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Protests in Atlanta lead to violent clashes over the killing of an environmental activist last week
Demonstrators protest the death of an environmental activist, who went by Tortuguita, in Atlanta on Saturday, January 21, 2023

PROTESTS in downtown Atlanta against the police killing of an environmental activist last week led to violent clashes on Saturday night.

Authorities claim that masked, black-clad activists threw rocks and lit fireworks in front of a skyscraper that houses the Atlanta Police Foundation, shattering large glass windows. 

They are then said to have set fire to a police cruiser, smashed more windows and vandalised walls with anti-police graffiti.

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