The Atlanta Police Department said 35 people had been detained.
Hundreds of people attended, but a group broke off from the concert to start a protest, WSB-TV reported, citing witnesses.
A group called Defend the Atlanta Forest said police converged on an area away from the construction site where the festival was being held to make arrests. Law enforcement drive past the planned site of a police training facility that activists have nicknamed"Cop City," following the first raid since the death of environmental activist Manuel Teran near Atlanta, Georgia, on February 6, 2023.The Atlanta Solidarity Fund, which supports people arrested at protests, tweeted that police"seem to be lashing out at anyone present at the music festival.
Indiscriminate police violence tonight against Stop Cop City festival-goers. Police seem to be lashing out at anyone present at the music festival. Music is not a crime, protest is not a crime. The first amendment doesn't go away when a single person sets a fire.Police said that the"illegal actions of the agitators could have resulted in bodily harm. Officers exercised restraint and used non-lethal enforcement to conduct arrests.
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