The throwing of molotov cocktails and setting fire to Atlanta police cars is "the work of Antifa" and won't be tolerated, according to a coalition of faith leaders and others in Atlanta. They are denouncing the violent protests waged by those purportedly against the planned Atlanta police training site in southeast DeKalb County. "In the city of Atlanta, the spiritual home of Martin Luther King Jr., we can't stand for it," says Pastor Shannon Jones, President of Concerned Black Clergy of Atlanta.
"We don't need firebombs," says Jones adding, "all we need is for serious people to be concerned and to have a rational argument. Let's present it, let's get together at the table and let's work it out."
Pastor Jones talks about personally reaching out to Antifa
How can the police training center be a bridge to the community?
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Recent violence at the training center construction site, and in downtown Atlanta, has resulted in the arrest of several protesters. At least 20 of them are charged with Domestic Terrorism.
The latest confrontation with law enforcement came Saturday morning when opponents of Atlanta's new police training center were camping near the South River Forest where the facility is to be built.
A handful of people were reportedly detained by officers with one of the campers being placed under arrest.