Several persons were apprehended in Atlanta on Sunday night after allegedly hurling Molotov cocktails, rocks, pyrotechnics, and bricks at police near the site of a future public safety training complex. About 35 protesters set fire to the building site of “Cop City,” a public safety training center being built in Atlanta.
“This is not a protest,” Atlanta Chief of Police Darin Schierbaum said at a press conference on Sunday night. “This is criminal activity.”
Around 5:30 p.m. ET, a group of people changed into black clothing and entered the construction site after attending the South River Music Festival close to the future location of the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center. The “agitators” approached the police and “organized an attack,” according to the Atlanta Police Department. “It was to conduct a coordinated attack on construction equipment and police officers,” according to a statement from the Atlanta Police Department.
More footage of the group of violent agitators used the cover of a peaceful protest of the proposed Atlanta Public Safety Training Center. pic.twitter.com/ewtDRf130G
– Atlanta Police Department (@Atlanta_Police) March 6, 2023
Atlanta Chief of Police Darin Schierbaum said Sunday’s incident marked a “significant escalation” in both the level of violence and the number of people involved in the attack. Demonstrations at the 85-acre property in DeKalb County secured for a $90 million police and fire training facility have been ongoing.
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