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Los Angeles sheriff’s deputies move on protesters in West Hollywood, shooting pepper balls and making at least one arrest https://twitter.com/desertborder/status/1309716359517929473
This is the moment deputies rushed a protest for Breonna Taylor in West Hollywood https://twitter.com/waterspider__/status/1309716674543628289
Graphic footage from tonight.
The video is shaky, but it appears to show a LASD deputy forcefully using a riot shield to subdue a protester.
The video is shaky, but it appears to show a LASD deputy forcefully using a riot shield to subdue a protester.
Description of events from photojournalist on the ground https://twitter.com/bfeinzimer/status/1309723308930203651
Clearer footage of LASD rushing protesters in WeHo tonight. LASD had issued dispersal orders before this.
You can clearly see a deputy striking a protester’s leg with his riot shield.
According to @buffalobaff, who filmed this, LASD fired on press and NLG.
You can clearly see a deputy striking a protester’s leg with his riot shield.
According to @buffalobaff, who filmed this, LASD fired on press and NLG.
Here is a description of events from the person who filmed the first video (they requested anonymity)
Correction: they did not film the video, but they were present as the events took place
According to the protester who shot the original clip @savannimalz, protesters were moving away from LASD when deputies rushed them
Update: according to one source running jail support, there have been “upwards of 10” arrests tonight, including the man struck by the riot shield
Content warning, use of force:
Another angle on the LASD deputy striking a protester with a riot shield
Another angle on the LASD deputy striking a protester with a riot shield
Here’s a close-up on the moment a deputy struck a protester in his legs using a riot shield. Image by @StreetWise_LA
The clearest and most disturbing footage so far showing a LASD deputy repeatedly slamming the edge of a riot shield into a protester’s leg https://twitter.com/tinadesireeberg/status/1309935292246261763
On the ground at the WeHo sheriff’s station, where 2 protesters have been released, 5 more still in custody. No news on the condition of the man hit with the riot shield.
