Authorities arrested five people who allegedly chained themselves to construction equipment at the site of Atlanta’s planned public safety training center.
It happened around 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 7, and comes just days after Republican Attorney General Chris Carr announced the indictment of 61 people over alleged violent efforts like throwing bricks and lit Molotov cocktails to stop the construction of what protesters call “Cop City.”
The clashes have been going on for nearly two years.
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