The Black Hive Statement on Police Murder of Forest Defender Tortuguita

After a Georgia State Patrol Officer violently killed beloved forest defender Manuel Esteban Páez Terán, known to friends and loved ones as Tortuguita, on January 18, The Black Hive – the Movement for Black Lives’ climate and environmental justice initiative – issued the following statement:

For Immediate Release: December 5, 2022

Today, the Black Hive at the Movement for Black Lives released the following statement condemning renewed efforts by Congressional leadership to sneak Senator Manchin’s zombie “permitting reform” bill in favor of fossil fuels forever into a forced vote within the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA):