400 or so people came to Atlanta for a nonviolent protest against Cop City. They held a nonviolence training first. They brought gas masks because they expected the thugs to attack them with violence.

That's exactly what the thugs did. They started attacking as soon as the protesters came close. The thugs also attacked press.

The thug department seems to be run by Putin. Is it perhaps run by a follower of a supporter of Putin? That would be, a follower of the insurrectionist -- a Republican.