Harrowing footage out of Atlanta, Georgia, shows the moment a band of Antifa communists launched an organized attack on a police training facility.
Violence has broken out in #Atlanta as supporters of the domestic terror-linked autonomous zone (#StopCopCity) attacked the future Public Safety Training Facility as revenge for their gunman being shot dead & their comrades being charged pic.twitter.com/qheIfb7wKc… https://t.co/OwL2r4wPjQ
— Andy Ngô 🏳️🌈 (@MrAndyNgo) March 6, 2023
Video from Sunday featured police falling back, taking cover and closing off fencing around the planned site of the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center as Antifa operatives hurled fireworks, bricks and rocks at them.
Another video showed a few police wandering the area before a large group of black-clad individuals emerged and took over the area, throwing molotov cocktails at vehicles and tractors.
Smoke plumes fill the sky as members of the far-left movement @defendATLforest carry out arson attacks southeast of #Atlanta. The pre-planned riot is another revenge attack for law enforcement stopping their violent autonomous zone occupation. #Antifa pic.twitter.com/LK4ri636zc
— Andy Ngô 🏳️🌈 (@MrAndyNgo) March 6, 2023
Here’s footage of the group marching toward the site.
A videographer briefly recorded the black bloc #Antifa group that carried out the firebombing attacks in Atlanta. He is immediately assaulted for recording the crowd. Antifa regularly assault and rob journalists. pic.twitter.com/1rEVuw4tKl
— Andy Ngô 🏳️🌈 (@MrAndyNgo) March 6, 2023
Another video showed the moment a fat Antifa terrorist attempting to escape fell to the ground after being tased and captured.
A heavyset man trying to escape arrest after the #Antifa firebombing attacks in Atlanta is tased and falls. pic.twitter.com/0Ul7wbPidt
— Andy Ngô 🏳️🌈 (@MrAndyNgo) March 6, 2023
The attacks were reportedly carried out by a far-left activist group dubbed Defend ATL Forest, which organized the hare-brained #StopCopCity protest online as part of efforts to protect the forest in South Atlanta.
The violent attacks in #Atlanta today were organized. The direct actions were promoted weeks ago on the main account of the group representing the domestic terrorism movement to use violence to prevent a first responder training center southeast of Atlanta.… https://t.co/Gq4p2MaJq0 pic.twitter.com/X1szbDZuLh
— Andy Ngô 🏳️🌈 (@MrAndyNgo) March 6, 2023
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports 23 people were arrested and charged with domestic terrorism.
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) condemned the agitators’ actions in a statement Monday, saying, “As I’ve said before, domestic terrorism will NOT be tolerated in this state.”
“As we continue to respect peaceful protest we will also continue to ensure safety in our communities. We will not rest until those who use violence and intimidation for an extremist end are brought to full justice.”
“On March 5, 2023, a group of violent agitators used the cover of a peaceful protest of the proposed Atlanta Public Safety Training Center to conduct a coordinated attack on construction equipment and police officers,” the Atlanta Police Department wrote in a statement following the incident. “They changed into black clothing and entered the construction area and began to throw large rocks, bricks, Molotov cocktails, and fireworks at police officers.”
“The agitators destroyed multiple pieces of construction equipment by fire and vandalism. Multiple law enforcement agencies deployed to the area and detained several people committing illegal activity. 35 agitators have been detained so far.”
While no officers were harmed, Atlanta police added, “The illegal actions of the agitators could have resulted in bodily harm. Officers exercised restraint and used non-lethal enforcement to conduct arrests.”
Responding to the terror act in her state, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R) announced she’d be introducing legislation to designate Antifa as a terrorist organization.
“This is domestic terrorism,” Greene wrote on Twitter. “Antifa are self proclaimed communists and consistently organize to attack our government over and over again. They should be taken seriously and not tolerated anymore.”
Meanwhile, the US Department of Justice has not responded to the incident on a federal level.
Meanwhile, journalist Andy Ngo reports DefendATL Forest and other autonomous zone provocateurs have carried out other violent attacks at the facility.
Background: For months, far-left extremists from across the U.S. descended on a forested area southeast of Atlanta to create an autonomous zone in an effort to sabotage the construction of a first responder training facility. They’re extremely violent & https://t.co/zoEBymYrc3… https://t.co/lkQ3CWVgcW
— Andy Ngô 🏳️🌈 (@MrAndyNgo) March 6, 2023
While the violent leftists claim their goal is to protect the forest, it’s clear they’re merely using environmentalism as an excuse to pursue their larger goal of waging war on police.