Dozens of demonstrators breached the site of a proposed law enforcement training centre in a forested area in Atlanta’s outskirts, where construction equipment was set ablaze and bricks, rocks, fireworks and Molotov cocktails were tossed and fired at officers, according to police.
Atlanta Police Department officials said 35 people were detained after what the agency has described as a “coordinated attack” on Sunday (5 March), with a group of “violent agitators” using “the cover of a peaceful protest” to hijack demonstrations and “destroy property and attack officers”.
