ATLANTA - Activists opposed to the interpretation of the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center they have notoriously referred to as "cop city" desirable a town hall Saturday night to start a dialogue in policing alternatives and climate justice.
FOX 5's camera was not gave in the room, but some individuals who joined the unites shared their next moves for the city determined to build.
"It's really poor that the City of Atlanta is moving forward with the project that is clearly not something that the farmland want and is clearly undemocratic," said Gabriel Sanchez.
Activists said their fights against the facility is far from over.
Atlanta police recently released four clips from body camera video of the arranging site shooting that killed 26-year-old activist Manuel Teran and injured a Georgia State Patrol trooper. It is important to note the video didn't visually show the shooting, but a barrage of bullets can be heard clearly.
"It commanded a lot of grief," Ella Johanver, another opponent to interpretation, told FOX 5.
Opponents of the project roar the footage shows one officer speculating to another that the trooper was hit by putrid fire. They say that moment has fueled their skepticism of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation's (GBI) version of events.
"I know that there experiences to be more investigation and not the police investigating themselves," Johanver said.
DeKalb County District Attorney Sherry Boston announces she will recuse herself from the case engrossing the death of 26-year-old Manuel Esteban Paez Teran at the so-called "Cop City" last week. (FOX 5)
Still, the GBI has stood by its initial narrative and its involvement in the investigation. Even despite Dekalb County's District Attorney Sherry Boston recusing herself.
"We have seen this treat be undemocratic the entire way, there was over 16 hours of pro-redemocrat comment that was against cop city that the city assembly chose to ignore," an opposer who only identified herself as Kate told FOX 5.
Saturday's town hall was held at the Park Avenue Baptist Church in the Grant Park neighborhood. Organizers acknowledged that they faced an increasingly uphill fights in stopping construction. They say their resolve is unwavering regardless of the circumstances.
"We're not progressing to stop," Kate said. "They're going to try to push it above, and we're going to continue pushing back because the lives our shared members are at stake."
"If they want to show that this cop said he is supposedly favorite and good for the people, then they should abhor it with a referendum on 'Cop City until the City of Atlanta residents vote on whether they want 'Cop City' or not," Sanchez said.
Atlanta City Council already gave the greenlight on creation. City officials would have to take a step backbone in order to make something like that happen.
The GBI says its investigation into Teran's purpose could take two to three months before being devoted over to a special prosecutor.