Protesters damage College Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta

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Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Protesters smashed windows at the College Football Hall of Fame in downtown Atlanta and damaged a Chick-fil-A restaurant next door to the museum.

Some protesters were seen looting the building before several officers arrived to try to maintain order at the $68 million facility, which opened in 2014 to great fanfare after relocating from South Bend, Ind.

Several hurled garbage cans and other objects through the glass exterior of the building, which hosts football watch parties and other major events. Some then rushed inside to grab anything they could.

Nearby, a Georgia Tech police car burned as protesters chanted: “No justice, no peace.”

Read more: https://www.ajc.com/news/state--regional-govt--politics/protesters-damage-college-football-hall-fame-atlanta/p6bUKHwP0R6RaC5dRHM8lI/

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What did the College Football Hall of Fame do to George Floyd, again? Floyd is a former college basketball player, so destroying a repository of college sports memorabilia is basically tantamount to urinating on his grave.

[dware]

1. What did any of the destroyed businesses have to do with the murder of G. Floyd?

This is really getting frightening.

[Steelrolled]

9. I saw a live report last night

and in the background could see this man trying to destroy a trash container. It was built very solidly (as they are in cities after years of experience) and he was not making progress, but keep going at it. It was so surreal - what did that trash container have to do with Floyd?

[Archae]

2. Mindless nihilists, they just want to destroy.

Vandalism goes back to even before the Vandals sacked Rome.

[ancianita]

3. Your missing the point, and I'm not going there.

[GoneOffShore]

11. This about a thousand times.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

4. The "Chick-fil-A" College Football Hall of Fame building.

Tsk, tsk.

[dalton99a]

7. +1

[lithiumbomb]

8. So you approve of the destruction of property in my city?

None of this is warranted.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

10. I've given up and accepted the destruction.

I might as well just laugh about it now, because I'm actually thinking this country is screwed.

The last vestiges of me thinking that Americans could cooperate and fix our problems with politics is pretty much gone. It's clear that many other Americans have no faith in such things, and it can't happen without their help.

I'll still vote for the Democrats in November as always, but I'm not so hopeful anymore.

[Bengus81]

12. We survived 1968, we'll get past this too.........

Probably seemed like the World coming to an end back then too.

[DeminPennswoods]

13. Indeed we well and it did

seem like that.

[rockfordfile]

15. This isn't like 1968. Not even close

[Stallion]

5. This Means War in SEC Country

Better hope they didn't touch Bear Bryant memorial

[msongs]

6. just "protestors" dont worry, be happy nt

[Crowman2009]

14. Probably has something to do with how the NCAA treats black athletes like race horses.

A lot of sports-based universities give black athletes an inadequate education, little to no chance of a pro-career, and if they're injured they get ditched. So I can understand the reason behind that.