A thread on how NYPD broke up tonight's protest in Flatbush, Brooklyn.

You'll see:

— Forceful treatment of protesters & press who were already following orders to "move back"
— Multiple NYPD tackling a seriously injured person
— The aftermath of teargas

It started like this:

She was shoved into an MTA bus multiple times—then had a message for the NYPD:

"Beat me. You wanna beat me so bad? Beat me, bitch. I'm finna die for my people."

Was intro’d to the phenomena of cops pushing you *directly into* other cops—so *they* would get mad and rough you up in turn.

I've seen this in other vids. 1st time IRL.

I laugh a bit afterwards not ideal response! But in the moment, was exasperated at how obvious it all was

Backstory:

When I first arrived, saw a cameraguy in bad pain. Said his foot is broken & phone is dead. Lives nearby w wife & 2 kids.

Lent him my charger, he calls a friend. I supported his full body weight to help him to a pickup spot & left.

Thought that was it. 20 min later:

What gets me about that situation is the first officer I speak with *understands* me. He backs off.

Listen to him: "Oh oh oh..." Great!

But more officers rush in—batons in hand—and shove the guy off barrier & kick it from under him. He shrieks in pain. His name is Allen.

If you made it to the end of the last clip, you've been introduced to this woman who seems to have been tear-gassed.

People try water spraying her face with water. It doesn't help.

She needs milk of magnesia to quell the burning.

This guy, James, happened to be riding his bike home from a date. (Remember those?)

He was at a protest last night, and was prepared: he had milk of magnesia in his backpack.

Please watch till the end of this clip, though, to see the care and compassion of her friend.

Damn.