'If you love our city, go home': Atlanta mayor condemns protests outside CNN building
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Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms urged protesters to "go home" after some shattered the glass entrance to the local headquarters of CNN, which also houses a police precinct.The mayor urged residents to vote "if you want change in America."Claiming protesters were dishonoring the life of George Floyd and violating "the spirit of Martin Luther King Jr.
Videos captured by local media also showed some protesters jumping on and throwing objects at police cars.The protests began as a response to the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis on Monday."If you love our city, go home," she added.
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