Updated on Jan. 29, 2025, at 3:48 p.m.
“We Came to the Forest,” a new investigative podcast, tells the untold stories of activists who oppose the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center —widely known as “Cop City.”
The seven-episode series looks into the death of the environmental activist Manuel Esteban Paez Terán, also known as Tortuguita. They were shot and killed by law enforcement officers on Jan. 18, 2023, during a multi-agency raid near the planned site for fire and police training facility. Officers say Tortuguita shot a state trooper while authorities were clearing activists from the area.
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