Atlanta Police said they arrested 35 people in relation to the incident on Sunday.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene speaks during the annual Conservative Political Action Conference at the Gaylord National Resort Hotel And Convention Center on March 03, 2023, in National Harbor, Maryland. She has called the attack on the police and fire training facility in Atlanta on Sunday by protesters"domestic terrorism," alleging it was planned for weeks and announced on social media.
The incident took place on the second day of an announced week-long series of protests against the building of the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center, an 85-acre campus to be built in the heart of the 1,000-acre large Atlanta forest which critics have dubbed"Cop City." The building is estimated to cost $90 million, most of which has been raised by the non-profit organization Atlanta Police Foundation.
UPDATE: Riots are currently breaking out at the site of the future police & fire training facility. With Molotov cocktails thrown by protesters as construction equipment on fire.
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