Stolen Tanks Video Does Not Involve Protesters, Atlanta PD Says

A viral video showing a group of people surrounding armored vehicles does not involve the Black Lives Matter protests, an Atlanta Police Department spokesperson told Heavy.

On June 5, a video showing the group began circulating on Twitter. Conservative commentator Jon Miller posted the video to his nearly 80,000 followers. Miller wrote, “Oh terrific now the looters in Atlanta have stolen tanks.” Four hours later, Miller tweeted, “Tanks were not stolen. It appears they were rented by a rap group and staged. Apologies for sharing previous video.” Despite the retraction, Miller did not delete the video from his Twitter feed.”

No tanks were stolen from National Guard in Atlanta, they were old British tanks rented by a local hip hop artist to make a music video. pic.twitter.com/agrV4SSWgf

— Rosie memos (@almostjingo) June 6, 2020

Officer Steven Avery of the Public Affairs Unit with the Atlanta Police Department told Heavy that they are aware of the video. Officer Avery said that the video “appears to be a music production.” He also confirmed that the vehicles in the video did not belong to the Atlanta Police Department and that they are no investigating the incident.

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