Official incident reports of the January shooting that killed a protester at the planned Atlanta Public Safety Training Center in South Dekalb County were filed a month after the deadly raid, according to records obtained by WABE.
The records come from the Georgia Department of Public Safety, which did not respond to requests for comment. It is unclear why or how the department was able to release the reports after the Georgia Bureau of Investigation blocked the City of Atlanta from releasing additional video evidence in February.
Authorities say they were at the site on Jan. 18 to clear protesters who, for more than a year, have been camping near the site of the future $90-million, 85-acre police and firefighter training center they derisively call “Cop City.” Half a dozen protesters had already been arrested and charged with domestic terrorism for allegedly trying to prevent the construction of the project.
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