With the exception of one detainee from the Atlanta protests over the weekend, every individual involved in the Antifa “anti-police” riots lives far from Atlanta.
QUICK FACTS:
- As information from the Atlanta Police Department emerges surrounding arrests in the “Cop City” protests from the weekend, it has been revealed that the destructive protests were conducted by individuals who have no personal stake in what happened to the city.
- Five Antifa members arrested for causing chaos were from outside the state of Georgia.
- When Atlanta police identified the six suspects, all but one (Graham Evatt, 20, of Decatur, Georgia) came from out of state: Nadja Geier, 24, of Nashville, Tennessee; Madeleine Feola, 22, of Spokane, Washington; Ivan Ferguson, 23, of Nevada; Francis Carrol, 22, of Kennebunkport, Maine; and Emily Murphy, 37, of Grosse Isle, Michigan.
GEORGIA’S GOV. KEMP ON THE DESTRUCTION IN ATLANTA:
“Violence and unlawful destruction of property are not acts of protest,” Gov. Brian Kemp (R) said on Saturday night. “They are crimes that will not be tolerated in Georgia and will be prosecuted fully.”
BACKGROUND:
- Georgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R) announced on Monday night that she plans to introduce legislation declaring Antifa a domestic terrorist organization.
- “I think, honestly, America is sick and tired of Antifa,” Rep. Greene said on Tucker Carlson’s Fox News’ “Tucker Carlson Tonight.”
- “We need to investigate exactly who they are” and “who funds them,” she said. “That’s why I’m going to introduce legislation to declare Antifa domestic terrorists—because they need to be taken apart.”
