Cartersville, GA Bail Hearing
Bartow County Courthouse 135 W Cherokee Ave., CartersvilleOn April 18th, three individuals were arrested and charged with misdemeanor stalking and felony intimidation of a police officer after placing flyers on mailboxes in the Cartersville, Georgia neighborhood of officer Jonathan Salcedo. According to The Guardian, the flyers called Salcedo a “murderer” for the shooting death of Manuel Esteban Paez Terán (aka Tortuguita or “Tort”). Terán, who was an immigrant from Venezuela, had been camping on the site of where a new police training facility was being built in south Atlanta and was involved with the “Stop Cop City” anarchist campaign. In response, Terán’s allies organized a riot in downtown Atlanta, torching a police cruiser and smashing out windows of various buildings.