A slain protester who opposed construction of a vast law enforcement training center near Atlanta dubbed 'Cop City' by opponents was shot at least 57 times during a police confrontation, autopsy says.
The wounds suffered by protester Manuel Paez Teran, 26, were so extensive that a loose round"fell from the left sleeve of one of the shirts" as coroners were undressing the body for examination, according to the DeKalb County Medical Examiner.
Relatives and friends have insisted that Tortuguita had their hands raised and was no threat to police. A spokesperson for the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said Thursday that state authorities have completed their probe and referred all questions to the prosecutor appointed to the case, Mountain Judicial Circuit DA George Christian.
The medical examiner listed the protester's cause of death as"multiple gunshot wounds" and manner of death a"homicide." Coroners regularly use the word"homicide" as simply meaning death at the hands of another and not as a criminal law term for wrongdoing.
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