Protesters Clash With Police Near ‘Cop City’ in Atlanta, Authorities Say

Authorities have reportedly used tear gas and other countermeasures to disperse a march of protesters opposing the building of a police and firefighter training center, named “Cop City” by critics. Protests against the $90 million Atlanta Public Safety Training Center, a first responder training center still under construction, have been ongoing for more than two years. The facility in the area of DeKalb County, on the outskirts of Atlanta, called the South River Forest site was announced by former mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms in 2021. According to a Nov. 13 statement posted to X by the DeKalb County Police Department, the platform formerly known as Twitter, protesters marched along Constitution Road toward the future site of the Atlanta Public Safety Training Facility. From 10:30 a.m., the large group was blocking two of the four traffic lanes....