Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens on Sunday disputed claims that anti-police riots and protests on Saturday night weren’t violent, saying that charges against six who were arrested will include “domestic terrorism.”
In an interview with CBS News, the Democrat mayor said that Atlanta’s police department “took swift action within two blocks and brought that situation under control” during the unrest.
“The violence stopped, and those six individuals were arrested,” Dickens said. “And it should be noted that these individuals were not Atlanta or Georgia residents. Most of them traveled into our city to wreak havoc. And so, we love to support people when they’re doing right, peaceful protest is a part of the American—our freedoms, but when you are violent, we will make sure that you get held accountable.”…