The police in Atlanta, USA, reported that "a fire broke out at the construction site of a police training center after a demonstration at the facility led to clashes between officers and protesters, resulting in 35 arrests." The construction site of the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center witnessed an escalating confrontation due to protesters opposing the increasing militarization of the police and the development of the forest, which advocates call Atlanta's "lungs."
The events began with a music festival organized as part of a week of demonstrations against the construction of the training center. However, the police stated that "the events turned violent when instigators breached the site and hurled bricks, stones, Molotov cocktails, and fireworks at the police." WSBT television station noted that thick smoke could be seen rising from miles away and mentioned that "the events began with a music festival organized as part of a week of demonstrations to protect the forest where the training center is being built."
Images on social media showed flames and smoke rising from several locations in the area. The Wall Street Journal, citing witnesses, reported that "hundreds of people attended Sunday’s events, and a small group broke away from the concert to start a protest."
