Police actions during a mass protest called “Block Cop City” that drew people from across the US to Atlanta this week have been condemned as heavy-handed after they included flash-bang grenades, teargas canisters, tanks and a press conference full of demonstrably false or misleading descriptions of the event.
The Guardian also spoke with a protester who was detained, repeatedly called a “terrorist”, handcuffed and threatened with arrest in a supermarket parking lot near the march – only to be released with no charges.
