GBI confirms gun belonged to activist killed at police training facility

Several hundred protestors march up Atlanta’s famed Peachtree Street on Jan. 21 chanting phrases like, “Stop Cop City” and “Justice for Tort” after 26-year-old Manuel Teran was shot and killed by a state trooper during a raid at the proposed site of Atlanta’s future police training facility earlier this month. (Chamian Cruz/WABE)

Six people were arrested in downtown Atlanta over the weekend and now face domestic terrorism charges after a protest against the death of an environmental activist who was killed by authorities earlier this month became destructive.

All but one of those arrested are from out of state and range in age from 20 to 37 years old.

The protest on Saturday, Jan. 21, started out peaceful at Underground Atlanta, where several hundred people turned out to mourn the death of Manuel Teran. The 26-year-old was a nonbinary person who went by the name “Tortuguita” – Spanish for “little turtle.”