by Joseph MacKinnon
Weeks after a leftist militant was put down after reportedly shooting a Georgia state trooper, leftist extremists have resumed their terror campaign to stop the construction of the new police training center in Dekalb County’s South River Forest.
Officers were again pelted with rocks and incendiary devices during an anti-police demonstration that turned violent Sunday at the site of the planned Atlanta Public Safety Training Center.
Ultimately, 35 extremists were detained. Some have reportedly been charged with domestic terrorism.
What are the details?
In February, a leftist group that claims to be “a broad, diverse, decentralized movement to defend the Atlanta Forest” posted calls on social media for a “week of action to #StopCopCity … for March 4-11 in Atlanta, GA.”
A week of action to #StopCopCity has been announced for March 4-11 in Atlanta, GA. pic.twitter.com/aSf39KLfBT
— Defend the Atlanta Forest/Stop Cop City (@defendATLforest) February 6, 2023
The leftist blog Atlanta Community Press Collective, which has long promoted anti-police initiatives in the area, noted that hundreds of masked extremists heard the call and gathered over the weekend, chanting, “If you build it, we will burn it,” as well as Marxist slogans such as “we have nothing to lose but our chains.”
Reuters reported that leftist demonstrators held a music festival the following day, again in protest of the construction of what they call “Cop City.”
The revelry did not last long, as black-clad militants amongst the crowd soon began throwing rocks at police, starting fires, and launching incendiary devices.
According to the Atlanta Police Department, a group of violent agitators used the demonstration as cover to launch a “coordinated attack” on construction equipment and police officers and began lobbing “large rocks, bricks, Molotov cocktails, and fireworks at police officers.”
This video shows the leftist extremists begin to stream toward the construction site:
Atlanta Public Safety Training Center Demonstrations. https://t.co/boTaYkaWvn pic.twitter.com/r6u6Ki3mLt
— Atlanta Police Department (@Atlanta_Police) March 6, 2023
In addition to attacking officers, roughly 100 extremists vandalized various pieces of construction equipment.
CONSTRUCTION SITE BURNS: Huge plumes of smoke and massive police response after @defendATLforest / #StopCopCity protesters face off with police at the site of Atlanta’s future Public Safety Training Facility. I’m told Molotov cocktails were thrown. Construction equipment is on… pic.twitter.com/0F9qj8dgFn
— Billy Heath III (@BillyHeathFOX5) March 5, 2023
WSB-TV reported that heavy smoke from the leftist attacks was visible miles away from the police facility.
The area was on lockdown, and a SWAT team responded to the scene to aid Georgia State Patrol, Atlanta Police, DeKalb County Police, Sandy Springs Police, the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office, and others in restoring order.
First responders put out the fires before they could spread to the surrounding forests and the litter left there by demonstrators.
Domestic terrorists
Atlanta Police Department officials underscored Sunday night, “This is not a protest. … This wasn’t about a public training center; this was about anarchy.”
Republican Gov. Brian Kemp said the violent activists responsible for the attacks “chose destruction and vandalism over legitimate protest, yet against demonstrating the radical intent behind their actions.”
“Domestic terrorism will NOT be tolerated in this state,” said the Georgia governor in a statement. “As we continue to respect peaceful protest, we will also continue to ensure safety in our communities. We will not rest until those who use violence and intimidation for an extremist end are brought to justice.”
What pull could this police training center have that antifa from France, antifa from Canada and antifa from all over the USA converged on it to destroy it?
This is the same place that one antifa member was killed after opening fire on a police officer, killing him.
One is not nearly enough.
Time to have Antifa declared the Enemy of America and Americans they belong in Prison doing life and those who finance and support them also belong in Prison doing life as well we can no longer allow for them to be allowed to run loose and brainwash the youth with their Bolshevik ideas Lock them up and throw away the key
I guess this is the new breed of environmentalists like those handling the East Palestine disaster. I guess burning vehicles, fuel and hydraulic fluid leaking into the ground, the smoke from burning tires is considered good for the environment and the forest.
Will the Democrats continue to deny ANTIFA exists? Will they continue to claim they are just a concept? Of course dimwitted propaganda repeater Karine claims the White House knew nothing of this assault on police and a training center. Now, that’s not too surprising or incredulous that they don’t know or care about leftist violence, but more likely they want to merely pretend it never happened, just as the pretended a full 9 months of the most violent pogroms this nation has ever seen (worse than the Revolutionary War, the war of 1812, the Alamo, Goliad, the Civil War, Pancho Villa’s raid on Columbus, New Mexico, the sinking of the Lusitania, World War I, Pearl Harbor, World War II, Korea, the Viet Nam war, the Iraq War, 9/11 combined!) simply didn’t happen. Something else cause $2 billion in damage.
Note that neither of the Democrat shitbag Senators have said a word about this terrorist attack. Democrats approve, condone, support and encourage violence. Just like election fraud, it is now part of their DNA.
Georgia should mobilize the National Guard and surround the terrorists. Cut off their escape routes and round them all up. Then give them the old January 6th treatment. I only wish there was enough people in Congress that cared about this nation to impeach and remove the trash that refuses to take action against this terrorism.
Staff Lawyer for Southern Poverty Law Center Arrested Along With 23 People in Georgia Charged with Violent Domestic Terrorism
Last night, around 5:30 p.m., Georgia police said a group of violent agitators used the cover of a festival and peaceful protest to coordinate an attack on construction equipment and police officers at a proposed Atlanta Public Safety Training Center. “This is not a protest,” APD officials said at a press conference Sunday night. “This wasn’t about a public training center; this was about anarchy.”
Today, Atlanta PD announce 23 people were arrested and charged with domestic terrorism, including Thomas Jurgens of Georgia who is a staff lawyer for the Southern Poverty Law Center.
Officers have arrested a total of 23 people. Only two of them are from Georgia. The following have been charged with domestic terrorism, according to Atlanta police.
These are members of the democrat party. You will find cleaner animals at the local zoo.
A Rouges Gallery of the Bolshevik types