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valuable forest land. sunday s scene fiery and dangerous riders doused construction equipment in alcohol and set it on fire and also threw bricks, molotov cocktails and fireworks at cops. police say those arrested used a peaceful demonstration during a music festty call at the site as cover for the violence that followed. in america we re you a loaded to peacefully demonstrate. this was not a peaceful demonstration. this was a coordinated attack. this was an insurrection. i hope that the courts will deal harshly with these domestic terrorists. julie: here are the 20 people, most of them young and most not even from georgia. all but two of them, in fact, from out of state. tennessee, new york, massachusetts, even as far as canada and france. charles watson has more from atlanta for us. hey, charles. good morning, julie. we expect most if not all of the protestors charged with domestic terrorism for their alleged roles in that attack on police to make first appearances in
facility could increase the militarization of police. we get now to atlanta. nick valencia with more this morning. good morning. police say they detained 35 people. what else do you no he this morning? that s right. police are calling this a coordinated attack and occurred during what protesters were promoting. a week of protests and festivities with the goal of stopping this facility. police and fire training facility. it would be the biggest of its kind if it s completed. and on sunday, police say 35 people were taken into custody after throwing fireworks, lornlg racks and bricks and molotov cocktails at police. no officers were injured. they did say some protesters suffered sminor injuries. listen to the police chief at a press conference late last night characterize it saying this wasn t about the protests of a propose wi proposed police and fire training facility. this is about anarchy. actions such as this will not be tolerated. when you attack law enforcement offic
this weekend as the start of a week of protests and festivities, with the goal of being to stop the construction of this proposed $90 million, 85-acre police and fire training facility. it would be the largest of its kind in the country, if it ends up being built. and what according to police, they say happened, at least 35 people were taken into custody. they say several of those that were detained were from outside of the atlanta area. and this really has become a staging area for activists across the country to protest police and we have seen several acts of violence in recent months. listen to what police had to say at a press conference late last night. this is not appropriate. this is criminal activity. and the charges that will be brought forth will show that. when you throw commercial-grade fireworks, when you throw molotov cocktails, large rocks, a number of items at officers, your only intent is to harm. reporter: opponents of this fire and police training facil
building a $90 million training center. the project that s drawn fierce opposition which has repeatedly descended to violence. protestors torching construction equipment. 35 arrested and yet again police say many were from out of town. we continue to see a number of individuals not from atlanta, georgia, present tonight undertaking criminal activities. actions such as this will not be tolerated. when you attack law enforcement officers and damage equipment, you are breaking the law. this wasn t about a public safety training center. it was about anarchy and the attempt to destabilize. dana: it s six weeks since a riot in downtown atlanta prompted by another incident at cop city where a protestor shot an officer and police responded with deadly force. charles watson with the fallout this time. the story live in atlanta. the atlanta police department is describing sunday s clash with protestors as a coordinated attack against law enforcement and this video released