One of those charged in Sunday’s domestic terrorism attack in Atlanta reportedly happens to be a staff lawyer for Southern Poverty Law Center. SPLC is a leftist civil rights group well known for slandering conservative and Christian nonprofits as “hate groups.”
Tom Jurgens, staff attorney for SPLC was charged with one count of domestic terrorism according to DeKalb County Jail records.
Jurgens is one of many individuals that were arrested and charged after they under false pretense of peaceful protest changed into black clothing and started a violent riot in which 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.
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) March 6, 2023
The FBI has historically used the SPLC as a source for who should be considered domestic terrorists. pic.twitter.com/y5isk5AHaq
According to LinkedIn Jurgens graduated from the University of Georgia School of Law and took a job with SPLC in 2021.
The group who are linked to Antifa engaged in a “Cop City” protest that quickly turned into a violent riot. The protesters/rioters claimed the new training center would propagate militarized policing and harm the environment.
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
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