Atlanta police arrest 23 on terrorism charges after protest at training site – By Rich McKay (Reuters) / Mar 6, 2023
ATLANTA (Reuters) – Two dozen people face domestic terrorism charges in Atlanta after they were arrested during violent clashes between officers and protesters at a police training center construction site, authorities said on Monday.
The 23 people who face charges were part of a group detained on Sunday by police who said they launched bricks, rocks, Molotov cocktails and fireworks at officers after they breached the construction site, where a new Atlanta Public Safety Training Center is being built.
Only two of the people listed on the Atlanta Police Department website are from Georgia. The remainder were from other states, including three from Massachusetts and two from Wisconsin. One person is from Canada while another is from France, according to police.
It is unclear if any of the people have been formally charged by the DeKalb County District Attorney, whose office was not immediately available for comment.
