Two people accused of committing arson during protests of the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center now face federal charges.
“The law does not protect, and the Department of Justice will not tolerate, organized acts of violence or targeted intimidation,” said U.S. Attorney Theodore S. Hertzberg. “Criminal agitators who travel to this district to engage in such conduct will be prosecuted and held accountable, even years after the fact.”
Katie Marie Kloth, of Colorado Springs, Colo. and Tyler John Norman, of Blue Mountain, Wisc., are accused of damaging property belonging to Brasfield & Gorrie, the contractor building the training center, with fire and explosives in an effort to intimidate the company’s employees…