DeKalb County today released the official autopsy results of Stop Cop City protester Manuel Esteban Paez Teran, who went by the name “Tortuguita.” According to ABC News, although police claim that  Tortuguita fired the first shot at officers, there was no gunpowder residue on their hands.  However, there were at least 57 police-fired gunshots on their body, and an independent autopsy performed at the request of their family suggests that Tortuguita had their hands raised when shot.

This is a homicide - the murder of an environmental activist  by the Georgia State Patrol. Cop City should not be built, not just for the many good reasons identified by the protesters, but out of respect and memory of Tortuguita.