Several people were arrested in downtown Atlanta during protests in response to a proposed police training facility and the fatal police shooting of an activist this week
Atlanta Police Sgt. Jarius Daugherty told CNN “several arrests” were made after the demonstrations led to property damage, but did not provide an exact number of the people arrested or what property was damaged. Social media footage showed a police cruiser on fire in the downtown area, and video from CNN affiliate WANF showed broken windows at a Wells Fargo bank. Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp said on Twitter “violence and unlawful destruction of property are not acts of protest.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation said law enforcement officers spotted an individual in a tent in the woods and gave verbal commands, but the individual allegedly did not comply and shot a Georgia State Patrol Trooper, according to a news release. Officers returned fire and fatally wounded the individual, who died at the scene. A handgun recovered from the individual’s possession matched the projectile from the trooper’s wound, the GBI said.
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