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More than a year after the death of an environmental activist, questions remain on the dangerousness of the Stop Cop City movement near Atlanta

  • Written by Michael K. Logan, Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice, Kennesaw State University
imageA makeshift memorial in the South River Forest for environmental activist Manuel Terán. Cheney Orr/AFP via Getty Images

Manuel Terán was one of a few dozen environmentalist activists who joined a protest nearly three years ago against the clearing of about 300 acres of woodlands near Atlanta to construct a proposed police and...

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