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bottomofthehill

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10. From BBC

Reply to bottomofthehill (Reply #9)

Mon Mar 6, 2023, 10:55 PM

Mar 2023

Georgia police have filed terror charges against 23 protesters accused of attacking officers at an event against a planned police training site.
Police say the group left the larger protest to throw "large rocks, bricks, Molotov cocktails, and fireworks" at officers and construction equipment.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64842272.amp

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23 charged with terrorism in Atlanta 'Cop City' protest [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 2023 OP

Sounds alot like January 6 except Beachnutt Mar 2023 #1

AND DENVERPOPS Mar 2023 #22

Maybe throwing Molotov Cocktails and bricks at cops is not a good idea. bottomofthehill Mar 2023 #2

Thrown at equipment, not cops. No one injured. Alexander Of Assyria Mar 2023 #6

From MSNBC bottomofthehill Mar 2023 #9

From BBC bottomofthehill Mar 2023 #10

From ABC bottomofthehill Mar 2023 #11

From a left side source I_UndergroundPanther Mar 2023 #12

Ha, that's like the Klan using The Knights Party website as a news source bottomofthehill Mar 2023 #16

Eventually I_UndergroundPanther Mar 2023 #17

Post of the day! n/t intheflow Mar 2023 #23

Yes, yes, yes. Magoo48 Mar 2023 #25

It's an old prison farm. bottomofthehill Mar 2023 #30

Puzzling why so many don't want to hear the progressive side of the story?? Alexander Of Assyria Mar 2023 #27

Lot of one sided, cop city reporting...lend an ear to the progressive side? Alexander Of Assyria Mar 2023 #28

Throwing flaming bottles and hurling rocks at police officers is, I certainly hope, justhanginon Mar 2023 #33

Where's the evidence of that, other than one sided say so? No injuries? Strange. Alexander Of Assyria Mar 2023 #34

https://www.youtube.com/watch?vgKr9rPNID0A justhanginon Mar 2023 #35

Soooo, I'm guessing you didn't even bother to read the article posted in the OP's thread. MarineCombatEngineer Mar 2023 #15

And the cops and the corporations I_UndergroundPanther Mar 2023 #18

Ok, MarineCombatEngineer Mar 2023 #19

so - the arguement is they did exactly what stopdiggin Mar 2023 #21

The ruling view of the people. bottomofthehill Mar 2023 #31

Cop city I_UndergroundPanther Mar 2023 #3

+1 nt EarthFirst Mar 2023 #4

Urban warfare may be a stretch bottomofthehill Mar 2023 #5

First of all, intheflow Mar 2023 #24

And that is what they are using, an old prison work farm bottomofthehill Mar 2023 #29

Domestic terrorism charges, ofc they would...90 million dollars needs some overcharging, pun Alexander Of Assyria Mar 2023 #7

Hmmm. That would seem to be at extreme variance stopdiggin Mar 2023 #20

Maybe they would be training to repel another 1/6 like protest bottomofthehill Mar 2023 #13

Why aren't they protesting & destroying stuff in their own towns ? MichMan Mar 2023 #8

Like the 1/6 crowd bottomofthehill Mar 2023 #14

Good Kaleva Mar 2023 #26

Wow, the cop apologists in this thread are disturbing AF. n/t intheflow Mar 2023 #32