Biography
Nadja Geier, 24, is an activist from Nashville, Tennessee. On January 21, 2023, she was arrested during a protest march through downtown Atlanta called in response to the police killing of Manuel "Tortuguita" Paez Terán three days earlier. Demonstrators vandalized the Atlanta Police Foundation building, smashed windows at a Wells Fargo branch, and set an APD patrol car on fire. Geier was charged with domestic terrorism, first-degree arson, second-degree criminal damage to property, interference with government property, rioting, unlawful assembly, obstruction of a law enforcement officer, and pedestrian in a roadway. She was denied bond on January 23, 2023 and held in Fulton County Jail for several weeks before bond was eventually granted. In September 2023 she was included in a 61-person RICO indictment; the RICO charge was dismissed December 30, 2025. Her domestic terrorism and arson charges remained pending as of July 2026.