One protester was arrested for disorderly conduct outside the Atlanta City Detention Center on Sunday night. A group of demonstrators have been camping out in front of the facility since Saturday, when thousands gathered there to protested U.S. immigration policy.
Preston Walker was one of dozens of protesters outside the facility overnight.
“We had put up our tarps so that if rain happens we don’t get rained on, and they came in wanting to take that,” Walker said.
An Atlanta Police Department spokesperson confirmed officers tried to take the protesters’ property when they began erecting tents on city property.
The APD says demonstrators fought them, including with bottles of frozen water, a detail protesters deny. Activists say officers were physically aggressive with them.
