MSN - AP World http://syn2.thecanadianpress.com:8080/mrss/feed/fcf7391a2f354311807f0501c16bde6a MSN - AP World Copyright © 2010-2018 The Canadian Press. All rights reserved. http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Sun, 14 Dec 2025 10:17:16 +0000 Family wants answers for 'Cop City' activist's death http://syn2.thecanadianpress.com:8080/mrss/feed/fcf7391a2f354311807f0501c16bde6a/945e4514134e4539b7093cd09882f001 945e4514134e4539b7093cd09882f001 Mon, 06 Feb 2023 23:56:54 +0000 SHOTLIST:RESTRICTION SUMMARY: PART NO RE-SALE, RE-USE OR ARCHIVE; MUST CREDIT WSB; NO ACCESS ATLANTA MARKET; NO USE BY US BROADCAST NETWORKS WSB - NO RE-SALE, RE-USE OR ARCHIVE; MUST CREDIT WSB; NO ACCESS ATLANTA MARKET; NO USE BY US BROADCAST NETWORKS Decatur, Georgia - 6 February 20231. Picture of Tortuguita, protester who was killedHEADLINE: 'Cop City' activist's family searching for answers 2. Family members hugging ANNOTATION: The activist killed by authorities in an Atlanta-area forest was shot at least a dozen times according to an autopsy conducted for the protester's family.3. Photo of TortuguitaANNOTATION: The family is calling for officials to release more information about the death of the 26-year-old environmental activist who went by the name Tortuguita.4  .SOUNDBITE (English) Belkis Teran, Tortuguita's mother: "As a mother, I am very very sad, and I will not be able to see any more Manuel - touch him, hug him, feel him, his smell, hear his voice."6. SOUNDBITE (English) Brian Spears, Attorney:"Our goal is to get answers for Manuel's mother and father and family. What happened to their son and why? The GBI is heading up this investigation. The parents are here today asking again for that meeting with the GBI. And we want a release of all audio and video recordings, including any drone footage of the shooting in the area in which he died."ASSOCIATED PRESSAtlanta - 26 January 2023 7. Aerial views of forest where facility is being built ANNOTATION: The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has said officers killed Tortuguita in self-defense on Jan. 18.ANNOTATION: They say Tortuguita, whose given name was Manuel Esteban Paez Terán, shot a state trooper while authorities cleared activists from the forested site.WSB - NO RE-SALE, RE-USE OR ARCHIVE; MUST CREDIT WSB; NO ACCESS ATLANTA MARKET; NO USE BY US BROADCAST NETWORKS Decatur, Georgia - 6 February 20238. SOUNDBITE (English) Brian Spears, Attorney:"Knowing that the report is that a shot was fired, that unfortunately wounded another person does not give us the truth we need. We need that. We're not we're not here today because we can sit in judgment of what happened. We're here today because we need facts."ASSOCIATED PRESSAtlanta - 26 January 2023 7. Aerial views of forest where facility is being built ANNOTATION: City Council approved the $90 million Atlanta Public Safety Training Center in 2021.WSB - NO RE-SALE, RE-USE OR ARCHIVE; MUST CREDIT WSB; NO ACCESS ATLANTA MARKET; NO USE BY US BROADCAST NETWORKS Decatur, Georgia - 6 February 20238. Family members hugging ANNOTATION: Activists say that building the training center would involve cutting down so many trees that it would be environmentally damaging. STORYLINE:The environmental activist killed by authorities in an Atlanta-area forest last month was shot at least a dozen times. That's according to an autopsy conducted on behalf of the protester's grieving family. The family held a news conference Monday and called for officials to release more information about the death of the 26-year-old who went by the name Tortuguita. A few miles away, a large contingent of law enforcement officers accompanied contractors and heavy equipment near the South River Forest to begin clearing the woods for a planned police and firefighter training center that Tortuguita and other opponents have derisively called "Cop City."===========================================================Clients are reminded: (i) to check the terms of their licence agreements for use of content outside news programming and that further advice and assistance can be obtained from the AP Archive on: Tel +44 (0) 20 7482 7482 Email: info@aparchive.com(ii) they should check with the applicable collecting society in their Territory regarding the clearance of any sound recording or performance included within the AP Television News service (iii) they have editorial responsibility for the use of all and any content included within the AP Television News service and for libel, privacy, compliance and third party rights applicable to their Territory.===========================================================Clients are reminded: (i) to check the terms of their licence agreements for use of content outside news programming and that further advice and assistance can be obtained from the AP Archive on: Tel +44 (0) 20 7482 7482 Email: info@aparchive.com(ii) they should check with the applicable collecting society in their Territory regarding the clearance of any sound recording or performance included within the AP Television News service (iii) they have editorial responsibility for the use of all and any content included within the AP Television News service and for libel, privacy, compliance and third party rights applicable to their Territory. Family wants answers for 'Cop City' activist's death