he did have a gun and fired on the police

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This literally wasn't even a police protest. They were protesting the destruction of a forest to build a cop training area. They didn't care about the cop training area itself only that it was causing a forest to be destroyed.