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Police attacking protesters and press without cause tonight in cities around the country. Over and over. https://twitter.com/AliVelshi/status/1266911534963478532">https://twitter.com/AliVelshi...
Reporter attacked by cops, NYC. https://twitter.com/DGisSERIOUS/status/1266922440392945669">https://twitter.com/DGisSERIO...
Cops rush reporters, NYC. https://twitter.com/PLBarghouty/status/1266922618122354690">https://twitter.com/PLBarghou...
Member of congress and city council president pepper sprayed, Columbus. https://www.wric.com/news/rep-joyce-beatty-columbus-city-council-president-hardin-pepper-sprayed-during-protest/">https://www.wric.com/news/rep-...
State legislator sprayed and attacked with flashbang grenade, Virginia. https://twitter.com/carterforva/status/1266926871335272458">https://twitter.com/carterfor...
Reporter beaten by cop with baton for filming arrest, Philadelphia. https://twitter.com/UR_Ninja/status/1266913490301792257">https://twitter.com/UR_Ninja/...
Photojournalist attacked by cops and arrested, Minneapolis. https://twitter.com/jaybeware/status/1266925550242869252">https://twitter.com/jaybeware...
A dozen reporters targeted by cops, teargassed at point-blank range after identifying themselves as journalists, Minneapolis. https://twitter.com/mollyhf/status/1266911382613692422">https://twitter.com/mollyhf/s...
Reporter with visible credentials attacked by cops with pepper shot, Denver. https://twitter.com/travelsaudrey/status/1266931240470446082">https://twitter.com/travelsau...
Journalists targeted by cops, shot with rubber bullets when no protesters were anywhere near them. Minneapolis. https://twitter.com/MikeGeorgeCBS/status/1266916104951214080">https://twitter.com/MikeGeorg...
Police knock an elderly man with a cane to the ground without provocation, Salt Lake City. https://twitter.com/JulianCastro/status/1266929391013109774">https://twitter.com/JulianCas...
Update: HuffPost reporter in NYC mentioned above wasn& #39;t just roughed up by NYPD, he was arrested. https://twitter.com/HuffPost/status/1266934050415095808">https://twitter.com/HuffPost/...
Another journalist arrested in NYC today, detained for six hours. https://twitter.com/keithboykin/status/1266933018570219520">https://twitter.com/keithboyk...
Cops shoot "non-lethal" rounds at people standing on their own front porch, Minneapolis. https://twitter.com/pHorniCaiTe/status/1266935270366162945">https://twitter.com/pHorniCai...
All these are from the last few hours, by the way—I& #39;m only including stuff from today, which means that, for instance, photojournalist @KillerMartinis being permanently blinded in one eye by Minneapolis cops last night isn& #39;t on the list.
Journalist punched by cop after identifying himself as press, Los Angeles. https://twitter.com/ShotOn35mm/status/1266875832569483264">https://twitter.com/ShotOn35m...
Journalists teargassed and (elsewhere in thread) threatened with arrest, Minneapolis. https://twitter.com/AndrewBuncombe/status/1266911003356381184">https://twitter.com/AndrewBun...
Huffpost reporter hit with rubber bullets, Washington, DC. https://twitter.com/Phil_Lewis_/status/1266938209902252043">https://twitter.com/Phil_Lewi...
Cops harass and threaten (yet more) journalists in Minneapolis. (Thread.) https://twitter.com/maggiekb1/status/1266929476862173186">https://twitter.com/maggiekb1...
LAPD shoots up a journalist& #39;s car. https://twitter.com/JordanChariton/status/1266930242477670400">https://twitter.com/JordanCha...
Local television reporter teargassed while about to go on the air, Louisville. https://twitter.com/SaraSideryWDRB/status/1266885032150536199">https://twitter.com/SaraSider...
Yet another reporter targeted by police for violence in Minneapolis. https://twitter.com/mcquillanator/status/1266915485741993996">https://twitter.com/mcquillan...
Reporter teargassed while holding his press pass up, Chicago. https://twitter.com/JCB_Journo/status/1266898345945169922">https://twitter.com/JCB_Journ...
Yet again in Minneapolis—this time cops trained a rifle on reporters, then knocked one down and pepper-sprayed him in the face. (Via @douglasmack) https://twitter.com/MichaelAdams317/status/1266945268567678976">https://twitter.com/MichaelAd...
Local television reporter hit by projectile fired by police just after he finished recording a report, Denver. https://twitter.com/jeremyjojola/status/1266945562957484032">https://twitter.com/jeremyjoj...
Aaaand LAPD assaulted John Cusack while he was riding his bike. https://twitter.com/johncusack/status/1266953514242228229">https://twitter.com/johncusac...
Cops fire beanbag rounds at reporter, just outside San Diego. https://twitter.com/SDUTdyer/status/1266946769117577216">https://twitter.com/SDUTdyer/...
Detroit cops pepper-spray multiple journalists, knock one& #39;s camera out of her hand. https://twitter.com/DetroitReporter/status/1266957225114861568">https://twitter.com/DetroitRe...
Reporter hit by rubber bullet, Los Angeles. https://twitter.com/SamBraslow/status/1266888617936355328">https://twitter.com/SamBraslo...
Apologies to John Cusack—it was Chicago PD, not LAPD, who assaulted him. https://twitter.com/johncusack/status/1266961890422505474">https://twitter.com/johncusac...
Minneapolis cops—AGAIN—fired rubber bullets into a reporter& #39;s car without warning, injuring him. https://twitter.com/RyanFaircloth/status/1266961134751449089">https://twitter.com/RyanFairc...
Here& #39;s a whole thread of Minneapolis cops targeting journalists today, including some that I missed. As appalling as cops across the country have been in going after reporters, Minneapolis PD has been by far the worst. https://twitter.com/AndyRowell/status/1266929335597965312">https://twitter.com/AndyRowel...
