Atlanta police charge 23 with domestic terrorism amid ‘Cop City’ week of action

Move follows violent weekend clash at proposed construction site of Georgia police training facility in forest

Atlanta police on Monday charged 23 people with state domestic terrorism charges, a day after officers detained dozens of people following a violent clash at the proposed construction site of what has been dubbed Cop City" - a $90m police and firefighter training center in a forest near Atlanta.

As a week of action" against Cop City" unfolds, the charges amplify alarm from activists and experts that Georgia authorities would rely on charging demonstrators with domestic terrorism as a way to suppress opposition.