Read: MCEA Statement on police killing of environmental activist in Georgia

“MCEA stands with water protectors and forest protectors worldwide who defend our earth and its people from unjust and unsustainable extraction and destruction. The right to protest is among the most important rights we have, as fundamental as clean air and clean water.”

                                                      —MCEA Chief Executive Officer, Kathryn Hoffman 

On January 18th, police shot and killed environmental activist Tortuguita who was protesting the construction of a police training facility in Atlanta, Ga. If built, the training center, known as Cop City, would destroy more than 300 acres of forested land. MCEA joins the call for justice for Tortuguita and supports U.S. Representative Cori Bush in her demand for an independent investigation into Tortuguita’s killing.