The site of a proposed new police training centre in a forested area outside Atlanta has become the focal point of the US environmental movement in recent weeks amid a series of confrontations between protesters and police.
The latest clash between protesters and police at the site came on 5 March, when the Atlanta Police Department detained 35 people who they claim set fire to a construction vehicle and threw bricks and rocks at officers as part of what the police department said was a “a coordinated attack on construction equipment and police officers”.
