Anarchy hits “Cop City”

OAN Shannon Kelland
11:17 AM PT – Monday, March 6, 2023

After the incident, approximately 35 persons were detained. “Stop Cop City” Atlanta Public Safety Training Facility was set on fire by protestors. “Cop City” By anti-police, environmental activists.

Atlanta Public Safety Training Facility, located in South River, is adjacent to a Black neighborhood. It’s a location activists fear will increase the militarization of police.

The Atlanta Police Department says that there are a few people who were involved in this crime. “agitators” South River Music Festival was over at 5:30 and we went to the site. “to conduct a coordinated attack on construction equipment and police officers.”

According to authorities, the group changed into dark clothing and started throwing bricks, Molotov cocktails and commercial fireworks at officers.

Darin Schierbaum of the Atlanta Chief Police said that Sunday’s event was a significant turning point in Atlanta’s history. “significant escalation” as the total number of attackers.

“This is not a protest, I made a clear distinction of what a protest looks like. When it is a legitimate protest, you have the full protection of the Atlanta Police Department. This is not a protest. This is criminal activity. And the charges that will be brought forth will show that,” said Schierbaum.

Chief Schierbaum also pointed out that both the FBI and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation are now involved in the investigation.

“This wasn’t about a public safety training center. This was about anarchy, and this was about an attempt to destabilize. And we are addressing that quickly,” Schierbaum told reporters. “Actions such as this will not be tolerated. You attack law enforcement officers, you damage equipment, you are breaking the law. This was a very violent attack that occurred this evening.”

Most of the arrested people were from within the area. According to Chris Carr, Attorney General of Georgia, protesters at this facility have grown nationally and internationally.

“Some of those arrested yesterday were from Massachusetts and New York and France and Canada. So, this is a national network, an international group of people that are organized to come to our state to undermine a public safety training center,” Carr.

The site is being attacked by the activist group “Stop Cop City” The riots began on September 20, 222. On January 21, another riot broke out in Atlanta.^St6 people were detained and Manuel Esteban Paez Teran (26-year-old activist) was gunned down and killed.

Prior to Sunday’s incident, at most 19 people were taken into custody and charged for Domestic terrorist in connection with “Cop City” Since December