Two days ago, LA County Sheriff’s deputies pulled up to a shop without being called, shot an unarmed 18 year-old student working there in the back 7 times, broke all the security cameras, took the DVR, and then got a warrant for it after the fact.

His name was Andrés Guardado. https://twitter.com/el_tragon_de_LA/status/1274118743661047808">https://twitter.com/el_tragon...
TULSA, today: A woman wearing an “I Can’t Breathe” shirt is refused entry to the Trump rally despite having purchased a ticket, then forcibly arrested by @TulsaPolice for “trespassing”.

The BoK Center is owned by the City of Tulsa and is public property.
“[T]he possibility of disorder by others cannot justify exclusion of persons from a place if they otherwise have a constitutional right (founded upon the equal protection clause) to be present.” — Wright v. Georgia (1963), unanimous Supreme Court decision https://twitter.com/chadloder/status/1274398945981067264">https://twitter.com/chadloder...
FORT WAYNE, 14-Jun: A small group of protestors are legally and peacefully standing on a sidewalk.

@FortWaynePolice SWAT pull up in an armored vehicle, threaten arrest, then violently chase them, firing rubber bullets while shocked restaurant patrons flee.

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="📸" title="Kamera mit Blitz" aria-label="Emoji: Kamera mit Blitz">TikTok:shaygene100
THOUSAND OAKS, 13-Jun: A #BlackLivesMatter https://abs.twimg.com/hashflags... draggable="false" alt=""> sign was vandalized on at least 3 separate occasions, including by a sheriff’s office employee AND a district attorney’s office employee.

The sheriff’s employee, Darrin Stone, is a service technician at the Pre-Trial Detention Facility.
RICHMOND, 20-Jun: An off-duty police officer carrying a firearm was arrested for trespassing after witnesses saw a man staking out a position on the roof of an empty building overlooking the Lee Monument the morning before a scheduled demonstration. https://twitter.com/chadloder/status/1274387329059176449">https://twitter.com/chadloder...
NEW YORK, 21-Jun: NYPD officers pin a Black man to the ground in Far Rockaway using a banned choke hold on him.

Bystanders repeatedly scream “STOP CHOKING HIM!”, as the victim is clearly unconscious.

NYPD has seen the video, which it calls “disturbing”.
COLUMBUS, 21-Jun: Police struck a young man, knocking him to the ground and macing him before stealing his prosthetic legs so he couldn’t escape.

Video shows the aftermath, after demonstrators retrieved his legs from police. They call for a medic as he writhes in pain.
SEATTLE: On 30-May, Seattle police maced an 8 year-old boy in the face. The video outraged the nation.

One week later, Seattle police arrested the man who filmed the incident, Evan Hreha, as he was walking home from working at his friend’s hotdog stand. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/15/outrage-video-police-mace-child-seattle-protest">https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2...
COLUMBUS, 21-Jun: More context and eyewitness accounts on the incident with @ColumbusPolice assaulted and maced a young man and stole his prosthetic legs.

Protestors rushed the police to grab the man’s legs back, and got maced themselves doing it. https://twitter.com/laurennmcc/status/1274888858660937728">https://twitter.com/laurennmc...
RICHMOND, 21-Jun: Police pepper spray journalist Andrew Ringle despite him shouting “I’M PRESS!”

They deliberately covered his camera and then later threw him to the ground, injuring his arm. https://twitter.com/aeringle/status/1274898298923606017">https://twitter.com/aeringle/...
PORTLAND, 21-Jun: @PortlandPolice arresting legal observers from the National Lawyers Guild who are there to monitor police behavior. https://twitter.com/45thabsurdist/status/1274929108535767042">https://twitter.com/45thabsur...
COLUMBUS, 21-Jun: CPD officers violently assault and mace peaceful protestors who are legally exercising their First Amendment rights on the sidewalk.

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COLUMBUS, 21-Jun: In the preceding video, you can see the Columbus police macing peaceful protestors on the sidewalk.

A CPD officer pulls a young man by his prosthetic legs after macing him, pulling his prosthetics off and forcing him to blindly crawl to safety. #BLUEFALL
NEW YORK, 21-Jun: NYPD top brass completely fabricated the so-called “poisoning” story, which the media ran endlessly.

The “glass in their pizza” story by the South Carolina National Guard ALSO has NO EVIDENCE to support it — the D.C. police say they receiver no such report. https://twitter.com/ericboehlert/status/1275148432550899713">https://twitter.com/ericboehl...
COLUMBUS, 21-Jun: After police maced a young man, knocked him down, and ripped off his prosthetic legs, they assaulted and maced his fellow demonstrators as they tried to retrieve his legs.

You can see the prosthetics under the cops& #39; feet in this video. https://twitter.com/EricHalperinTV/status/1274798950655164416?s=20">https://twitter.com/EricHalpe...
NEW YORK, 22-Jun: Nearly 20 NYPD cruisers deliberately drive back & forth through a West Harlem residential neighborhood with sirens blaring, to prevent citizens from sleeping.

This after NYPD unions complained that officers were overworked and understaffed. [https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="📸" title="Kamera mit Blitz" aria-label="Emoji: Kamera mit Blitz"> @fromzerotojeo]
CHARLESTON, 31-May: A small crowd of peaceful demonstrators kneels on the grass while a young Black man speaks eloquently to the police.

The cops suddely march forward and grab the speaker off his knees and pull him out of the crowd and arrest him. [https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="📸" title="Kamera mit Blitz" aria-label="Emoji: Kamera mit Blitz"> TikTok:jupiterappolo13]
The preceding Charleston video is caught from another angle here in https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="7️⃣" title="Tastenkappe Ziffer 7" aria-label="Emoji: Tastenkappe Ziffer 7">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="8️⃣" title="Tastenkappe Ziffer 8" aria-label="Emoji: Tastenkappe Ziffer 8"> from @greg_doucette: https://twitter.com/greg_doucette/status/1267423284179742721">https://twitter.com/greg_douc...
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