Chaos reigned at Atlanta’s “Cop City” Sunday as construction equipment was set ablaze, while protesters tossed rocks, sticks and even a molotov cocktail at responding officers.
s future police training facility dubbed “Cop City,” as protesters held a rally against the construction of the compound.
Social media images showed construction equipment from the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center site in flames, while Fox 5 also reports rocks, sticks and a molotov cocktail were thrown as Georgia State Troopers attempted to keep the chaos at bay. What appeared to be gunshots were also heard byon the scene, but the circumstances are currently unclear. The City Council approved the training center in 2021 in response to morale and hiring problems after the George Floyd protests.
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