Metro Detroit Woman Arrested In Atlanta Riot: Sheriff

ATLANTA — A Wayne County woman is in trouble after police said she participated in a group that was throwing bricks at buildings and lighting police vehicles on fire Saturday night in downtown Atlanta.

Emily Murphy, 37, of Grosse Ile, was charged with four felonies (second-degree criminal damage, first-degree arson, interference with government property and domestic terrorism) and four misdemeanors (pedestrian in roadway, willful obstruction of law enforcement officers, riot and unlawful assembly), according to the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office.

Five other people, including a 24-year-old from Nashville; a 22-year-old from Spokane, Washington; a 23-year-old from Nevada; a 20-year-old from Decatur, Georgia; and a 22-year-old from Kennebunkport, Maine, were also arrested in connection to the riots, the sheriff's office said. They all received the same charges as Murphy.

The group was protesting the death of a 26-year-old environmental activist who was fatally shot by police Wednesday after authorities said the activist shot a Georgia state trooper, according to the Associated Press.

Police said the group threw rocks and lit fireworks in front of the Atlanta Police Foundation, as well as shattering large glass windows.

The group also lit a police cruiser on fire, smashed windows and vandalized walls with anti-police graffiti, police said.

"Violence and unlawful destruction of property are not acts of protest," Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp said. "They are crimes that will not be tolerated in Georgia and will be prosecuted fully."