![]() What is happening in Atlanta is not a local issue. So do the gentrification and police violence that the bulldozing of Weelaunee Forest would facilitate. The destruction of forests affects all of us. In memory of Manuel Teran, also known by the name Tortuguita.įorests are the lungs of planet Earth. The official narrative is that Cop City is necessary to make Atlanta “safe,” but this brutal killing reveals what they mean when they use that word. This is only the most recent of a series of violent police retaliations against the movement. ![]() ![]() On January 18, in the course of their latest militarized raid on the forest, police in Atlanta shot and killed Manuel Teran, known by fellow forest defenders as Tortuguita. ![]() We call on all people of good conscience to stand in solidarity with the movement to stop Cop City and defend the Weelaunee Forest in Atlanta. We endorse the following statement of solidarity with the movement to defend the Weelaunee Forest. ![]()
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