Article originally appeared on www.frontpagemag.com.
During the Black Lives Matter race riots, the violence in each city was misleadingly portrayed as a local phenomenon. In reality, the arrested rioters, whether leftists, racists or looters, were often from other areas.
Riot tourism is something that police discuss, but that rarely breaks into the public conversation.
Now that there’s been another way of leftist violence in Atlanta, the perps are predictably out-of-towners.
Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens said Sunday that most of those responsible for the previous night’s violent protest were not from Georgia. “Most of them traveled into our city to wreak havoc,” Dickens said. “And so, we love to support people when they’re doing right, peaceful protest is a part of our freedoms, but when you are violent, we will make sure that you get held accountable.” Atlanta Police Chief Darin Schierbaum said Saturday night that …
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