Antifa Riots Rock Atlanta; Media Treats it Like a "Nothing Burger"

Andrea Widburg : Jan 23, 2023
Americanthinker.com

One CNN analyst said the word "violent" shouldn't be used to describe the violence that ripped through Atlanta.

[The American Thinker] – Antifa has gone to war in Atlanta and, as happened in 2020 during the BLM and Antifa riots, some in the media want to downplay what's happening. It's harder this time, though, especially given that Antifa announced in advance that it intended to go to war. (Screengrab Image)

The violence in Atlanta centered around a new police training center that Atlanta intends to build in DeKalb County. When the project was first proposed for the forested land, the site of a one-time prison farm, it caught the attention of environmentalists, even as the idea of training police officers offended racial justice groups. Nevertheless, Atlanta (a completely Democrat-run city) approved the $90 million project in 2021.

By January 2022, activists were protesting on the site. Taking a page out of the old environmentalist activism playbook, they began building shelters in the trees, marking a permanent presence. As was the case with the Antifa activists whom Kyle Rittenhouse shot, most of these people were drifters who came from places other than Atlanta.

Five months later, predictably, the Antifa members became violent. Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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