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Fifth Column
Gunshots ring out as protesters throw Molotov cocktails and torch a police surveillance tower and construction vehicles at 'Cop City' site in Atlanta
2023-03-06
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • Protesters at a proposed police training center in Atlanta set construction vehicles aflame and burned down a surveillance tower

  • The rioters are said to have thrown rocks, sticks and even Molotov cocktails at police on the scene of Atlanta's future Public Safety Training Facility dubbed Cop City by those who protest its development

  • The area is now under lockdown as authorities work to put out the fires
The rioters on Sunday wore black and camouflage, and masked their faces, as they made their way from their campsite at the Weelaunee Forest to the construction site, the New York Times reports.

There, they burned down police and construction vehicles and set off fireworks as police were stationed nearby.

Initial estimates suggest at least 30 people were detained, as activist groups beg online for money for the protesters' bails.

Protesters posted online how police arrived as the sun descended Sunday night and surrounded those enjoying a music festival at the site. They allegedly threatened legal observers with arrest.

Photos and videos from the scene showed police forcing people to the ground and throwing people in the back of police vans.

Controversial Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Green took to Twitter in the aftermath to blame Antifa.

'This is domestic terrorism,' she wrote. 'It was planned for weeks and announced on social media.'

She added that 'Antifa are domestic terrorists, and I'm introducing my bill to officially declare them a terrorist organization on Tuesday
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Posted by:Skidmark

#28  Good info TW. Will forward your info to the police there so they can collect on the damages.
Posted by: Mad Eye Omeretch7959   2023-03-06 23:52  

#27   Who is paying for the protesters?

The Rantburg archives hold many answers, Mad Eye Omeretch7959. :-) According to Daniel Greenfield in How the Atlanta Riots were Funded (31.Jan 2023)

Yet the ‘Atlanta Forest Defenders’ are still raising money through Open Collective: a 501(c)(3) nonprofit fundraising platform that Front Page Magazine had previously exposed for providing fundraising for assorted ecoterrorists including the ‘Just Stop Oil’ vandals who glued themselves to ‘The Girl with the Pearl Earring’ painting.

That is despite the fact that Open Collective’s terms of service prohibit illegal activities.

The Open Collective Foundation has received funding for digital infrastructure grants from the Ford Foundation, George Soros’ Open Society and Pierre Omidyar’s Omidyar Network.
Posted by: trailing wife   2023-03-06 22:26  

#26  The face of Atlanta. Or not.
Posted by: Spaish Platypus1029   2023-03-06 21:18  

#25  This was planned and coordinated. The plan must include how they will not be held accountable. Will they get undercharged by a Fed prosecutor or is there a local DA on the Soros payroll?
Posted by: Super Hose   2023-03-06 19:48  

#24  The mercury leaves the victim, with visible sign. I was told it also becomes both a wound healing depressant and some inhalant contamination.

Also tried loading a round up with primers, but the results were too mixed. Ranging from golf ball size holes to immediate detonation on firing.

Also played with hollow points bullets drilled out a little, filled primers or mercury and capped. Again with mixed results, ranging from mini pressure cooker type explosions to just messy.
Posted by: NN2N1   2023-03-06 19:23  

#23  Who is paying for the protesters? DNC?
Posted by: Mad Eye Omeretch7959   2023-03-06 18:56  

#22  Police officials noted that 21 of the suspects charged with domestic terrorism were from out of state, some from as far away as Utah, Colorado, Arizona and New York. Two protesters charged are from other countries, one France and another from Canada, according to police.

2 of 23 from GA
Posted by: Beavis   2023-03-06 18:51  

#21  I prefer the VC method of human feces. Works just as well, totes more satisfying and it's even Gaia approved.
Posted by: Rex Mundi   2023-03-06 16:11  

#20  Trace amounts of mercury?

Have to follow the protocol for handling hazardous material to dispose of properly?
Posted by: Procopius2k   2023-03-06 14:51  

#19  18 ga.
covered with mercury

Why mercury, NN2N1?
Posted by: trailing wife   2023-03-06 14:44  

#18  This would go down differently in most other Georgia counties.
Posted by: Classical_Liberal   2023-03-06 13:44  

#17  12ga. 00 reloaded with 5/8" Brad head nails, 18 ga.
covered with mercury

Holds about 20 coated nails

The scatter pattern is a real crowd pleaser.

Posted by: NN2N1   2023-03-06 09:37  

#16  I've got my Street Sweeper, and lots of time to travel. And as anyone who knows me will confirm, I'm a cheap. MTG is right, this could have easily been capped but City Hall has an agenda.
Posted by: Rex Mundi   2023-03-06 09:15  

#15  Flamethrowers are useful for crowd control. Besides, I'll bet a dollar that Napalm sticks to Antifa:p Is patchouli oil flammable?
Posted by: Silentbrick   2023-03-06 09:10  

#14  I have a 10 pound Parrott gun that fires canister if the police want to borrow it.

You may want to keep that around for your own home defense, Deacon.

The police might appropriate that, after usage, for some reason or another.
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2023-03-06 08:11  

#13  
#3 Gunshots ring out....

I would prefer the sound of M249 fire in five to ten round bursts.
Posted by Besoeker 2023-03-06 06:54|| 2023-03-06 06:54

Beso,

I worked with the GAU-8 Avenger. There's something about the brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrt that puts the fear of God into people.

Mike
Posted by: MikeKozlowski   2023-03-06 08:04  

#12  Yes. The FBI is the agency that investigates that as "Domestic Terrorism". At least they used to before they became a tool of the state to crush dissent.
Posted by: DarthVader   2023-03-06 08:00  

#11  30 were "detained".I wonder how many of these POS are from out of town? Is there a law against crossing state lines to cause destruction?
Posted by: Chris   2023-03-06 07:50  

#10  I have a 10 pound Parrott gun that fires canister if the police want to borrow it.
Posted by: Deacon Blues   2023-03-06 07:37  

#9  Marxist Insurgency.
Posted by: Mad Eye Omeretch7959   2023-03-06 07:22  

#8  /\ An M60 will do, if you get it there fast.
Posted by: Besoeker   2023-03-06 07:21  

#7  #3 Apparently I am a traditionalist. I have to go with the satisfying tone of an M-60.
Posted by: Cesare   2023-03-06 07:15  

#6  The revolution will NOT be televised....
Posted by: DooDahMan   2023-03-06 07:03  

#5  /\ The question everyone should be asking EC.
Posted by: Besoeker   2023-03-06 07:01  

#4  Why are they allowed to still be alive?
Posted by: Elminens Chusorong3648   2023-03-06 06:57  

#3  Gunshots ring out....

I would prefer the sound of M249 fire in five to ten round bursts.
Posted by: Besoeker   2023-03-06 06:54  

#2  Moment Antifa mob breaks into construction site for new ‘Cop City’ site in Atlanta and torches vehicles and throws Molotov cocktails at cops
Posted by: Skidmark   2023-03-06 05:06  

#1  Rioting in Atlanta
Posted by: Gromble Dribble4342   2023-03-06 00:26  

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