A forest defender, Manuel Teran, AKA “Tortuguita" or "Tort," was shot  and killed by police on Wednesday during a violent raid of the protest  camp and community gathering space that has blocked construction of an  enormous police training facility known as “Cop City” on roughly 100  acres of public forest in southeast Atlanta. Vigils for the murdered  forest defender Tortuguita have taken place from Oakland to Minneapolis  to Charlotte to Chicago. In Atlanta, activists held a vigil the night of  the shooting and are planning a march on Saturday.  

Since June 2021, the Stop Cop City campaign (@defendatlforest) has  resisted the construction of a police training facility and demolition  of an urban forest. Through the campaign demonstrators have been  pepper-sprayed, attacked, threatened and violently arrested by the  police Last month, 5 protestors were arrested and charged with “domestic  terrorism” On Wednesday, beside the murder of Tort, at least another 7 protestors  were arrested and charged with “domestic terrorism.”  

In this episode, Scott talks with Micah (@micahinatl), an Atlanta-based  organizer, about the situation in Atlanta.   

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• The Bitter Southerner: Forest for the Trees (http://bit.ly/3HmgvlK)  

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