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Georgia Attorney General assures that Antifa members will be considered domestic terrorists

"This isn't Oregon, we're not Washington, we're not New York or California. If you come here, if you commit violent acts ... we're going to hold you accountable," Chris Carr said.

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Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr said in an interview that he was "confident" that radical left-wing Antifa activists' riots in downtown Atlanta will be charged as "domestic terrorism":

I am confident that the facts will show that these individuals have engaged in domestic terrorism. It provides for a serious punishment and for a longer term if convicted.

Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene endorsed the attorney general's opinion, referring to Antifa members in Atlanta as "domestic terrorists."

Antifa riots in Atlanta

Antifa members took to the streets of Atlanta in what they called a "night of rage." They confronted police, set cars on fire, threw rocks and fireworks in the city and created total chaos. The events took place in "retaliation" for the death of one of its members, Manuel Esteban Páez Terán, 26, after he shot an officer.

Six of the Antifa "terrorists" were arrested. Five of them were from outside Atlanta. Carr commented that the groups were going to Georgia to commit violent crimes.

The "rioters" are not "protesters"

Carr said on local AccessWDUN radio that he will "defend" the right to "peaceful protest." But he assured that people who commit crimes in the city will be "held accountable" for them:

This isn't Oregon, we're not Washington, we're not New York or California. If you come here, if you commit violent acts against our citizens, against law enforcement officers, we're going to hold you acccountable ... I will defend anyone's right -- I firmly believe in the First Amendment and peaceful protest. I will defend it. But protesters use words. Rioters use AR-15s and handguns and throw Molotov cocktails.

This is not the first time that Carr has said that radical leftist groups should be prosecuted. In a tweet last Jan. 21, he criticized the media for referring to the rioters as "protesters."

Carr also said that bail standards are insufficient and commented that "one of the individuals arrested Saturday night" had been captured a month ago by police. However, he was released on bail:

This individual was granted bond. We opposed bond, and he was re-arrested Saturday night. That's an issue. That is a problem. And it's unacceptable, but it goes back to a larger conversation.
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