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mountaineer:
This is in Atlanta, Ga.
--- Quote ---Protesters arrested after chucking Molotov cocktail at police over planned APD training facility
By WSBTV.com News Staff
May 17, 2022 at 6:25 pm EDT

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — Several protesters were arrested after they threw a Molotov cocktail at police as officers raided a camp on the grounds of a planned Atlanta Police Department training facility.

NewChopper 2 was over the South River Forest, where there were multiple law enforcement vehicles and at least one ambulance early Friday afternoon.

Protesters have been camped out in the forest for more than seven months. ...
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More at WSB

Andy Ngo explains that this is an Antifa production:
--- Quote ---Andy Ngô 🏳️‍🌈
@MrAndyNgo
Far-left extremists & #Antifa from across US have been going to Atlanta to support an occupation at a construction site for a future police training academy. They've created barricades & hurled firebombs at responding police. Comrades have carried out violence in solidarity.

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Read more from Andy here: https: //twitter.com/MrAndyNgo/status/1527039784497168385 (take out space after https:)

Hoodat:
Neal Boortz is back on the radio in Atlanta in case anyone has heard him before.  Kim Peterson, too.  Today, Neal said that anyone with a lit Molotov cocktail in hand cocking their arm back to throw it should be justifiably shot dead at that instant.  And hopefully, the bottle will break when they drop it and finish the job off.

mountaineer:

--- Quote from: Hoodat on May 19, 2022, 08:42:24 pm --- Today, Neal said that anyone with a lit Molotov cocktail in hand cocking their arm back to throw it should be justifiably shot dead at that instant.
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I agree. That person is a direct and immediate threat to the safety of others. Unfortunately, the police continue to run scared of these Antifa freaks, and let them get away with murder (literally, in many cases).

mountaineer:
 May 19, 2022 3:21 PM EST
Far-left extremists from across the country heading to autonomous zone in southern Atlanta
One of those arrested, Abigail Skapyak, was a Department of Justice intern in 2020 in their Office of Special Counsel for Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices.
Hannah Nightingale Washington DC
May 19, 2022 3:21 PM

At least eight far-left extremists have been arrested after they allegedly threw rocks and Molotov cocktails at Atlanta police responding to an ongoing protest in forested area where a new police and EMS training facility will be built.

The group, who have dubbed themselves the "forest defenders," have set up camp on the grounds, which are set aside for the 85-acre project, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The Atlanta police said that a number of illegal structures had been built on the property, which is owned by the city. ... 
   
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