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Throughout yesterday and the day before, I saw numerous instances of police--ostensibly there to serve and protect--incite violence, commit gratuitous violence against peaceful protestors, and intimidate and harm journalists. A thread to be updated as I can:
Throughout yesterday and the day before, I saw numerous instances of police--ostensibly there to serve and protect--incite violence, commit gratuitous violence against peaceful protestors, and intimidate and harm journalists. A thread to be updated as I can:
A police officer *purposefully* takes the mask of a young Black man's face to spray him with pepper spray at close range: https://twitter.com/Sifill_LDF/status/1266928343141752833
@AliVelshi and his crew were intimidated and ultimately Ali was hit by a rubber bullet or tear gas cannister *while* they were obeying police orders. I watched this in real time. Clip in next tweet. https://twitter.com/AliVelshi/status/1266911534963478532
Police run over protestors: https://twitter.com/AnnaKendrick47/status/1266963846649933824
Police fire tear gas at and intimidate @latimes reporter and group of other media https://twitter.com/mollyhf/status/1266911382613692422
@Slate with a headline that tells the real story. https://twitter.com/SamLMontano/status/1267041261908787200
Police in Louisville aim directly at reporter on camera and later shoot her with pepper spray: https://twitter.com/ChrisBishopL1C4/status/1266546753182056453?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1266546753182056453&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fdeadline.com%2F2020%2F05%2Flouisville-reporter-shot-by-police-during-live-broadcast-1202947275%2F
Shooting at people on their porches: https://twitter.com/tkerssen/status/1266921821653385225
Photographer Linda Tirado shot and permanently blinded in one eye. https://twitter.com/KillerMartinis/status/1266618525600399361
Police fire @CBSNews crew: https://twitter.com/MikeGeorgeCBS/status/1266919447970942986
Cops purposefully knock down elderly man with cane: https://twitter.com/greg_doucette/status/1266885769282584576
Police put their knee on neck of protestor. https://www.rawstory.com/2020/05/seattle-cop-caught-on-video-with-knee-on-neck-of-george-floyd-protestor/
Police gratuitously kick seated protestor https://twitter.com/travisakers/status/1267097331217960973
Police covering their badges everywhere and refusing to show their identification while mayors cover for them: https://twitter.com/AmyRadil/status/1266908397271543808
Sheriff shoots child in the face with rubber bullet https://twitter.com/SadaliaKing/status/1266986561293316096
Police slashed tires: https://twitter.com/andrewkimmel/status/1266987126467461120
A video compilation of *some* instances of police violence. via @JordanUhl https://twitter.com/JordanUhl/status/1266917228752056320
Va. Delegate maced and sprayed with rubber bullets by police: https://potomaclocal.com/2020/05/31/va-delegate-maced-protestors-hit-with-rubber-bullets-at-protest-near-manassas/
Police officer violently throws woman to the ground. https://www.mediaite.com/news/watch-ny-cop-violently-throws-woman-to-ground-then-she-posts-video-from-her-hospital-bed/
US Rep @JoyceBeatty pepper-sprayed by police in Columbus, Ohio. https://www.cleveland.com/open/2020/05/us-rep-joyce-beatty-other-politicians-pepper-sprayed-by-columbus-police-during-protest.html
Police destroy water supplies. https://twitter.com/greg_doucette/status/1266889425298108421
Vice News reporter Michael Anthony Adams shouted nearly a dozen times that he was a member of the media as police in Minneapolis poured out of a van ...
“I don’t care,” said one officer. That’s when an officer hit Adams w/pepper spray. https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/media/journalists-at-several-protests-were-injured-arrested-by-police-while-trying-to-cover-the-story/2020/05/31/bfbc322a-a342-11ea-b619-3f9133bbb482_story.html
“I don’t care,” said one officer. That’s when an officer hit Adams w/pepper spray. https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/media/journalists-at-several-protests-were-injured-arrested-by-police-while-trying-to-cover-the-story/2020/05/31/bfbc322a-a342-11ea-b619-3f9133bbb482_story.html
This from Georgia is terrifying and disgusting. @Georgia_NAACP has since secured the release of these two young people. https://twitter.com/Georgia_NAACP/status/1266952518933905408
