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You mean the environmental activist who shot a police officer?

PhasmaFelis 3y ago
The activist that police claim shot an officer. The state did a test to determine if there was gunpowder residue on his hands, but has so far declined to release the result.
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- Quillbert182 3y ago
  The results were released months ago, gunpowder residue was found on his hands. https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/autopsy-cop-city-protester-manuel-teran-death-gunshot-powder-residue.amp https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/autopsy-cop-city-protester-...
  - morelisp 3y ago
    Teran was shot in their hands. If they actually fired a weapon there'd be a lot more than five particles to find, and in a lot more places.
    - Quillbert182 3y ago
      Maybe, but the commenter above claimed that the results weren’t released, which is false.
  - bongobingo1 3y ago
    Or not? Autopsy: Gunshot residue ‘not seen’ on activist killed at police training center https://www.ajc.com/news/crime/activist-killed-at-police-training-center-site-had-more-than-50-gunshot-wounds-autopsy-finds/RSL5T2D7WJDXNIULLBL6ZUZADE/ https://www.ajc.com/news/crime/activist-killed-at-police-tra... "According to the autopsy sent to ABC News, Teran did not have gunpowder residue on their hands. Officials claimed Teran fired the first shot at a state trooper." https://web.archive.org/web/20230419235728/https://abcnews.go.com/US/dekalb-county-releases-autopsy-cop-city-protester-manuel/story?id=98700731 https://web.archive.org/web/20230419235728/https://abcnews.g...
    - Quillbert182 3y ago
      While true, how it was explained to me was that the autopsy did a visual inspection, while the GBI test, which was done afterwards, was a more thorough chemical one. However, I don’t have a source on this one.
    - zdragnar 3y ago
      You're not going to see gunpowder residue without firing quite a few shots. The test is far more conclusion than a visual inspection.
      - hedora 3y ago
        Well, he was shot over a dozen times at close range (probably while sitting with hands up), and both palms had exit wounds. I’m not sure how well visual inspection would work with all the blood and other carnage. However, I’m also not sure if trace gunshot residue will show up on current forensics tests if multiple people empty their clips into you from a few feet away. There’s also the question of why they shot him over a dozen times while he was unarmed.
- bigstrat2003 3y ago
  Fair enough, but that's still one hell of a detail to leave out. It completely changes the nature of the case if that person did in fact shoot a police officer, and so those allegations bear mentioning even if they aren't proven yet.
- chroma 3y ago
  The guy had a gun on him. The serial number matched that of a gun he legally purchased in 2020. The bullet in the officer matched that gun. Do you think the cops shot him, then shot one of their own to make it look like self-defense? If they wanted to get away with murder they could simply claim the guy pointed the gun at them.

The activist that police claim shot an officer. The state did a test to determine if there was gunpowder residue on his hands, but has so far declined to release the result.

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Quillbert182 3y ago
The results were released months ago, gunpowder residue was found on his hands. https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/autopsy-cop-city-protester-manuel-teran-death-gunshot-powder-residue.amp https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/autopsy-cop-city-protester-...
- morelisp 3y ago
  Teran was shot in their hands. If they actually fired a weapon there'd be a lot more than five particles to find, and in a lot more places.
  - Quillbert182 3y ago
    Maybe, but the commenter above claimed that the results weren’t released, which is false.
- bongobingo1 3y ago
  Or not? Autopsy: Gunshot residue ‘not seen’ on activist killed at police training center https://www.ajc.com/news/crime/activist-killed-at-police-training-center-site-had-more-than-50-gunshot-wounds-autopsy-finds/RSL5T2D7WJDXNIULLBL6ZUZADE/ https://www.ajc.com/news/crime/activist-killed-at-police-tra... "According to the autopsy sent to ABC News, Teran did not have gunpowder residue on their hands. Officials claimed Teran fired the first shot at a state trooper." https://web.archive.org/web/20230419235728/https://abcnews.go.com/US/dekalb-county-releases-autopsy-cop-city-protester-manuel/story?id=98700731 https://web.archive.org/web/20230419235728/https://abcnews.g...
  - Quillbert182 3y ago
    While true, how it was explained to me was that the autopsy did a visual inspection, while the GBI test, which was done afterwards, was a more thorough chemical one. However, I don’t have a source on this one.
  - zdragnar 3y ago
    You're not going to see gunpowder residue without firing quite a few shots. The test is far more conclusion than a visual inspection.
    - hedora 3y ago
      Well, he was shot over a dozen times at close range (probably while sitting with hands up), and both palms had exit wounds. I’m not sure how well visual inspection would work with all the blood and other carnage. However, I’m also not sure if trace gunshot residue will show up on current forensics tests if multiple people empty their clips into you from a few feet away. There’s also the question of why they shot him over a dozen times while he was unarmed.
bigstrat2003 3y ago
Fair enough, but that's still one hell of a detail to leave out. It completely changes the nature of the case if that person did in fact shoot a police officer, and so those allegations bear mentioning even if they aren't proven yet.
chroma 3y ago
The guy had a gun on him. The serial number matched that of a gun he legally purchased in 2020. The bullet in the officer matched that gun. Do you think the cops shot him, then shot one of their own to make it look like self-defense? If they wanted to get away with murder they could simply claim the guy pointed the gun at them.