The violent response is the latest in more than a year of protests over the planned facility in DeKalb County. Here's how things progressed to the Downtown Atlanta protests of Jan. 21:
Brassfield & Gorrie's office in Birmingham, Alabama, had several broken windows, paint splashed on its sign and graffiti painted on a window that said: “Drop Cop City or Else.” The vandals appeared to leave the scene in a white Toyota Prius on 31st Street.