"No Charges for Troopers in Fatal Shooting of 'Cop City' Activist Near Atlanta"

Georgia state troopers who fatally shot an environmental activist at the site of a planned police and firefighter training center near Atlanta will not face charges, according to a prosecutor who deemed their use of deadly force "objectively reasonable." The shooting occurred during an enforcement operation at the site, where activists had been protesting the development of the facility. The troopers encountered the activist, Manuel Paez Terán, who fired a handgun at them from inside a tent, seriously wounding one trooper. In response, six troopers fired back, killing Paez Terán. The decision not to charge the troopers has sparked outrage from the family and activists, who have raised concerns about the lack of body camera footage and discrepancies in the official account of the shooting.