One of the Antifa members charged in Sunday’s domestic terrorism attack on a police facility in Atlanta is a staff lawyer for the leftist Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC).
SPLC is a leftist civil rights group well known for smearing conservative and Christian nonprofits as “hate groups.”
According to DeKalb County Jail records, SPLC lawyer Tom Jurgens was charged with one count of domestic terrorism.
Jurgens is one of the dozens of individuals that were arrested and charged over the attack.
The attack was launched under the false pretense of peaceful protest.
After the demonstration started, Antifa militants changed into black clothing and started a violent riot.
Agitators threw rocks Molotov cocktails and fireworks at police and construction equipment at the future site of an Atlanta training facility.
One of the Antifa members arrested on domestic terrorism charges in Atlanta last night is a staff attorney with the Southern Poverty Law Center.
The FBI has historically used the SPLC as a source for who should be considered domestic terrorists. pic.twitter.com/y5isk5AHaq
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) March 6, 2023
According to a LinkedIn profile, Jurgens graduated from the University of Georgia School of Law and took a job with SPLC in 2021.
The group that is linked to Antifa engaged in an anti-police protest that quickly turned into a violent riot.
The rioters claimed the new training center would propagate militarized policing and harm the environment.
They labeled the new facility “Cop City.”
In a statement issued by Atlanta Police, “Officer exercised restraint and used non-lethal enforcement to conduct arrests.”
35 individuals were detained and “multiple pieces of construction equipment” were destroyed by “fire and vandalism.”
More protests are planned in the coming days.
You can read more about the violet attack below:
SPLC issued a statement on the arrest of the staff lawyer:
This is part of a months-long escalation of policing tactics against protesters and observers who oppose the destruction of the Weelaunee Forest to build a police training facility. #STOPCopCity
— Southern Poverty Law Center (@splcenter) March 6, 2023
To read our full statement, please click below. #STOPCopCity https://t.co/i7JfVp1nys
— Southern Poverty Law Center (@splcenter) March 6, 2023
