Thirty-five detained after violence at Atlanta police training site

In January, a 26-year-old environmental activist was shot to death by officers in the forest where the training centre is being built

Nearly three dozen people have been detained after flaming bottles and rocks were thrown at officers during a violent protest at a new police training centre that’s been the site of prior demonstrations and the death of a protester, Atlanta police said Monday.

Protesters dressed in all black threw large rocks, bricks, Molotov cocktails, and fireworks at police officers Sunday at the construction site, police said. Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp said the people involved “chose destruction and vandalism over legitimate protest, yet again demonstrating the radical intent behind their actions.”

The names of those in custody and the criminal charges against them were not immediately available early Monday, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. But Schierbaum said many were not from the Atlanta area.

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