Compiling a thread of clear acts of police violence against innocents during the protests over the past 48 hours to show what is clearly a systemic problem. TRIGGER WARNING: some of these are graphic in nature.
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Here are cops in Louisville confiscating and destroying water for protestors: https://twitter.com/nataliealund/status/1266877181164089349
Here's a journalist with @latimes giving her account of Minneapolis State Police firing on a group of reporters at point-blank range and refusing to answer questions about where to go: https://twitter.com/mollyhf/status/1266911382613692422
One woman walking home with her groceries was shot in the face with a pellet by Dallas police. https://twitter.com/KevinRKrause/status/1266898396339675137
Police fired upon people who were standing on their own porch at home. https://twitter.com/tkerssen/status/1266921821653385225
This particular video is graphic. Please do not watch if you're especially vulnerable to PTSD or panic attacks from police violence and harassment. Only posting so others can see this is happening. https://twitter.com/KCJ_Swish/status/1266913464234237954
If you closely, another cop subtly pulls him back. That should piss you off even more. They know itâs wrong in real time and condone it. https://twitter.com/the7goonies/status/1266989439160590336