[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 |