'Cop City' activists arrested after chaining themselves to construction equipment

A banner hanging near the site occupied by opponents to the construction of a planned $90 million public safety training center, dubbed "Cop City" by opponents. Police arrested eight protestors at the site on Tuesday. (Rebecca Etter/WABE)

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.