Protesters call for violence after man killed by police in Atlanta gunfight
General News,Atlanta,Crime,Georgia,Protests
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A gunfight that left one man dead and a police officer injured Wednesday at the future site of an Atlanta police training facility has spurred calls for “reciprocal violence” by protesters. A now-suspended Twitter account, Scenes from the Atlanta Forest, put out the threat against law enforcement members after news broke about the man trading gunfire with authorities Wednesday morning. “Consider this a call for reciprocal violence to be done to the police and their allies,” the account wrote, according to Fox News Digital. “On Friday, January 20th, wherever you...
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