Prosecutor wont seek charges against troopers in fatal OIS of Cop City activist
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ATLANTA — The use of deadly force by Georgia state troopers who shot and killed an activist at the site of a planned police and firefighter training center near Atlanta was “objectively reasonable” and no charges will be sought against them, a prosecutor said Friday. Opponents, who refer to the planned center as “Cop City," had occupied an 85-acre (34-hectare) tract of forest that is being developed for the massive facility. Mountain Judicial Circuit District Attorney George Christian announced his decision not to pursue charges in a news release. He was appointed to review the Georgia Bureau of Investigation file on the Jan. 18 shooting of Paez Terán after DeKalb County District Attorney Sherry Boston recused herself from the case. State troopers were part of an enforcement operation at the site when they encountered Paez Terán, who was known as Tortuguita.