Autopsy results of victim of the police shooting at the site of the “Cop City” protest in Fulton County, Georgia show that he had his hands raised when he was shot by police, NBC News reports, raising more questions about the incident.
Manuel Paez Terán, an environmental activist, was sitting cross-legged with his hands in the air in his tent when he was hit with a fatal shot by police, according to a private autopsy commissioned by Terán’s family. Police say Terán fired a shot that hit one of the officers tasked with clearing woods of demonstrators at the future site of a police training compound; however, later analysis of police body cam footage showed that the bullet that struck the officer was likely fired by another law enforcement officer.