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  Those are not protests. It’s rioting.
context: Between this and the likelihood of unrest in Memphis when bodycam footage is released next week over there, we're in for a rather chaotic end to this month. >
  
  Left wing violence is mostly peaceful though, per CNN >
  
  Yeah I would say at a large scale protest, 6 people committing violent acts (and being arrested btw) would still be considered “mostly peaceful” since “most” of those protesting did so “peacefully”.
  Mind blowing shit, I know. >
  
  Tell me you don't know anything about what happened without telling me. Summer 2020 for example, hundreds were violent and only handfuls were arrested (this being per city, in the "summer of love" where the US experienced the single most widespread violent connected event in at least 30 years due to left wing violence and support from Democrat politicians). Most get away. >
  
  Oh hey, you've cited to prove my point. Or do you think 1 night in Atlanta is equivalent to a total of over a month of violence across the country? Hope it's not the latter. That'd be pretty embarrassing for you. 
  Also to the original point, some of these arrested are being identified online now. Francis Carroll, for example, being a repeat left wing violent offender was one of the ones in Atlanta arrested. Came down to Atlanta from Maine. It's always left wing violence that this sub never wants to acknowledge, despite it happening so often. >
  
  10s of thousands arrested is "a few handfull" I suppose >
  
  Got it. So you do think the cumulative of over a month and the combined total of cities all across America is comparable to 1 night in Atlanta. Not a hot look. >
  
  Bro, that's a whole lot of words that you just came up with >
  
  If there is bodycam footage, release it. Let the truth speak for itself. >
  
  Georgia State Police don’t wear body cams so all we have is testimony from the cops who are legally allowed to lie. >
  
  That's not going to help reduce tensions. >
  
  Police accountability and stopping the construction of a militarized training facility in a forest that literally protects the city from flooding would ease tensions. >
  
  This guy shot at the cops, if you do that you should definitely assume they are going to shoot back. This isn’t misconduct. No amount of camping on this spot will stop the training facility from being built. Peaceful protest is ok, shooting at a cop is not. >
  
  
  This guy shot at the cops
  
  Did they, though? >
  
  There were a lot of people there. Has anyone said otherwise? >
  
  The only people in the immediate area were the cops involved.
  The other protesters - who were somewhat farther away - said that there was one volley of fire, not someone shooting and then police returning fire. >
  
  It really looks like an assassination of a political activist.    Doubtful the guy even had a gun, bunch of campers in the woods.  Idea he'd start shooting at police made zero sense.
  ‘Assassinated in cold blood’: activist killed protesting Georgia’s ‘Cop City’
  A DOZEN cops attack a lone little guy in his tent in a peaceful protest by environmentalists.  No one is witness but the dozen cops. >
  
  this was a political murder. clean cut. the mayor and the chief of police need to resign immediately. it’s clear they’ll do anything to get what they want. >
  
  They need to be collectively thrown in jail.  This is a cultural, systemic, department-wide involvement.  They're absolutely all in on it. >
  
  Yeah, APD is known for shiftiness but I didn’t think they would murder people just for a fucking training facility. >
  
  I am, unfortunately, not surprised.  I have been saying for some time than any sort of significant movement against capitalist interests would be met with violence from the state.  It wouldn't be the first time, and it won't be the last. >
  
  I see Trump was on Truth Social complaining about the "gun-wielding ANTIFA" in Atlanta. Are conservatives only allowed to carry guns? >
  
  The protesters have been protesting for weeks. Now all of a sudden the cops need to start shooting.  
  Fuck the police comin' straight from the underground!..... >
  
  No bodycams footage? No peace.
  Atlanta pigs brought this on themselves. >
  
  Probably none of the arrested were cops though, huh? >
  
  I am so jaded, when I read about the protesters committing illegal acts like breaking windows, I just assume the cops broke windows and charged protesters with the crime.
  The evidence provided seems to be just that damage existed, not how it happened. >
  
  That’s not what eye witnesses on the news here said yesterday. But go ahead spreading rumors. It’s not like anyone actually cares. >
  
  It was speculation based the article not claiming any evidence of who committed the crime. >
  
  This post is getting brigaded hard >
  
  Brigaded by exactly the kinds of people who claim to viciously oppose heavy handed government enforcement. >
  
  Funny, I think I heard MAGAs saying the same thing two Januarys ago.
  Weird how MAGAs and ACABs all sound the same. >
  
  Ya except cops are killing us and the big lie is still the big lie >
  
  Everyone feels justified in their own violence.
  I'll just report these until it's handled. >
  
  
  Everyone feels justified in their own violence.
  
  Everybody does. Not everybody is, but some definitely are. >
  
  The news is filled with parents talking about how their criminal sons were good kids, were honor roll students, how everyone loved them, how they were aspiring "entrepreneurs" and musicians, etc. >
  
  The news is also filled with stories about pigs murdering innocent civilians with zero consequences. Kindly fuck off. >
  
  I don’t understand the reason for the protest. This individual shot an officer. This isn’t an innocent person that was killed. Police misconduct absolutely does happen, but this isn’t an example of that. >
  
  Actually the only facts are police claim the protester fired first and wounded an officer. There is no verification of those events other than police statements. >
  
  This is true. After every shooting Officers are placed on leave and an investigation is conducted. Details of the investigation will be released once it’s completed I am sure. They always are, especially in cases that spark public outrage >
  
  Why do you hate American freedom? >
  
  This thread is full of some fake news propaganda.
  People saying they planted the gun when dekalb dont even issue smith and wessons. They switched over to glocks years ago. This criminal shot at police. Being armed during a protest is one thing, but when you're shooting at police, you have now become a terrorist. Just like the gang terrorist that shot up cumberland mall and atlantic station.
  Now they're going around destroying public property. This isnt protesting, this is outright terrorism being instigated by hard propaganda by some source.
  This is no different from insurrectionists on Jan 6th. Extremists on both sides are causing acts of terrorism. >
  
  Yep, it’s pretty pathetic how people will go out of their way to make their ideology their reality. >
  
  God I hate CNN so much they're just as bad as fox news..
  "The protesters marched in a "peaceful manner" Saturday evening down a central Atlanta street but a group within the crowd later began "committing illegal acts," 
  What? That's like saying January 6 was a peaceful protest but a small group stormed the capital building...
  If people in the protest are breaking windows and other acts of vandalism and others in the protest aren't stopping them those are the protesters! 
  Here's what actually happened a protest was peaceful until a riot broke out.
  "but the individual allegedly did not comply and shot a Georgia State Patrol Trooper,"
  Also THIS IS WHO THEY ARE MAD ABOUT DYING! Like a cop was fucking shot! What? How do you defend that person, there's 0 situations where them shooting is justified. >
  
  Ah yes,  the cop "but he had a gun" defense... I have so little trust for cops, and the fact that they won't even name the officer who was "shot" looks circumspect to me. Normally I generally trust Occam's Razor, but not with statements from cops. >
  
  You seem to assume that all cops are bad, based on the profession they have chosen. This isn’t the case. There are bad cops, but they are the exception, not the rule. Before passing judgment wait for all the facts. No sane cop hopes that they get to shoot someone when they go to work. >
  
  Have some skittles from my bowl.
  Sure some are poisoned, but they are the exception not the rule. 
  You can’t tell me you’re going to pass judgement on the whole bowl because only a few skittles will produce violent vomiting and death are you? >
  
  So judge everyone based on the actions of a few? I have met some really racist white people in my lifetime, I guess they must all be racist and I should hate them all….this is your logic >
  
  Did you just suggest ”cop“ is the same as skin color?
  I’m reminded of the old phrase a few bad apples spoil the whole bunch, and then consider how cops choose which apples sit in their bunch. >
  
  "Activist" is a strange way to spell "domestic extremist terrorist".  If you don't like a police training facility being built, organize politically and vote.  Shooting a cop isn't how we do things in a democracy. >
  
  Yeah... That's not what happened. Maybe read the article. Or even the headline. Or educate yourself on who is actually calling themselves domestic terrorists. >
  
  
  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.
  
  He was so politically opposed to a police training facility being built that he shot a cop.  Terrorist. >
  
  Phew! I’m glad the police have cleared themselves of any wrong doing >
  
  Title should say antifa protests, these are not people from Atlanta. >
  
  If you shoot at a cop (or anyone else really), expect them to shoot back. Kinda falls under FAAFO.
  Also, I like how they say cops are always just killing everyone. If you think about it there are millions of encounters with the police everyday, but let’s say 5 incidents in a week hit the news (which would be a ridiculously low percentage in comparison).
  And anyone heard of Polk County Grady Judd? He’s the guy that said in a news conference that his cops shot a guy over 100 times because they ran out of bullets.
  For those that claim shooting a guy that many times is excessive, the guy killed two cops beforehand and jumped up with a gun towards the cops that shit him.