Houston TX: trampling a peaceful protestor with a horse
(If you can't control it in a crowd, you shouldn't be riding it; if you *can* control it, then the trampling was deliberate) https://twitter.com/greg_doucette/status/1266565461937917953
(If you can't control it in a crowd, you shouldn't be riding it; if you *can* control it, then the trampling was deliberate) https://twitter.com/greg_doucette/status/1266565461937917953
New York City, NY: Shoving an unarmed woman to the curb, prompting a seizure that put her in the emergency room
(3 different videos in this same thread with different angles of the assault)
https://twitter.com/greg_doucette/status/12665575093319 https://twitter.com/greg_doucette/status/1266557509331976192
(3 different videos in this same thread with different angles of the assault)
https://twitter.com/greg_doucette/status/12665575093319 https://twitter.com/greg_doucette/status/1266557509331976192
New York City, NY: doing an intentional hit-and-run with a car door to an unarmed protestor standing in the non-vehicular bike lane https://twitter.com/greg_doucette/status/1266568719901372416
New York City, NY: beating a variety of unarmed protestors for sport https://twitter.com/greg_doucette/status/1266574531621195776
Las Vegas, NV: beating a variety of unarmed protestors for sport https://twitter.com/bridgetkbennett/status/1266561128185819136
Fort Wayne, IN: pepper-spraying a variety of unarmed protestors for sport https://twitter.com/greg_doucette/status/1266745200656990208
Minneapolis, MN: pepper-spraying a variety of unarmed protestors for sport https://twitter.com/greg_doucette/status/1266207705863262208
Minneapolis, MN: detonating flashbang grenades in a docile crowd of unarmed protestors for sport
(Note: this was from the first day of protests; the police are firing from the roof of the 3rd Precinct, which is now ash) https://www.facebook.com/1462345700/posts/10220863688809651/?d=n
(Note: this was from the first day of protests; the police are firing from the roof of the 3rd Precinct, which is now ash) https://www.facebook.com/1462345700/posts/10220863688809651/?d=n
Minneapolis, MN: shooting a random protestor in the neck with a rubber bullet, then detonating more flash-bangs
(Note: this was from the first day of protests; the police are firing from the roof of the 3rd Precinct, which is now ash) https://www.facebook.com/1462345700/posts/10220863812572745/?d=n
(Note: this was from the first day of protests; the police are firing from the roof of the 3rd Precinct, which is now ash) https://www.facebook.com/1462345700/posts/10220863812572745/?d=n
Minneapolis, MN: police arresting an identified reporter, live on-air https://twitter.com/greg_doucette/status/1266352623608901634
Denver, CO: police shooting reporters with paintballs, live on-air https://twitter.com/greg_doucette/status/1266576309540487169
Louisville, KY: police shooting reporters with pepperballs, live on-air https://twitter.com/greg_doucette/status/1266557059606163456
Denver, CO: intentionally pepper-spraying anyone recording police brutality, outside the state's capitol grounds
Lincoln, NE: doing a Tiananmen Square with a police SUV through a line of unarmed protestors https://twitter.com/theryanswanigan/status/1266674265635553284
Atlanta, GA: deploying a... kid militia?
This boy looks like he's about 11-12. Outfitted in full riot gear.
This boy looks like he's about 11-12. Outfitted in full riot gear.
(Re above, it's the "Redneck Militia" children )
https://twitter.com/spacebird77/status/1266796179603574786
https://twitter.com/spacebird77/status/1266796179603574786
Minneapolis, MN: police shoot a widely-known reporter in the face for sport, literally blowing apart her left eye https://twitter.com/greg_doucette/status/1266804517858881538
Atlanta, GA: a bike cop picks up his bike and uses it to push over an unarmed protestor for sport https://twitter.com/brittm_tv/status/1266497944796225538
Columbus, OH: police, unprovoked, pepper-spraying a United States Congresswoman and several other elected officials for sport https://twitter.com/krobphoto/status/1266796191469252610
Detroit, MI: an officer charges through a group of other officers to attack a protestor who is backing away (timestamp 0:13-0:17) https://twitter.com/joeguillen/status/1266563974658744321
New York City: NYPD officer (assuming a sergeant or lieutenant since he's in a white shirt?) shoving an unarmed protestor for sport
Video of above in Columbus OH
Looks like the officer throws a protestor to the ground, then another comes in to pepper-spray the Congresswoman and other elected officials https://twitter.com/nbc4i/status/1266779721162948608
Looks like the officer throws a protestor to the ground, then another comes in to pepper-spray the Congresswoman and other elected officials https://twitter.com/nbc4i/status/1266779721162948608
Harrisburg, PA: protestors try to help someone stand up; police wait until the person is halfway up before pepper-spraying the helpers in the face for sport
San Jose, CA: hard to figure out what's going on here – a clearly-amped officer shouts "SHUT UP, BITCH!" to a protestor, then something happens and the police bum-rush everyone
This appears to be the same officer in above, licking his lips in anticipation of getting to shoot civilians
Unhinged https://twitter.com/bowiezamudio/status/1266598285206106113
Unhinged https://twitter.com/bowiezamudio/status/1266598285206106113
Columbus, OH: Unarmed protestors peacefully chanting when officers start randomly pepper-spraying them for sport
Vids 21 and onward appear to be from today, so instead of "past 36 hours" we're in "past 48-60 hours" territory
Keep that in mind as you scroll / RT, because I know police sycophants like to insist "yOu'Re BeInG mIsLeAdInG"
Keep that in mind as you scroll / RT, because I know police sycophants like to insist "yOu'Re BeInG mIsLeAdInG"
Salt Lake City, UT: SWAT unit recorded on the local news attacking a gray-haired old man with a cane, who's minding his own business, and shoving him to the ground https://twitter.com/greg_doucette/status/1266885769282584576
New York City, NY: doing a Tiananmen Square, making sure to accelerate quickly to run over protestors before they can move https://twitter.com/greg_doucette/status/1266903868295778310
Overhead view of above
Minneapolis, MN: police (illegally) demand homeowners go inside instead of filming, then *shoot them on their own porch* when they don't https://twitter.com/greg_doucette/status/1266940018196692995
Raleigh, NC: an hours-long peaceful protest turns violent as police indiscriminately fire teargas into the crowd https://twitter.com/greg_doucette/status/1266951077183868928
Raleigh, NC: pepperballing peaceful and unarmed protestors https://twitter.com/greg_doucette/status/1266960621129601026
Minneapolis, MN: forcing a reporter to the ground, then deliberately pepper-spraying him in the face at close range for sport https://twitter.com/greg_doucette/status/1266957458649595906
Minneapolis, MN: shooting and arresting an unarmed reporter who's trying to comply with police orders https://twitter.com/greg_doucette/status/1266958068807544839
Philadelphia, PA: hitting a reporter and trying to knock down their camera to block them from filming as officers dogpile an unarmed black man https://twitter.com/greg_doucette/status/1266958774713159680
Seattle, WA: police pepper-spray a 10-year-old child for sport
Denver, CO: police caught on camera pushing a reporter into an open fire
Los Angeles, CA: LAPD tackling one unarmed protestor and indiscriminately beating others with their batons
Columbus, OH: pepper-spraying peaceful unarmed protestors as they sit on the ground
New York City, NY: no video for this one, but NYPD arrested a reporter to stop him from covering the protests https://twitter.com/huffpost/status/1266936484692725766
New York City, NY: another without video, but NYPD arrested another reported and kept him in jail for 6 hours
[Arresting someone for blocking traffic that the police had already blocked was tried in Durham back during the Jose Huerta protests too] https://twitter.com/keithboykin/status/1266936136418701317
[Arresting someone for blocking traffic that the police had already blocked was tried in Durham back during the Jose Huerta protests too] https://twitter.com/keithboykin/status/1266936136418701317
Chicago, IL: reporter streaming live on Periscope, holds up his press pass and shouts "PRESS!" – so police pepper-spray him to stop him from broadcasting
The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled there's a 1A right to record public police activity https://twitter.com/jcb_journo/status/1266897672545480706
The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled there's a 1A right to record public police activity https://twitter.com/jcb_journo/status/1266897672545480706
Los Angeles, CA: police attack John Cusack for filming
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals was the first – in 1995, decades ago – that there's a First Amendment-guaranteed right to record public police activity https://twitter.com/johncusack/status/1266953514242228229
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals was the first – in 1995, decades ago – that there's a First Amendment-guaranteed right to record public police activity https://twitter.com/johncusack/status/1266953514242228229
Dallas, TX: police shoot a totally innocent bystander – a woman walking home with her groceries – in the head for sport
Seattle, WA: police arrest a protestor using the same knee-on-neck technique used to murder #GeorgeFloyd
Another protestor yells "GET YOUR FUCKING KNEE OFF HIS NECK" – at which point the *other* officer forcibly moves the first officer's leg
Another protestor yells "GET YOUR FUCKING KNEE OFF HIS NECK" – at which point the *other* officer forcibly moves the first officer's leg
Minneapolis, MN: police threaten to "bake" a reporter for filming them, as he claims journalists are "the problem" https://twitter.com/ur_ninja/status/1267074770576838658
Detroit, MI: police deliberately target a journalist with pepper-spray to prevent him from reporting https://twitter.com/jcreindl/status/1266925170192715782
Cleveland, OH: police beating assorted protestors outside their justice building, including one officer swinging his baton in front of him back and forth like a f*cking moron
Erie, PA: police pepper-spray a peaceful protestor, then kick her over for sport
Minneapolis, MN: police shoot rubber bullets and teargas at a reporter and his crew, as they're broadcasting live on-air
Minneapolis, MN: police deliberately target a CBS crew, shooting the sound engineer with a rubber bullet
"They're sighting us in, dude!"
Notice the reporters are *nowhere near* any protestors or police
"They're sighting us in, dude!"
Notice the reporters are *nowhere near* any protestors or police
New York City, NY: an NYPD officer *removes the mask* from a peaceful protestor, so he could then mace him in the face
New York City, NY: NYPD (Lt? Sgt? White shirt) pins down a medic with his knee, as another officer tries to push back anyone attempting to record
"I'M A MEDIC! I'M A MEDIC!!!"
"I'M A MEDIC! I'M A MEDIC!!!"
Columbus, OH: a peaceful woman stands still holding a sign, quite a distance from police, as another man holds his bike in front of her to shield her
Police shoot her anyway
Police shoot her anyway
New York City, NY: NYPD officer (white shirt, higher rank of some sort) pushes a barricade into protestors, eventually knocks it over because he's a moron, then climbs over it so he can rush into the crowd to beat an unarmed woman
Sacramento, CA: police shoot out a young black boy's eye for sport https://twitter.com/chadloder/status/1267029301389492224
Louisville, KY: forgot to add this one in earlier. Police loot medical supplies, destroys others, as cops push protestors back to stop them from recording
This violates the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution btw https://twitter.com/greg_doucette/status/1266889425298108421
This violates the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution btw https://twitter.com/greg_doucette/status/1266889425298108421
For folks sharing stuff on Facebook, the original compilation (videos through ) is available here: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10107365231528889
The 05/30-31 compilation ( through ) is available here: https://www.facebook.com/greg.doucette/posts/10107365226389189
Feel free to share as you deem appropriate
The 05/30-31 compilation ( through ) is available here: https://www.facebook.com/greg.doucette/posts/10107365226389189
Feel free to share as you deem appropriate
Atlanta, GA: Destroying a young black guy's car and then repeatedly assaulting both occupants (reported to be two local college students trying to get home) https://twitter.com/greg_doucette/status/1267160179923136518
San Antonio, TX: police walking up to shoot a peaceful unarmed protestor in the arm at close range so he'll stop recording
Then shooting him a second time in the leg https://twitter.com/greg_doucette/status/1267153847824285697
Then shooting him a second time in the leg https://twitter.com/greg_doucette/status/1267153847824285697
Denver, CO: police – leaving – do a parting goodbye shot with a pepperball to stop an unarmed protestor from recording https://twitter.com/greg_doucette/status/1267153291638685702
Manassas, VA: Virginia State Police assault an elected member of the state's House of Delegates – the legislative branch responsible for exercising oversight over Executive agencies like the Virginia State Police https://twitter.com/tristanshields/status/1266994214878932993
Fort Wayne, IN: police shoot a tear gas canister at a man's face, blowing out his eye and blinding him
https://twitter.com/notbalin/status/1266972999296704513
https://twitter.com/notbalin/status/1266972999296704513
Denver, CO: non-protestors stuck in traffic get hit by a stray shot from police. The driver gets out, yells at police that there's a pregnant woman in the passenger seat...
...so a bunch of police repeatedly shoot the car
...so a bunch of police repeatedly shoot the car
Richmond, VA: Police fire pepper-spray into a man's 2nd floor apartment to stop him from recording them https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1123349158037544&id=100010874104187
Shorter in-Twitter video of above – and poster notes that the police sprayed random girls before spraying the guy in his apartment https://twitter.com/cwillis_worm/status/1267209188968669188
Austin, TX: police shoot an unarmed pregnant woman, rush over to where she's receiving medical attention – then, after they remove her, start shooting all the other unarmed protestors
Charleston, SC: Armored Personnel Carrier plows into a woman's car in the intersection downtown
San Diego, CA: Police shoot an unarmed protestor between the eyes
(CW: graphic) https://twitter.com/saudiasakari/status/1267134500087062528
(CW: graphic) https://twitter.com/saudiasakari/status/1267134500087062528
Minneapolis, MN: in the tweet above this one, a reporter notes that all of the tires for all the cars in a parking lot have been slashed
Turns out protestors caught the Minneapolis PD and National Guard on camera doing the slashing https://twitter.com/val_ebertz/status/1266975058230235137
Turns out protestors caught the Minneapolis PD and National Guard on camera doing the slashing https://twitter.com/val_ebertz/status/1266975058230235137
La Mesa, CA: police casually start throwing flash-bangs and open fire on unarmed protestors standing still with their hands raised
Las Vegas, NV: police arrest one guy minding his own business walking across the street
And then, to the unarmed non-protestor filming, point and say "You're next! You're next!"
[IG at https://www.instagram.com/p/CA14rooHIC6/ ]
And then, to the unarmed non-protestor filming, point and say "You're next! You're next!"
[IG at https://www.instagram.com/p/CA14rooHIC6/ ]
Cincinnati, OH: police give notice that citizens are living in occupied territory, taking down the American flag outside the Justice Center and replacing it with their own https://twitter.com/p0kes/status/1267230163521191936
Fort Lauderdale, FL: police officer hits an unarmed black woman in the head as she's on her knees on the ground
Long Beach, CA: police intentionally shoot a reporter in the throat
https://twitter.com/AGuzmanLopez/status/1267269781805137920 https://twitter.com/AGuzmanLopez/status/1267269781805137920
https://twitter.com/AGuzmanLopez/status/1267269781805137920 https://twitter.com/AGuzmanLopez/status/1267269781805137920
Los Angeles, CA: LAPD officer quickly drives his SUV into a crowd near Pershing Square, hitting what looks like two protestors, then throws it in reverse and speeds away
New York City, NY: army of NYPD officers rush and attack literally everyone
(Next tweet in original thread below shows the protest was peaceful before this point) https://twitter.com/drivenbyboredom/status/1267263490009546753
(Next tweet in original thread below shows the protest was peaceful before this point) https://twitter.com/drivenbyboredom/status/1267263490009546753
Street level view of above https://twitter.com/argovox/status/1267278811747373056
Grand Rapids, MI: riot cops advance on crowd of unarmed protestors
Closer view of above
Notice no officers wearing bodycams, and badge numbers are covered so no one can be identified
Notice no officers wearing bodycams, and badge numbers are covered so no one can be identified
Grand Rapids, MI: man yells at police from a distance, a police officer walks up and pepper sprays him...
...then another officer shoots him directly in the face with a teargas canister
[IG at https://www.instagram.com/p/CA1-0b8D7i5/ ]
...then another officer shoots him directly in the face with a teargas canister
[IG at https://www.instagram.com/p/CA1-0b8D7i5/ ]
Minneapolis, MN: police responding to a medical emergency – a tanker truck deliberately running over protestors – nonetheless stop to casually pepper-spray folks from the comfort of their SUVs
Murfreesboro, TN: police fire tear gas and flash-bang grenades because yelling protestors hurt their fee-fees https://twitter.com/joe_spears7/status/1267246919673434113
Raleigh, NC: police shoot a protestor in the back as he's walking away, and then tackle him to the ground
Fredericksburg, VA: police escalate and fire tear gas into a peaceful protest
(Several more videos in the thread below) https://twitter.com/dannyklein69/status/1267261377435099142
(Several more videos in the thread below) https://twitter.com/dannyklein69/status/1267261377435099142
Charleston, SC: peaceful protestor, kneeling, talks at length to a phalanx of riot cops...
...so they arrest him
...so they arrest him
Minneapolis, MN: police deliberately shoot at a German news crew, live on-air
Notice the "PRESS" in all-caps on both sides of the reporter's vest
Notice the "PRESS" in all-caps on both sides of the reporter's vest
Kansas City, KS: like above, a man is talking to a line of cops at length and from a distance
So police approach, pepper-spray him, and arrest him
So police approach, pepper-spray him, and arrest him
El Paso, TX: police fire teargas and bullets into peaceful crowd of unarmed protestors
New York City, NY: officer pulls out his service pistol and starts brandishing it at assorted protestors for sport