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12 mins ago
Mayor of Atlanta: "This is not a protest ... this is chaos"
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms was visibly angry at a press conference during the Atlanta protests on Friday, telling protesters to "go home" after they became violent and a police officer was injured.
"What I see happening on the streets of Atlanta is not Atlanta. This is not a protest, this is not in the spirit of Martin Luther King, Jr. This is chaos. A protest has a purpose. When Dr. King was killed, we did not do this to our city, "he said. "If you want change in the United States, go and register to vote ... that's the change we need in this country."
He added: "If you care about this city, go home."
1 hour ago
Smoke bomb launched against officers and a person detained inside the CNN Center
A smoke bomb appears to have been thrown at the police among various other objects while they were standing inside the CNN Center, according to a video by CNN's Nick Valencia and Kevin Conlon's team.
A group of protesters stands outside the entrance on Marietta Street as police continue to throw objects at them.
The police arrested one person and put what appeared to be a zip tie around his wrists.
The Atlanta Police Department has a compound within the CNN Center.
1 hour ago
Agent hit by an object inside the CNN Center
An agent was hit by an unknown object and is in the CNN Center, according to CNN's Nick Valencia and Kevin Conlon, who are inside the stairwell at the entrance to the building.
The crowd entered behind the police when tensions between protesters and police spilled outside the CNN Center.
On the side of the building on Marietta Street, police are arresting protesters who have broken doors and windows and continue to throw objects.
Currently, the police inside the building are in a confrontation with protesters gathered on the sidewalk along Marietta Street.
1 hour ago
Police issue orders to disperse large crowd in front of CNN headquarters in Atlanta
(Alyssa Pointer / Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)
Police are issuing orders to disperse a large group of protesters outside the CNN Center in Atlanta, Georgia.
Large numbers of helmeted police officers are creating a blockade. They confront protesters with posters.
In a video taken by CNN, officers were seen handing out cuff straps.
