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39-year-old Marlon Scott Kautz of Atlanta, 30-year-old Savannah Patterson of Savannah, and 42-year-old Adele Maclean of Atlanta were arrested and charged with money laundering and charity fraud. On Tuesday, three people connected to the violent takeover of the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center’s future site were arrested and charged with money laundering and charity fraud. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation announced that alongside the Atlanta Police Department, the three were arrested in connection with an ongoing investigation into the criminal acts undertaken at the site. . . . Kautz, Patterson and Maclean all work for the nonprofit the Atlanta Solidarity...

Investigators on Thursday released the identity of the person who was shot and killed by law enforcement officers who were trying to clear protesters camping at the site of a planned Atlanta-area public safety training center that opponents have dubbed “Cop City.” Manuel Esteban Paez Teran, 26, was shot and killed Wednesday morning, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. Teran was inside a tent in the woods and did not comply with verbal commands from law enforcement officers trying to clear the area, the GBI has said. When Teran shot and injured a state trooper, other law enforcement officers...

The son of a millionaire surgeon has been charged with domestic terrorism for the second time in a month over his role in violent Antifa protests in Atlanta on Saturday. Francis 'Frankie' Carroll, 22, from Kennebunkport, Maine, is one of six people charged after riots over the death of a protester who allegedly shot a police officer. Details also emerged on Monday about the privileged backgrounds of several other rioters - most of whom travelled from their peaceful hometowns outside of Georgia to wreak havoc in the state. A police car was torched and buildings were vandalized on Saturday during...