Atlanta protesters hurl bricks, Molotov cocktails at police at future ‘Cop City’ site
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Protesters hurled bricks and Molotov cocktails at cops and set vehicles on fire Sunday at the site of a future police training facility in Atlanta, officials said critics have dubbed “Cop City.”
The $90 million Atlanta Public Safety Training Center, dubbed “Cop City,” was taken under siege by a group of vandals “using the cover of a peaceful protest” in what Atlanta Police called “a coordinated attack.”
“They changed into black clothing and entered the construction area and began to throw large rocks, bricks, Molotov cocktails and fireworks at police officers,” the department said.
Multiple law enforcement agencies responded and arrested 35 people at the 85-acre construction site on the wooded outskirts of the city.
Videos from the scene captured towering plumes of flames and smoke rising about the fenced-in site.
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