‘Stop Cop City’ claims responsibility for arson to Atlanta police car, chief says

Atlanta police say someone has stepped forward to claim responsibility for setting fire to a patrol car early Saturday morning.

Atlanta Police Chief Darin Schierbaum led a press conference on Saturday and revealed that members of “Defend the Atlanta Forest,” commonly called “Stop Cop City” took responsibility for the arson.

The car was found in the 300 block of Greendale Drive in Lakewood Heights just before 4 a.m.

Just two days earlier, an Atlanta man was arrested in connection to a series of arson attacks. That suspect was identified as 30-year-old John Robert Mazurek. He was charged with first-degree arson.

Read more: Fox 5 Atlanta