APD concerned over suspected arson attack tied to ‘Cop City’ protests

Police say an overnight fire at a construction site in southeast Atlanta is believed to be the latest act of arson connected to protests against the city’s planned public safety training center.

The fire broke out around 2 a.m. at the site on the 2000 block of Memorial Drive. It has since been put out.

FOX 5 cameras saw multiple Atlanta police officers, GBI agents, agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms examining construction equipment that had suffered fire damage.

Speaking hours after the fire, Atlanta Police Chief Darin Schierbaum said two people entered the site around 2 a.m. and used three incendiary devices to set two pieces of equipment on fire.

Read more: FOX 5 Atlanta