The six accused domestic terrorists arrested when anti-police protests turned into violence Saturday night in downtown Atlanta were seen smiling or stone-faced in their booking photos.
The Atlanta Police Department identified the six suspects, all of whom came from outside of Georgia, to Fox News Digital on Sunday afternoon. They are Nadja Geier, 24, of Nashville, Tennessee; Madeleine Feola, 22, of Spokane, Wash.; Ivan Ferguson, 23, of Nevada; Graham Evatt, 20, of Decatur, Ga.; Francis Carrol, 22, of Kennebunkport, Maine; and Emily Murphy, 37, of Grosse Isle, Michigan.
The six each face eight counts of misdemeanors and felonies.
The misdemeanor charges are pedestrians on a highway, willful obstruction of a law enforcement officer, riot, and unlawful assembly. They each also face felony charges of second degree criminal damage, first degree arson, interference with government property and domestic terrorism.
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The Daily Mail reported that a person with the same name, age and hometown as Carrol was one of five suspects arrested last month on domestic terrorism and other charges in the self-proclaimed autonomous zone at the site of the Public Safety Training Center in Atlanta.
Fox News Digital obtained six mugshots of the people charged with domestic terrorism and other crimes for the riots in downtown Atlanta overnight. They are from left to right: Nadja Geier, 24, of Nashville, Tennessee; Madeleine Feola, 22, of Spokane, Wash.; Ivan Ferguson, 23, of Nevada; Graham Evatt, 20, of Decatur, Ga.; Francis Carrol, 22, of Kennebunkport, Maine; and Emily Murphy, 37, of Grosse Isle, Michigan.
(Atlanta Police Department)
The Atlanta Police Department did not address a question from Fox News Digital about why or how Carrol was released from prison in December.
Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens said he will not tolerate violence or destruction of property.
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In December, The Mail also reported that Carrol was the son of a millionaire surgeon from Maine who grew up in one of the most luxurious seaside towns on the East Coast, home to the George Bush family compound.
Atlanta Police Department SUV on fire.
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On Sunday, Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens appeared on CBS News berating those who say the anti-police riots seen overnight in his city were not violent, noting how the suspects had explosives, burned a police car and broke windows or businesses. Dickens stopped short of claiming the protesters were part of a particular organization, such as Black Lives Matter or Antifa, but he did promise domestic terrorism charges and ensured that anyone provoking violence is “accountable.”
Burning police cars in Atlanta, Georgia on Saturday, January 21, 2023.
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The protests on Saturday were in response to the death of environmental activist Manuel Esteban Páez Terán, 26, who was shot and killed by the Georgia State Patrol.
Terán reportedly called himself Tortuguita, identified as non-binary, and used they/it pronouns. Authorities said Teran first shot and wounded a police officer tasked with evicting protesters from the construction site of a new public safety training center dubbed “Cop City” by activists.
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State officers reportedly returned fire, but authorities said there was no body camera video of the shooting, sparking the chaotic demonstrations overnight.
Dickens, a Democrat, defended the public safety training center, arguing that the building is meant to answer calls from the 2020 protests to better train police officers and firefighters. But, the mayor argued, the activists who remain at the construction site “don’t want to see anything built that supports the police.”
