Atlanta townhome construction site set on fire in attack claimed by far-left extremists

In the latest of a string of arson attacks in what has been part of the far-left, Antifa-linked "Stop Cop City" activist movement, equipment of a construction company that is involved in building Atlanta’s public safety training center was burned while at a town-home construction site. The training center has been dubbed "Cop City" by activists opposed to it.  

The attack on the town-home construction site equipment is one of 80 different violent incidents that have often involved arson attacks against the public safety project.  

A group online claimed responsibility for the attack, citing opposition to the construction of the public safety training center. The attack is part of more than 24 different related arson incidents.  

In a press conference, the Atlanta Fire Rescue Chief Roderick Smith spoke about the attack carried out by the activists.   

Smith commented that the attack had taken place at around 5:30 a.m. on Jan. 26 local time. Fire and rescue as well as Atalanta police responded and went to the scene where equipment of a private construction contractor had been targeted for the arson attack as part of the "Stop Cop City" terror conspiracy.   

The attack did not take place inside the city itself, but rather in the suburbs of Atlanta near family and other private homes.   

The fire chief added, "I need to drive home the point that we are in the communities of the city of Atlanta. We are close to private homes where families live, and we have arson events that are occurring, and this has got to stop."  

Atlanta Police Dept. Chief Darin Schierbaum spoke as well, adding that the arson attack is targeted at the officer training center and is specifically made to destroy investment into public safety.   

Schierbaum went on the add, "There is a reward for up to $200,000 that is in place for information that leads the arrest and the conviction for the arson or arsonists that are at play."  

Recent arrests in the string of attacks on public safety and the police included 23-year-old Seth Brock Spigner, who was arrested in South Carolina after he allegedly set fire to two trucks on Dec. 30.  

At the time, in another press conference, Chief Schierbaum told reporters, "Law enforcement is not going to rest until we have everyone in jail."  

"Soon, the individuals that have been in the dark of night impacting every one of our neighborhoods will be held responsible as we bring these individuals to justice," the chief said.   

Springer had set fire to the trucks as well as spray-painted messages related to the Public Safety Training Center on the vehicles.   

The arson attacks have caused nearly $10 million in damage to the state and similar attacks in Michigan, Minnesota, and New York have been traced back to the "Stop Cop City" movement.