Protests turn violent in Atlanta

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Peaceful protests turned violent over the weekend in Atlanta, Georgia. The demonstrations began after an environmental activist was shot by police. Here’s what we know so far … #news   Producer: Antoniette Meyer   Senior Producer: Amy Daire

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00:00Peaceful protests turned violent in Atlanta, Georgia over the weekend.

00:03This comes after an activist was killed in an alleged gun battle with police while protesting

00:07a proposed police training facility. Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens said,

00:11It was peaceful, but there were some individuals within that crowd that meant violence.

00:16Most of them traveled into our city to wreak havoc.

00:19A total of six people have been arrested and, according to police, only one of them was from

00:23Georgia. The initial protests were a stand against a proposed 85-acre police training compound.

00:28Activists moved into the area of the forest where the facility is set to go up,

00:31in an effort to stop construction. The protests amped up, however,

00:35after 26-year-old activist Manuel Estevan Paez Turan was killed as authorities cleared people

00:40from the site on January 18. According to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation,

00:44someone in a tent fired a gun at the troopers after they gave verbal commands asking the

00:48person inside to exit. Officers returned fire, killing the person inside.

00:52The victim's mother and activists with Defend the Atlanta Forest have challenged this story.

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