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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
R.j. Rico

Violent protest in downtown Atlanta over killing of activist

Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved

A protest turned violent in downtown Atlanta on Saturday night in the wake of the death of an environmental activist who was killed this week after authorities said the 26-year-old shot a state trooper.

Masked activists dressed in all black threw rocks and lit fireworks in front of a skyscraper that houses the Atlanta Police Foundation, shattering large glass windows. They then lit a police car on fire and vandalized other buildings with anti-police graffiti as stunned tourists scattered.

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