Grinning goons of Antifa: Twenty-three domestic terrorists - including attorney for Southern Poverty Law Center - are charged after storming and torching Atlanta's 'Cop City' Training Facility
Marjorie Taylor Greene launches bill to designate Antifa as a 'terrorist organization'
Antifa protesters in Atlanta had called for a 'Night of Rage'
The woke, spoiled children trying to set fire to Atlanta: Maine millionaire's son, award-winning clarinetist, trans nonbinary activist and the middle-class vegan all arrested for domestic terrorism during Antifa riots
- Thomas Webb Jurgens, 28, an attorney for the SPLC was charged after rioters clashed with police in Atlanta on Sunday
- He's one of 23 suspected Antifa 'terrorists' charged over riots at the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center site, dubbed 'Cop City' by activists
- Many suspects are from outside of the state - including two from France and Canada. Police were targeted with Molotov cocktails by the mask-clad mob
- Antifa rioters broke into a police safety training construction site Sunday and set fire to equipment
- The demonstrators, 35 of which were arrested, were wearing black, camouflage and ski masks and wielding Molotov cocktails
- The rioters threw rocks and sticks at police on the scene
A suspected Antifa activist charged with domestic terrorism over riots in Atlanta is an attorney for the hard-left Southern Poverty Law Center.
Thomas Webb Jurgens, 28, is one of 23 people who were detained after violent clashes between police and protesters at the construction site for the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center. Others include serial protesters, a former school teacher and a young dancer who recently turned to activism.
Fireworks and Molotov cocktails were used to attack police and destroy construction equipment and machinery during the riots on Sunday. Activists have spent months staging demonstrations against the police facility which they dub 'Cop City'.
Jurgens joined the SPLC in September 2021 and worked on its Economic Justice Project, according to his LinkedIn page. He has also worked as an assistant public defender and a legal intern at a US attorney's office in Florida. The Florida Bar's website lists him as a current SPLC lawyer.
The LinkedIn page includes a professional photo of Jurgens with neatly-styled hair and a suit and tie. The picture is a marked contrast to the mugshot released by police on Monday that shows him sullen-faced in a green sweater with long, unkempt hair and stubble.
Thomas Webb Jurgens, 28, an attorney for the hard-left Southern Poverty Law Center, is one of 23 people who were detained after violent clashes between police and protesters at the construction site for the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center. Left: his professional LinkedIn picture, right: Jurgens' police mugshot
The 23 Antifa 'terrorists' who were arrested after violent clashes at the construction site for a police training facility in Atlanta dubbed 'Cop City'
Jurgens' social media profile also details an impressive academic career, which included a term at the prestigious University of Oxford, in England, and a Juris Doctor from the University of Georgia School of Law.
The Southern Poverty Law Center is a social justice organization which describes its goals as to 'dismantle white supremacy, strengthen intersectional movements, and advance the human rights of all people'. Republican activists claim the SPLC is a 'radical' left-wing and 'anti-Christian' organization.
Jurgens and 22 other activists from as far away as France and Canada have now been charged with domestic terrorism after the riots at the police training facility.
Another, Timothy Bilodeau is a former teacher at Acera, the Massachusetts Schools Science, Creativity and Leadership. His LinkedIn profile lists him as a teacher of engineering, although a spokesman for the school told DailyMail.com he left his position before the beginning of the 2022-2023 school year.
In a gushing biography for himself, Bilodeau, 25, writes: 'I'm not just a musician or an engineer. I'm an aficionado of learning in all forms.'
Bilodeau also has a degree in mechanical engineering from Northeastern University.
Ehret Nottingham, 22, is a serial activist who has also taken a central role in pro-abortion and fair wage rallies.
In a interview in June 2020, while studying political science at Colorado State University, Nottingham said he 'became an activist' in 2018.
Timothy Bilodeau is a former teacher at Acera, the Massachusetts Schools Science, Creativity and Leadership. He describes himself as 'an aficionado of learning in all forms'. Bilodeau is charged with domestic terrorism
Ehret Nottingham, 22, is a serial activist who has also taken a central role in pro-abortion and fair wage rallies. He says he 'became an activist' in 2018
He described himself as a climate activist who was also involved in Black Lives Matter protests. He said he has a 'whole lot of privilege and a whole lot of ability to affect the world'.
'The role in my future that I hope to achieve is to be an advocate and the platform I have to make change,' said Nottingham. He said he met 'most of my activist friends' through Instagram.
James Mariscano, 29, whose surname also appears as Mariscana in police statements, is a known Antifa activist who has been arrested previously.
In June 2020, Mariscano was arrested in Charlotte, North Carolina, for assaulting a law enforcement officer. He was also charged with disorderly conduct and resisting a public offer after initially fleeing arrest.
Emma Bogush, who also uses the name Bo, was a keen dancer who performed regularly before she turned to activism.
The 24-year-old’s Facebook page includes many photos with her dance teams, and lists vacations to London and Stonehenge in the UK.
Atlanta Police Department released details of the suspects on Monday. The individuals are mostly men and women from outside of Georgia , indicating a concerted effort to bring in outside help for the action.
A statement from Atlanta PD said: 'On March 5, 2023, a group of violent agitators used the cover of a peaceful protest of the proposed Atlanta Public Safety Training Center to conduct a coordinated attack on construction equipment and police officers.
James Mariscano, 29, is a known Antifa activist who has previously been arrested for assaulting a law enforcement officer
Emma Bogush, who also uses the name Bo, was a keen dancer who performed regularly before she turned to activism.
'They changed into black clothing and entered the construction area and began to throw large rocks, bricks, Molotov cocktails, and fireworks at police officers.
'The agitators destroyed multiple pieces of construction equipment by fire and vandalism. Multiple law enforcement agencies deployed to the area and detained several people committing illegal activity.'
Police said 35 'agitators' were detained. It wasn't immediately clear whether the remaining 12 also face charges.
Police added: 'The illegal actions of the agitators could have resulted in bodily harm. Officers exercised restraint and used non-lethal enforcement to conduct arrests.
Marjorie Taylor Greene is introducing a bill Tuesday that would officially designate Antifa as a terrorist organization after the far-left group attacked the Georgia construction site of a law enforcement public safety training center with Molotov cocktails.
It comes after the Atlanta Police Department released footage over the weekend of Antifa rioters trashing the construction site of a future cops safety training center. Antifa rioters fled after setting construction vehicles on fire with Molotov cocktails Sunday night
In the aftermath of the latest attack, conservative firebrand Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green (R-Georgia), colloquially known by her initials MTG, tore into Antifa for the attack in her home state.
'Antifa attacked the Atlanta future Public Safety Training Facility. This is domestic terrorism,' she insisted on Twitter on Sunday evening.
'It was planned for weeks and announced on social media,' MTG added. 'Antifa are self-proclaimed communists and consistently organize to attack our government over and over again.'
'They should be taken seriously and not tolerated anymore.'
During the multi-agency operation, GBI said approximately 25 campsites were located and removed from the site. Seven others were arrested and charged with domestic terrorism and criminal trespass, with additional charges pending (pictured)
Rioters threw sticks and rocks at police and wielded Molotov cocktails, launching them at the construction site and setting equipment and vehicles ablaze
The rioters donned all black or camouflage cloths with ski masks as they carried riot shields
The charred remains of a police vehicle on the scene pictured
Protesters set fire to a police surveillance tower at the site
protesters, dressed all in black, threw rocks at a building that houses the Atlanta Police Foundation
Members of Antifa were arrested Tuesday in Atlanta
Serena Hertel was charged with criminal trespass, domestic terrorism, aggravated assault, obstruction, and inciting a riot
Arieon Robinson (left) was charged with criminal trespass, obstruction, and domestic terrorism while Leonard Vioselle (right) was charged with criminal trespass, domestic terrorism, and possession of tools of the crime
Nicholas Olsen (left) was charged with domestic terrorism, aggravated assault, interference with government property and obstruction. Francis Carroll (right) was charged with criminal trespass, domestic terrorism, aggravated assault, felony obstruction, interference with government property, and possession of tools for the commission of the crime
Two houses that were under construction in the vicinity of the protest were burnt out by the terrorists
A burnt out truck at the scene, antifas were arrested for arson among other crimes
Congressional Democrat Leader Katherine Clark's "daughter" Jared 'Riley' Dowell was arrested at an Antifa riot in January. Pictured: Clark and Dowell in 2016
Dowell, 23, was charged with Assault by Means of a Dangerous Weapon, Destruction or Injury of Personal Property and Damage of Property by Graffiti. Pictured: Clark and Dowell in 2018
Earlier Clark spoke out about extremism in politics while pointing fingers at the GOP
Francis 'Frankie' Carroll, 22, from Kennebunkport, Maine, is one of the people charged. Carroll, who grew up in a mansion in a luxurious beach town, was previously charged with domestic terrorism in December for his role in violent protests at the site of the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center
From left to right: Nadja Geier; Madeleine Feola - the trans non-binary activist who uses the name Henri is from the wealthy suburb of Happy Valley in Portland; and Ivan Ferguson - a classically-trained clarinetist who studied at the prestigious San Francisco Conservatory of Music
Graham Evatt from Georgia and Emily Murphy - a vegan activist
An abandoned antifa campsite
Antifa urged protesters to bring knives, pipes, kerosene and lighters to riots
Portland booking photos of antifas clockwise, starting upper left) Nicole Aria Rose, Austin N. Nuchraska, Jean V. Paris, Kaiave Douvia, Darrell A. Kimberlin, Davis Alan Beeman, Alyssa Hartley Davis and Kyle Romstad
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