5️⃣9️⃣8️⃣ New York City, NY: NYPD decides to put on a sound and light show for West Harlem residents at 3:00am today

Looks like a *lot* of cops who can safely be defunded

[ @fromzerotojeo]
More on 7️⃣6️⃣ out of Raleigh NC, where RPD brutalized an unarmed protester who was backing away with his hands raised as commanded https://twitter.com/everyvoicenc/status/1275199214029545475
5️⃣9️⃣9️⃣ Washington, DC: US Park Police indiscriminately pepper spray unarmed protestors with their hands raised

Today, 22 June 2020

[ @shomaristone]
6️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ Portland, OR: montage of the nightly war zone in Portland

Cops repeatedly toss flash-bang grenades at the feet of protestors helping an injured man leave the area, shoot an absurd number of pepperballs at folks as they leave, etc

[ @danielvmedia]
6️⃣0️⃣1️⃣ Charlotte, NC: police arrested an unarmed black man for talking to them

Notice this same thing happened at 7️⃣8️⃣ in Charleston SC and 8️⃣0️⃣ in Kansas City MO

31 May 2020

[ @chadloder]
https://twitter.com/chadloder/status/1275243567812771840/video/1
6️⃣0️⃣2️⃣ Washington, DC: separate from 5️⃣9️⃣9️⃣, looks like DC Metro and US Park Police both beating the sh*t out of protestors for sport

Today, 22 June 2020

[ @ShelbyTalcott]
6️⃣0️⃣3️⃣ Washington, DC: Secret Service trying to get the media out of the White House area, presumably so there's less media coverage of police brutalizing peaceful protestors and sh*tting on the Bill of Rights https://twitter.com/aprildryan/status/1275230198489808901
6️⃣0️⃣4️⃣ New York City, NY: some good news, as a new project attempts to archive traffic cam footage to track police brutality https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/y3zp55/activists-are-using-traffic-cameras-to-track-police-brutality
Activists Are Using Traffic Cameras to Track Police Brutality

The community-owned NYC Mesh is creating a massive database of traffic cameras to track police abuse.

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/y3zp55/activists-are-using-traffic-cameras-to-track-police-brutality
CORRECTION: 6️⃣0️⃣1️⃣ is actually a 2nd camera angle of 8️⃣0️⃣ in Charleston SC, *not* new footage in Charlotte NC

cc: @jasonemiller @chadloder https://twitter.com/greg_doucette/status/1275245192619180033
6️⃣0️⃣5️⃣ Charleston, SC: how many Charleston cops does it take to arrest one unarmed protestor? 🤔 I count 4

Today, 22 June 2020

[Anonymous @ IG]
St. Joseph, MO: not protest-related so not assigning a number, but apparently Missouri police are accustomed to abusing power when they're off-duty too https://twitter.com/joshuapotash/status/1275177222521982977
More of 6️⃣0️⃣3️⃣ in Washington DC, showing police indiscriminately pepper-spraying pretty much everybody for no discernible reason

Today, 22 June 2020

[ @DmvProtests]
Write-up on the unnumbered entry just below 6️⃣0️⃣6️⃣ that happened in St. Joseph, Missouri: the officer has been placed on administrative duty pending the outcome of an investigation https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/crime/article243711837.html
Off-duty officer in Trump hat threatens man in St. Joe, put on leave from police duty

A video shows the off-duty officer yelling in the face of another man following a car accident.

https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/crime/article243711837.html
More of 5️⃣8️⃣9️⃣ in Columbus OH

(can't tell if this is a 2nd camera angle or if it's just a continuation of the earlier video)

[ @d_annny]
6️⃣0️⃣6️⃣ Charlotte, NC: CMPD cop shows up to a call about a shooting by... randomly pointing his rifle at bystanders' heads?

What kind of protocol is this foolishness?

[ @ratedleXXX_]
3-up from the livestream in 6️⃣0️⃣6️⃣ above out of Charlotte NC https://twitter.com/tashjmackk/status/1274971441692209153
6️⃣0️⃣7️⃣ Columbus, OH: thought this was a duplicate of one of the earlier videos, but on second review it looks like a different instance? CPD cops indiscriminately pepper-spraying basically everybody

21 June 2020

[ @SURJColumbusOH]
Write-up on 6️⃣0️⃣3️⃣ in Washington, DC https://www.rawstory.com/2020/06/secret-service-kicks-out-press-corps-as-protesters-declare-black-house-autonomous-zone-near-trumps-residence/
Secret Service kicks out press corps as protesters declare ‘Black House Autonomous Zone’ near...

Protests in Washington, DC heated up on Monday evening. “The US Secret Service on Monday evening told members of the White House press corps to immediately leave the White House grounds, a highly...

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/06/secret-service-kicks-out-press-corps-as-protesters-declare-black-house-autonomous-zone-near-trumps-residence/
Another video of 5️⃣9️⃣4️⃣ in Compton CA, of the LASD helicopter just flying around talking sh*t to protestors

Being petty is quite expensive

[ @iambeale]
6️⃣0️⃣8️⃣ Lakewood, CA: like with 5️⃣9️⃣4️⃣ in Compton, police helicopter just flying around talking sh*t to individual protestors

Seems like a lot of defunding is needed here

20 June 2020

[ @swervos1]
Related to 5️⃣9️⃣4️⃣ and 6️⃣0️⃣8️⃣: while California police are wasting taxpayer money on helicopters to taunt protestors, apparently there are California wildfires that need containing and could use some extra helicopters?

https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/ 
Another angle of 6️⃣0️⃣5️⃣ in Charleston SC, of 4 cops dogpiling a protestor

[ @ktkozar]
6️⃣0️⃣9️⃣ New York City, NY: US Attorneys Office gets bail revoked for two non-white attorneys charged with... property damage

Apparently hoping they'll catch COVID-19 in federal lockup?

One appears to be a @PryorCashman attorney, the other in Legal Aid https://www.huffpost.com/entry/colin-mattis-urooj-rahman-lawyers-trial-vandalism-trump-judges_n_5ef0ae0fc5b639909d573613
2 Lawyers Of Color Face 45-Year Sentences — For Vandalism

Trump-appointed judges rescinded Colinford Mattis and Urooj Rahman's initial release on bond. Their next bail hearing is Tuesday.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/colin-mattis-urooj-rahman-lawyers-trial-vandalism-trump-judges_n_5ef0ae0fc5b639909d573613
More on 5️⃣2️⃣3️⃣ in New York City, NY: the Shake Shack "poisoning" was a full on hoax created from whole cloth by NYPD

The officers ordered anonymously from the app and the shakes were ready when they got there. No one in the store knew they were cops https://nypost.com/2020/06/22/how-nypd-faked-shake-shack-controversy-and-conspiracy-theory/
How conspiracy theories about the NYPD Shake Shack ‘poisoning’ blew up

The three cops at the center of the NYPD milkshake “poisoning” scandal never even got sick, and there wasn’t the slightest whiff of criminality from the get-go — but that didn’t stop

https://nypost.com/2020/06/22/how-nypd-faked-shake-shack-controversy-and-conspiracy-theory/
More on 2️⃣7️⃣3️⃣ in Dallas, TX: audio of the police chief

https://twitter.com/w_tres_mil/status/1275171873001820166?s=21 https://twitter.com/w_tres_mil/status/1275171873001820166
3rd camera angle on 6️⃣0️⃣5️⃣ in Charleston SC

[ @sadie_wrong]
Update on 5️⃣9️⃣6️⃣ in Columbus, OH: this is framed by the media as "dispelling" the claims about the double amputee whose legs got snatched...

...but you watch the whole video and that's not what this actually does beyond this guy saying "no we didn't"? 🤔 https://www.dispatch.com/news/20200622/columbus-police-respond-to-rsquodouble-amputeersquo-video-with-video-showing-that--man-assault-officers
Columbus police respond to 'double-amputee' video with video showing that man assault officers

Columbus police dispel a widely circulated report that they attacked a double amputee on Father’s Day.

https://www.dispatch.com/news/20200622/columbus-police-respond-to-rsquodouble-amputeersquo-video-with-video-showing-that--man-assault-officers
I'm not even entirely sure it's the same guy, because the one in 5️⃣9️⃣6️⃣ has on red shorts under the black prosthetic coverings, and I'd assume at least part of that would be visible? Idk, take it for what you will
Another camera angle on 5️⃣9️⃣7️⃣ in Richmond VA, where cops deliberately targeted a reporter with pepper spray and arrested him

[ @JLJLovesRVA]
Update on 2️⃣5️⃣ in New York City, NY: the cops who deliberately drove through a crowd of protestors did not violate policy

Which... sounds like a policy that needs to change tbh https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/503967-nypd-commissioner-officers-who-drove-into-protesters-did-not-violate-use
NYPD commissioner: Officers who drove into protesters did not violate

The New York Police Department (NYPD) commissioner on Monday defended the officers who drove into protesters against police brutality late last month, saying they did not violate the department’s

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/503967-nypd-commissioner-officers-who-drove-into-protesters-did-not-violate-use
More on 5️⃣9️⃣6️⃣ in Columbus OH

Sure looks like still shots of CPD cops taking a guy's prosthetics... https://twitter.com/chadloder/status/1275269956087631872
More of 5️⃣9️⃣6️⃣ in Columbus OH

Likely still more videos yet to come out https://twitter.com/chadloder/status/1275283901108256769
6️⃣1️⃣0️⃣ Washington, DC: unmarked person attacks a journalist and a protestor

Not DC Metro or US Park Police, so which unit / department / etc is this one? 🤔

22 June 2020

[ @JasonPatinkin]
6️⃣1️⃣1️⃣ New York City, NY: police officer speeds the wrong way down a street and hits a pedestrian...

...so NYPD issues a statement claiming the pedestrian hit the SUV instead https://twitter.com/eisingerj/status/1275392514925699077
Another effort at mapping the sheer scale of police brutality since these protests started

Note: as many incidents as are on here, they *only* cover May 26 – June 5 😱 https://twitter.com/amnesty/status/1275371693846953984
6️⃣1️⃣2️⃣ Richmond, VA: another night, another war zone created by overzealous law enforcement

This morning, 23 June 2020

The cops are rioting

[ @NotLevar]
6️⃣1️⃣3️⃣ Portland, OR: PPB response to protestors *standing on the sidewalk*

I was going to put "totally normal" in sneer-quotes... but it actually is totally normal for Portland these days

Lots to defund...

Last night, 22-23 June 2020

[ @tuckwoodstock]
6️⃣1️⃣4️⃣ Richmond, VA: more of the warzone created by RPD cops, as they casually shoot several protestors for sport

[ @edace2936]
6️⃣1️⃣5️⃣ Raleigh, NC: RPD deliberately shot a journalist with a rubber bullet for sport

30 May 2020 https://twitter.com/vizjourno/status/1266954106998009857
Another write-up on the unnumbered entry just below 6️⃣0️⃣5️⃣, that happened in St Joseph MO https://twitter.com/troycoverdale/status/1275457792824840195
6️⃣1️⃣6️⃣ Los Angeles, CA: another 2-parter here

A cop claims someone put a tampon in his Starbucks...

1/ https://twitter.com/billfoxla/status/1275271839732740098
...but you'll be shocked to learn that it was yet another lie

So 6️⃣1️⃣6️⃣ now joins the NYPD Shake Shack hoax and the other dozen or so instances we chronicled of police terrorizing local food establishments with fake crime reports

2/2 https://twitter.com/billfoxla/status/1275520053241278465
And, as @naima kindly notes, 6️⃣1️⃣6️⃣ was obviously a hoax from the beginning

Police are so desperate to be victims. It's weird. https://twitter.com/naima/status/1275304192597307393
6️⃣1️⃣7️⃣ Philadelphia, PA: police deliberately target a journalist for arrest because she asked why they were blocking protestors from using public restrooms

Notably, Samantha has written several stories on police abuse for @PhillyInquirer the last 2 weeks https://twitter.com/samanthamelamed/status/1275522909604372481
6️⃣1️⃣8️⃣ Philadelphia, PA: state police release dashcam footage of protests on I-676

You'll be shocked (shocked!) to learn the video footage shows the city police lied to the public about the protests, as troopers describe things as "peaceful" https://twitter.com/rw_briggs/status/1275520252722413571
6️⃣1️⃣9️⃣ Nashville, TN: police steal private property without due process

[ @brotherjones_]
Video of 6️⃣1️⃣7️⃣ in Philadelphia PA, showing Philly cops – including one in a *Counter Terrorism* vest – illegally targeting a reporter for arrest

Today, 23 June 2020

The cops are rioting

[ @samanthamelamed]
Update on 5️⃣4️⃣7️⃣ about the NY Attorney General holding public hearings: the NYPD Commissioner has responded and basically insists everything is fine and there's nothing to see here and move along citizen https://gothamist.com/news/nypd-commissioner-tells-attorney-general-shes-not-being-fair-during-police-brutality-hearing
NYPD Commissioner Tells Attorney General She's Not "Being Fair" During Police Brutality Hearing

"That description of running over peaceful protesters—I don't think you're being fair."

https://gothamist.com/news/nypd-commissioner-tells-attorney-general-shes-not-being-fair-during-police-brutality-hearing
6️⃣2️⃣0️⃣ Phoenix, AZ: riot cops abruptly pepper spray a peaceful protest outside the Papaya POTUS rally

Attendees say teargas and flash-bangs started getting tossed soon after this

Today, 23 June 2020

[ @gaminogabriel]
More of 6️⃣2️⃣0️⃣ in Phoenix AZ earlier today https://twitter.com/vv1lder/status/1275578558916644865
6️⃣2️⃣1️⃣ Multiple Locations: a Guardian analysis of police unions spending $$$$$$$$$$ to block efforts at policing reform https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/23/police-unions-spending-policy-reform-chicago-new-york-la
Revealed: police unions spend millions to influence policy in biggest US cities

Guardian analysis shows how organizations and officers in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago work against reform

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/23/police-unions-spending-policy-reform-chicago-new-york-la
The 6️⃣1️⃣8️⃣ entry should be linked to 1️⃣1️⃣3️⃣, both in Philadelphia PA

cc: @jasonemiller
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