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Assuming that it wasn't friendly fire they blamed on Tortuguita, anyway.
What's crazy is this should be a ridiculous theory but cops in America have a long history of dishonesty and a lack of proactive self regulation until something gets out of control and becomes public. You aren't "taking care of mine and my own" by allowing your peers to permanently tarnish the reputation of your profession. Publicly calling out the garbage does way less harm because it shows integrity and that seeds trust. Sweeping the dirt under the rug doesn't seed trust.
It was definitely friendly fire. Cops are fucking awful at containing collateral damage.
Go look at how often they shoot random bystanders, animals, whenever. Now: Who's going to be in that line of fire more than anyone else? That's right! Other cops.
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Oh yeah from lower in the thread, it was friendly fire: https://www.npr.org/2023/03/11/1162843992/cop-city-atlanta-activist-autopsy
"How about if we surround the tent and all start firing?"
"Jerry, that's brilliant!"
Narrator:
It was.
The most likely scenario is the police threatened him with violence, and they started shooting pepper balls at the tent he thought they were shooting bullets and he returned fire.