Cop City

5 photos · 2023

5 photographs tagged Cop City, 2023.

Protesters holding sign reading "We Fight Like Hell for the Dead & Living #StopCopCity" during Minneapolis march on January 21 — Protesters marching in Minneapolis near Hennepin Ave and Lake Street remembering Manuel Teran(Tortuguita), who was shot and killed by officers at a prolonged protest in an Atlanta forest after they say he fired upon them. They stopped at Lake/Girard where protester Deona Marie was killed on 06/13/21.

Minneapolis March for Manuel Teran and Local Remembrance — rotesters gather near Hennepin Avenue and Lake Street in Minneapolis to honor Manuel “Tort” Teran, who was killed during a long-running protest effort in the South River Forest near Atlanta. Demonstrators held signs and marched in solidarity with organizers nationwide, linking the Atlanta case to local histories of protest in Minneapolis. The group paused at Lake Street and Girard Avenue, the site where Deona Marie was killed on June 13, 2021, during demonstrations following the police shooting of Winston Smith. The march connected these separate events through a shared emphasis on community memory, public accountability, and the long-term impacts of protest-related violence.

Defend the Atlanta Forest Protest Sign — Protesters marching in Minneapolis near Hennepin/Lake remembering Manuel Teran(Tort), who was shot and killed by officers at a prolonged protest in an Atlanta forest after they say he fired upon them. They stopped at Lake/Girard where protester Deona Marie was killed on 06/13/21.

A red-framed changeable-letter sign displays "JUSTICE FOR TYRE KEENAN & TORTUGUITA!!!" at The Peoples Way in Minneapolis. — A changeable-letter sign at "The Peoples Way" reads "JUSTICE FOR TYRE KEENAN & TORTUGUITA!!!" Tyre Nichols was a Black man who died in police custody in Memphis, Tennessee, in January 2023. Manuel “Tortuguita” Terán was a protester killed by police during a raid on a training facility in Atlanta, Georgia, in January 2023.

The only good tree is a dead tree Cop CIty flyer — A flyer protesting the proposed Public Safety Training Center, commonly referred to as "Cop City," is affixed to a utility pole along the Midtown Greenway in Minneapolis.

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