Seattle, WA: police appear to be trying to break the glass window of whatever business this is at 2nd and Pine?
*Pike
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Raleigh, NC: audio from police communication, admitting to using expired tear gas for crowd control
(Multiple reports that expired tear gas converts to cyanide and other lethal chemicals; not a chemist so I'll leave that to y'all to discuss)
(Multiple reports that expired tear gas converts to cyanide and other lethal chemicals; not a chemist so I'll leave that to y'all to discuss)
Boston, MA: multiple police officers beat the everlasting sh*t out of two people for sport, apparently for crossing the street?
https://twitter.com/RimeAndTreason/status/1267268090351489024/video/1
https://twitter.com/RimeAndTreason/status/1267268090351489024/video/1
Dallas, TX: police shoot out the eye of an unarmed black man for sport
This is at least the *4th* person whose eye has been shot out by police in the past 3 days
This is at least the *4th* person whose eye has been shot out by police in the past 3 days
The guy in above was dragged away for the truly heinous crime of walking to his car
https://twitter.com/shapuku/status/1267217544898678785?s=21 https://twitter.com/Shapuku/status/1267217544898678785
https://twitter.com/shapuku/status/1267217544898678785?s=21 https://twitter.com/Shapuku/status/1267217544898678785
Google Doc spreadsheet of the thread so far; includes sortable locality info, URL, video file name, etc https://twitter.com/jasonemiller/status/1267546935470088192
Los Angeles, CA: LAPD sharing a jovial chuckle with a white woman as she spraypaints a building to make it look like it was done by protestors. You can even hear police suggest she write "Floyd" too
[Original on IG @ https://www.instagram.com/p/CA4YEAAlBR3/?igshid=rb8olzdet8ca]
[Original on IG @ https://www.instagram.com/p/CA4YEAAlBR3/?igshid=rb8olzdet8ca]
Austin, TX: Police shoot a pregnant black woman in the abdomen for sport https://twitter.com/jayjanner/status/1267111893753307137
Los Angeles, CA: police shoot a USMC veteran in the head for sport
https://twitter.com/LowkeySinistra/status/1267109420955086848/video/1
https://twitter.com/LowkeySinistra/status/1267109420955086848/video/1
Long Beach, CA: police point a gas canister launcher at folks as a young child sits atop dad's shoulders https://twitter.com/richardgrant88/status/1267523353289474048
Nationwide: a compilation of at least 100 known attacks by police on reporters, compiled by @NiemanLab https://twitter.com/verambergen/status/1267553666770391042
Columbus, OH: police officer peppersprays 2 people in the face as they silently kneel
Then another officer takes their water
Then another officer takes their water
Indianapolis, IN: a half-dozen police repeatedly shoot and club a protestor for sport
https://twitter.com/cassluvslaughs/status/1267281444466036736/video/1
https://twitter.com/cassluvslaughs/status/1267281444466036736/video/1
Des Moines, IA: police teargas and arrest a Des Moines Register reporter so she'll stop tweeting updates
Last tweet from reporter in above before her arrest https://twitter.com/andreamsahouri/status/1267256849344221188
I'm told folks over on Reddit are compiling videos as well, at this link: https://www.reddit.com/r/2020PoliceBrutality/
Philadelphia, PA: police deliberately herd protestors up an embankment against an unclimbable fence – and then repeatedly gas them all for sport
Chicago, IL: nearly a dozen police officers team up to destroy a car and pull at least one of the occupants out by their head
Original poster indicates police stole the car soon thereafter, leaving the driver and another passenger in the lot
Original poster indicates police stole the car soon thereafter, leaving the driver and another passenger in the lot
Denver, CO: casual conversation between a protestor and riot cop
: "Can I ask you what's going to happen at 8? Sir?"
: "What's gonna happen is we're gonna start beating the fuck out of you."
: "Can I ask you what's going to happen at 8? Sir?"
: "What's gonna happen is we're gonna start beating the fuck out of you."
Philadelphia, PA: four cops brutalize and arrest a man
Notice how one cop deliberately put the man's hand on the baton / stick / whatever, just so he could then beat the guy for touching it
Notice how one cop deliberately put the man's hand on the baton / stick / whatever, just so he could then beat the guy for touching it
Denver, CO: DPD no video for this one. DPD conducting an investigation after one of its officers posts an admission on Instagram that police are deliberating instigating riots https://twitter.com/kyleclark/status/1267574072885551106
Los Angeles, CA: LAPD scanner chatter
: "$100 for a n*gger! $50 for a Mexican! Kill 'em all!
: "$100 for a n*gger! $50 for a Mexican! Kill 'em all!
Los Angeles, CA: LAPD beat the sh*t out of well-known actor Kendrick Sampson ( @kendrick38)
Then once they're done beating him, the baton cops back away so another cop can shoot him at close range
Then once they're done beating him, the baton cops back away so another cop can shoot him at close range
Another angle of above
Notice the situation is peaceful – until LAPD decides it's time to get violent
Notice the situation is peaceful – until LAPD decides it's time to get violent
Washington, DC: one cop repeatedly beats the sh*t out of a cameraman with his riot shield, as another beats the reporter next to him with a baton while they flee
Atlanta, GA: police beat the sh*t out of one person, then a male officer breaks away to beat, tackle, and mount the unarmed woman behind him
Richmond, VA: police start using tear gas at peaceful protest near Monument Avenue
Los Angeles, CA: LAPD officers beat the sh*t out of several unarmed peaceful protestors for sport, while other cops in the pack shoot them at close range
Happy 99th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre btw
Different angle of above, showing the officer pushing a woman down with his baton
Philadelphia, PA: all-white vigilante groups now roaming the streets
(We don't have these in Durham NC, because people here shoot back)
https://twitter.com/jpegjoshua/status/1267599264257015816
(We don't have these in Durham NC, because people here shoot back)
https://twitter.com/jpegjoshua/status/1267599264257015816
Richmond, VA: another video where everything was peaceful, it wasn't curfew yet, and police started gassing everyone for sport https://twitter.com/kburnellevans/status/1267603923306717184
The Richmond VA police Twitter account has apologized for the use of tear gas in above
They blame it on their officers' lack of tactical awareness https://twitter.com/richmondpolice/status/1267609063224938499
They blame it on their officers' lack of tactical awareness https://twitter.com/richmondpolice/status/1267609063224938499
First-person view of above
The DC cop punches the camera man first, before hitting him with his shield
The DC cop punches the camera man first, before hitting him with his shield
Sh*t, you're right – thanks!
@jasonemiller: and are different videos of the same incident https://twitter.com/taconuclear/status/1267621386392141827
@jasonemiller: and are different videos of the same incident https://twitter.com/taconuclear/status/1267621386392141827
Little Rock, AR: peaceful protestors, kneeling with hands raised, get blown away by LRPD
2nd follow-up apology re above https://twitter.com/richmondpolice/status/1267633929483411459
Re above, after Louisville KY police and the National Guard summarily executed chef David McAtee, they left his rotting corpse in the street for 12 hours https://twitter.com/aidachavez/status/1267578449482272768
Richmond, VA: no video for this, but a long thread on Richmond police flagrantly violating citizens' constitutional rights
Going to RT the whole thing separate from this thread https://twitter.com/vahn16/status/1267479022457565186
Going to RT the whole thing separate from this thread https://twitter.com/vahn16/status/1267479022457565186
Washington, DC: peaceful protestors try to go home to comply with curfew
Police block them in until after curfew so they can arrest everyone
Police block them in until after curfew so they can arrest everyone
Atlanta, GA: as with above, police and National Guard are blocking people from leaving, forcing them to stay out until after curfew so they can be arrested
Several more videos in the thread https://twitter.com/raiinntweets/status/1267615113953099778
Several more videos in the thread https://twitter.com/raiinntweets/status/1267615113953099778
Omaha, NE: police shoot protestors with pepperballs, kick several repeatedly after tackling them
Pittsburgh, PA: police pepperspray and shoot peaceful unarmed protestors as they chant https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2935858916468885&id=100001344162878&sfnsn=mo&d=n&vh=i
All-white vigilante thug force in posing with Philadelphia police force for Instagram
https://twitter.com/jpegjoshua/status/1267634390496149506
https://twitter.com/jpegjoshua/status/1267634390496149506
Guy who video'd the all-white mob in was severely beaten for recording their parade, heading to the hospital https://twitter.com/antifa_ne/status/1267631674344574976
Guy referenced in prior tweet https://twitter.com/jwehrens/status/1267621976379740170
Different angle of above
Omaha police instantly tackle a reporter when he announces he's media
(Media are excluded from the Omaha curfew)
Omaha police instantly tackle a reporter when he announces he's media
(Media are excluded from the Omaha curfew)
Buffalo, NY: police and National Guard swarm in like Keystone Kops to beat and arrest some people, but then run away as an SUV drives through them and hits at least one officer
Los Angeles, CA: black store owners call the police to get help with looters
So the police arrest the black store owners who asked for help
(The police do not exist to serve and protect you. They exist to maintain our caste system.)
So the police arrest the black store owners who asked for help
(The police do not exist to serve and protect you. They exist to maintain our caste system.)
Washington, DC: borrowing a page from the best authoritarian regimes across the globe – didn't Hosni Mubarak do this in Egypt a few years ago? – the military hovers a helicopter low over a crowd of peaceful protestors as a "show of strength"
Sacramento, CA: police open fire on a peaceful crowd – *before* issuing a dispersal order (you'll hear that near the end) – and one of the first things they do is shoot a non-protesting legal observer (and US Navy veteran) in the face
[FB: https://www.facebook.com/danny.garza.167/videos/10222535335080905/]
[FB: https://www.facebook.com/danny.garza.167/videos/10222535335080905/]
Washington, DC: by now you've probably seen this one on the news, but they decided to gas clergy and other protestors so the Yapping Yam could get a photo op at a church
Riverside, CA: police destroying private property while being filmed live on the nightly news
Seattle, WA: police shoot a teargas canister at a reporter – live on-air as she's reporting
Re above, police indicate the SUV was *not* deliberately targeting them; the occupants had been shot https://twitter.com/aaronbesecker/status/1267666769210114053
Elizabethtown, NC: not a video, but the curfew proclamation for a town in rural North Carolina
Notice the first clause of Section III, outlawing alcohol possession in your home
Just a couple weeks ago, alcohol sales were an "essential service" during COVID lockdowns
Notice the first clause of Section III, outlawing alcohol possession in your home
Just a couple weeks ago, alcohol sales were an "essential service" during COVID lockdowns
(The order is unconstitutional, as many of these will turn out to be. Just sharing because Government overreach seems to be the order of the day, but for some reason it's fine now.)
Seattle, WA: overhead view of Seattle PD pepper-spraying protestors, then indiscriminately firing flash bang grenades deep into the crowd
Another angle on above in Raleigh, where you can see the guy they repeatedly shot was unarmed with his hands out
Atlanta, GA: four police team up to arrest a photographer, as the nightly news broadcasts it