Dozens of people were arrested in Atlanta on Sunday evening after throwing bricks, rocks, fireworks and Molotov cocktails at officers near the site of a planned public safety training facility, police said.
Police drive past the planned site of a public safety training facility that opponents have nicknamed"Cop City" near Atlanta, Georgia, on Feb. 6, 2023.
A banner is displayed along the South River Trail in Atlanta, Georgia, on March 4, 2023, near the site where a proposed public safety training center will be constructed.The officers "exercised restraint" and held their position until authorities from multiple law enforcement agencies responded and "used non-lethal enforcement" to detain at least 35 people, some of whom were not from the area, according to police.
No officers were injured during the incident, though police noted that "the illegal actions of the agitators could have resulted in bodily harm." Some of those arrested sustained minor injuries. Several pieces of construction equipment at the site were destroyed by fire and vandalism during the attack, according to police.
People protest against the building of a public safety training facility during a Defend the Atlanta Forest march on the South River Trail in Atlanta, Georgia, on March 4, 2023.Police continue to investigate the incident. Both the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and the Federal Bureau of Investigation are also conducting a probe., known by its opponents as "Cop City," has been at the center of escalating demonstrations and confrontations since its proposal in 2021.
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