Police Fortify Barricades in Atlanta Ahead of Trump's Surrender

A mixture of media, protesters, and Donald Trump supporters gathered near the Fulton County Jail in Atlanta on Thursday, August 24, ahead of the former president’s expected arrival to surrender to authorities.

Trump was indicted on racketeering and conspiracy charges after prosecutors alleged the former president and his allies “willfully joined a conspiracy to unlawfully change the outcome of the election in favor of Trump.”

Several Trump associates, including Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell, were booked on Wednesday and had their mugshots taken.

The former president said on Truth Social that he would surrender in Atlanta at 7:30 pm on Thursday.

Footage taken by Brendan Gutenschwager shows officials filling barricades with water to fortify them near the Fulton County Jail in Atlanta on Thursday. Credit: Brendan Gutenschwager via Storyful

Video Transcript

- [INAUDIBLE] got locked up the last time he was messing with my uncle.

- Drink the Kool-Aid.

[INTERPOSING VOICES]

- Keep drinking the Kool-Aid. Keep drinking the Kool-Aid. Keep drinking the Kool-Aid. America. America, don't drink the Kool-Aid.

America, don't drink the Kool-Aid. Who wants some Kool-Aid? Step right up. For those of you who believe that he won the election, here's the Kool-Aid.

Here's the Kool-Aid for you. Keep drinking the Kool-Aid. Jim Jones. Jim Jones.

- Don't listen to--

- Donald Trump, the next Jim Jones. Donald Trump, the next Jim Jones.

- This your bag?

- Don't drink the Kool-Aid. Don't drink the Kool-Aid. All the Trump supporters, the MAGAs that believe in the lie, are drinking the Kool-Aid.

- Look at all this pressure getting over. Don't drink the Kool-Aid.

- Keep drinking the Kool-Aid. America, don't drink the Kool-Aid.

- America first.

- Don't drink the Kool-Aid.

- Don't fall for foreign interests.

- Jim Jones.

- Vote for Trump 2024.

- Donald Trump, the next Jim Jones, a cult leader that has all these zombies that believe in the lie. Keep believing. Keep drinking the Kool-Aid. Go drink the Kool-Aid.

I got the rat club dot on here.

- You are a rat.

- Yeah, I am a rat. I'm just like my boy, Donald Trump. OK? A big rat from New York.

- This guy's a total loser.

- Yeah.

- We've got hordes of people over there. You're not covering--

- You've been here for quite a while. I think you said 12 worlds.

- It's very dishonest, and we've got lots of people. Trump supporters--

- OK. That was scene two, Jim Jones. Jim Jones was scene two.

- Jim Jones. Jim Jones. Bullshit.

- In closing of the circus--

- Donald Trump is nothing like Jim Jones. You don't know anything about Jim Jones.

- The world's greatest show.

- Obviously, the--

- [INAUDIBLE]

- Where's the barricades?

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

- [INAUDIBLE]

- All right. Stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

- We'll be there [INAUDIBLE].

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]