Masked rioters vandalized the streets of Atlanta, Georgia
Hundreds of activists swarmed downtown Atlanta on Saturday in response to a call for a “Night of Rage,” after one of the protesters against a planned police training center was killed in a shootout with officers earlier this week.
A crowd of mourners marched through the streets in a “largely peaceful protest,” as described by a local FOX reporter. The event turned violent after masked activists clad in all-black began pelting rocks and shooting fireworks at the Atlanta Police Foundation headquarters.
The rioters also smashed the building’s windows with hammers, vandalized walls with anti-police graffiti, and set at least one police cruiser on fire, according to multiple photos and videos shared online.
Atlanta Riot Explained 👇🏼 pic.twitter.com/B2w2IDF5pa
— E (@ElijahSchaffer) January 22, 2023
“Atlanta is safe, and our police officers have resolved the disruptions Downtown from this evening,” the city’s mayor, Andre Dickens, said after police swooped in to contain the unrest.
In addition to smashing up businesses, cars & the ATL Police Foundation, far-left extremists came with arson supplies to set an @Atlanta_Police vehicle on fire. The riot was organized as revenge for their gunman dying in a shootout at the autonomous zone. pic.twitter.com/NGcqZmKO9t