An attorney with the Southern Poverty Law Center is among the 23 protesters who have been charged with domestic terrorism after they allegedly hurled Molotov cocktails and fireworks at a future Atl…
DeKalb County Sheriff's OfficeDeKalb County Sheriff's OfficeGrace Martin is also a Wisconsin native.A handful of the 23 protestors charged with domestic terrorism could be seen smirking in their mugshots.Surveillance video captured towering plumes of smoke and flames rising from the site after the heavy equipment was set alight, as well as officers appearing to duck for cover as items were hurled in their direction.
“This was a very violent attack, very violent attack,” Schierbaum said at a midnight press conference. Multiple law enforcement agencies from neighboring areas were called in to help quell the violence, Schierbaum added. “As I’ve said before, domestic terrorism will NOT be tolerated in this state,” Kemp said. “We will not rest until those who use violence and intimidation for an extremist end are brought to full justice.”
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