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Georgia man charged with throwing Molotov cocktail at Atlanta ICE building

The Independent·Via AP news wire·3 days ago
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A 31-year-old Georgia man was charged Friday after he allegedly threw a Molotov cocktail at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in downtown Atlanta .

Inique Hinton, of Douglasville, Georgia, was charged with attempted arson of a federal building and depredation of government property, according to U.S. Attorney Theodore S. Hertzberg.

Security cameras allegedly caught Hinton igniting an item and then throwing it toward the multistory brick building Tuesday night, according to a statement from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia. It hit the fence and caused flames to spread, the statement said.

Investigators later found burned cloth, lighter fluid, a glass bottle and a lighter at the scene, the office said.

Court records don’t list an attorney for Hinton. The U.S.…

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