4️⃣5️⃣ Erie, PA: police pepper-spray a peaceful protestor, then kick her over for sport
4️⃣6️⃣ Minneapolis, MN: police shoot rubber bullets and teargas at a reporter and his crew, as they're broadcasting live on-air
4️⃣7️⃣ 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
4️⃣8️⃣ New York City, NY: an NYPD officer *removes the mask* from a peaceful protestor, so he could then mace him in the face
4️⃣9️⃣ 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!!!"
5️⃣0️⃣ 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
5️⃣1️⃣ 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
5️⃣2️⃣ Sacramento, CA: police shoot out a young black boy's eye for sport https://twitter.com/chadloder/status/1267029301389492224
5️⃣3️⃣ 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
For folks sharing stuff on Facebook, the original compilation (videos 1️⃣ through 2️⃣1️⃣) is available here: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10107365231528889

The 05/30-31 compilation (2️⃣2️⃣ through 5️⃣3️⃣) is available here: https://www.facebook.com/greg.doucette/posts/10107365226389189

Feel free to share as you deem appropriate
5️⃣4️⃣ 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
5️⃣5️⃣ 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
5️⃣6️⃣ 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
5️⃣7️⃣ 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
5️⃣8️⃣ 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
5️⃣9️⃣ 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
Shorter in-Twitter video of 6️⃣0️⃣ above – and poster notes that the police sprayed random girls before spraying the guy in his apartment https://twitter.com/cwillis_worm/status/1267209188968669188
6️⃣1️⃣ 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
6️⃣2️⃣ Charleston, SC: Armored Personnel Carrier plows into a woman's car in the intersection downtown
6️⃣3️⃣ San Diego, CA: Police shoot an unarmed protestor between the eyes

(CW: graphic) https://twitter.com/saudiasakari/status/1267134500087062528
6️⃣4️⃣ 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
6️⃣5️⃣ La Mesa, CA: police casually start throwing flash-bangs and open fire on unarmed protestors standing still with their hands raised
6️⃣6️⃣ 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/ ]
6️⃣7️⃣ 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
6️⃣8️⃣ Fort Lauderdale, FL: police officer hits an unarmed black woman in the head as she's on her knees on the ground
6️⃣9️⃣ Long Beach, CA: police intentionally shoot a reporter in the throat

https://twitter.com/AGuzmanLopez/status/1267269781805137920 https://twitter.com/aguzmanlopez/status/1267269781805137920
7️⃣0️⃣ 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
7️⃣1️⃣ 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
Street level view of 7️⃣0️⃣ above https://twitter.com/argovox/status/1267278811747373056
7️⃣2️⃣ Grand Rapids, MI: riot cops advance on crowd of unarmed protestors
Closer view of 7️⃣2️⃣ above

Notice no officers wearing bodycams, and badge numbers are covered so no one can be identified
7️⃣3️⃣ 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/ ]
7️⃣4️⃣ 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
7️⃣5️⃣ Murfreesboro, TN: police fire tear gas and flash-bang grenades because yelling protestors hurt their fee-fees https://twitter.com/joe_spears7/status/1267246919673434113
7️⃣6️⃣ Raleigh, NC: police shoot a protestor in the back as he's walking away, and then tackle him to the ground
7️⃣7️⃣ 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
7️⃣8️⃣ Charleston, SC: peaceful protestor, kneeling, talks at length to a phalanx of riot cops...

...so they arrest him
7️⃣9️⃣ 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
8️⃣0️⃣ Kansas City, KS: like 7️⃣8️⃣ 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
8️⃣1️⃣ El Paso, TX: police fire teargas and bullets into peaceful crowd of unarmed protestors
8️⃣2️⃣ New York City, NY: officer pulls out his service pistol and starts brandishing it at assorted protestors for sport
8️⃣3️⃣ Boston, MA: police... seem to be bashing out the windshield of their own patrol car?

No clue what's going on here tbh

https://twitter.com/HongPong/status/1267308401211645953 https://twitter.com/hongpong/status/1267308401211645953
8️⃣4️⃣ San Francisco, CA: man in light-colored jacket backs away from a police vehicle onto the sidewalk, pulls out his mobile phone to record...

...and is shoved by a police officer back into the path of the vehicle
8️⃣5️⃣ Jacksonville, FL: on the right side of the screen, looks like a protestor just milling about gets tackled from behind and arrested
8️⃣6️⃣ Richmond, VA: no video, just police deliberately targeting badged journalists so they'll stop reporting

(The "badge," like in most states, is a press credential issued *in coordination with* police; the VA Press Assoc coordinates w/ VA State Police) https://twitter.com/byrobertor/status/1267264167314182144
8️⃣7️⃣ Los Angeles, CA: LAPD shoots a man *in his own apartment* recording from his upstairs balcony
8️⃣8️⃣ Seattle, WA: SPD bike cop crashes into the back of a peaceful unarmed marcher, so other police swarm to arrest the marcher for some reason
8️⃣9️⃣ Seattle, WA: same technique as 8️⃣8️⃣ above – bike cop deliberately tries to "pass" where there's clearly not enough room, so he can then make contact and put a protestor into a headlock
9️⃣0️⃣ Seattle, WA: as protestors shout about the guy getting arrested after a bike cop deliberately crashed in to him, SPD starts indiscriminately firing tear gas into the crowd
9️⃣1️⃣ Seattle, WA: police form a line to force protestors into a tight group against a wall ("kettling"), so they can then repeatedly pepper-spray them without anyone being able to leave

[Vid is on "slo mo" iPhone setting; normal speed a few seconds in]
9️⃣2️⃣ Richmond, VA: officers swarm a car with guns drawn when a woman steps out

She's a reporter so they let her continue, but this conduct is wholly unacceptable for regular people too
9️⃣3️⃣ Richmond, VA: police on the hunt with rifles, briefly pointing one at the woman recording
9️⃣4️⃣ Columbus, OH: police posing for the Gram, to show everyone what brave big-🍆 commando warrior peace servants they are https://twitter.com/eniodajko/status/1267282776794988544
Should be obvious from the thread, but we're in the 5/31 date range

Didn't expect this thread to get this long when I tweeted "past 36 hours" 48 hours ago 😑
9️⃣5️⃣ Columbus, OH: woman is peacefully walking away down the sidewalk

So an officer randomly pepper-sprays her from behind
9️⃣6️⃣ Detroit, MI: police officer yells at and pushes a man who is walking away from him, when a second cop swoops in and shoves the man to the ground, before a third cop sprays the now-helpless-on-the-ground man in the face with OC spray
9️⃣7️⃣ Fort Lauderdale, FL: white male cop flexing his Big Boy muscles pushes a kneeling black woman down to the ground

Then a black female cop pulls him aside and starts yelling at him
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