No one was injured, but Schierbaum said a police officer was at the police station at the time and could have died if the arsonists’ flames had spread to the building.
Mazurek was arrested Thursday morning as the government signed search warrants at three local homes that investigators said would possibly involve evidence related to the attacks, officials said. It’s unclear if he has an attorney who can also comment on the fee — Fulton County’s online court records. Lately they are unavailable as a result of a recent attack.
The police chief pledged that more arrests will come and reiterated that a $200,000 reward still stands for information that can help authorities identify those who have committed the various attacks against police vehicles and construction equipment.
A Georgian man has been arrested for setting fire to eight police motorcycles last summer.
Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens said the attacks were carried out by extremists who had no security or law and order.
“They’re chaos,” Dickens said.
Dickens and others say the planned $109 million education center would upgrade insufficient educational facilities and address difficulties in hiring and retaining police officers that worsened after the 2020 nationwide protests against police brutality and racial injustice.
Opponents worry that the facility will lead to further militarization of the police and that its structure will exacerbate environmental damage in a poor, predominantly black area. They hope to force a referendum on the project’s structure, even though it has been locked in a legal battle lately. Sixty-one others were indicted in September on extortion charges in connection with the movement. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP
“You can sing all day long, ‘If you build it, we’re going to burn it down,'” Schierbaum said, referring to a chorus popular among “Stop Cop City” activists. “But if you set fire to police cars, ‘We’re going to track you down and we’re going to arrest you. ‘”