To simplify following the criminal justice news of the last 36 hours, I posted a set of 10 links to police brutality videos on Facebook
Can't do that here, obvs
So I'm putting them into a thread
3:21 PM · May 30, 2020
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[For the videos where I've changed the caption to add in "criminal justice news," you should see a clickable link under each video that will take you to the original tweet]
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1️⃣ Houston TX: trampling a peaceful protestor with a horse
(If you can't control it in a crowd, you shouldn't be riding it; if you *can* control it, then the trampling was deliberate)
Also in today's criminal justice news, police in Houston TX trample a peaceful protestor with a horse for sport
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2️⃣ New York City, NY: Shoving an unarmed woman to the curb, prompting a seizure that put her in the emergency room
(3 different videos in this same thread with different angles of the assault)
Also in today's criminal justice news, a uniformed NYPD officer calls a protestor "a stupid fucking bitch" and pushes her into the curb
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3️⃣ New York City, NY: doing an intentional hit-and-run with a car door to an unarmed protestor standing in the non-vehicular bike lane
Also in today's criminal justice news, an officer with the NYPD decides to hit a protestor with a car door for sport
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5️⃣ Las Vegas, NV: beating a variety of unarmed protestors for sport
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6️⃣ Fort Wayne, IN: pepper-spraying a variety of unarmed protestors for sport
Also in yesterday's criminal justice news, police in Fort Wayne IN randomly pepper-spray unarmed citizens for sport
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7️⃣ Minneapolis, MN: pepper-spraying a variety of unarmed protestors for sport
In today's criminal justice news, the 1st Rule of @fsckemall remains undefeated as a Minneapolis PD officer in an SUV indiscriminately sprays random citizens with pepper spray from his car window
This is a §1983 violation btw
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8️⃣ Minneapolis, MN: detonating flashbang grenades in a docile crowd of unarmed protestors for sport
(Note: this was from the first day of protests; the police are firing from the roof of the 3rd Precinct, which is now ash)
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9️⃣ Minneapolis, MN: shooting a random protestor in the neck with a rubber bullet, then detonating more flash-bangs
(Note: this was from the first day of protests; the police are firing from the roof of the 3rd Precinct, which is now ash)
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🔟 Minneapolis, MN: police arresting an identified reporter, live on-air
Just watched this video, and wow. Enraging.
The 1st Rule of @fsckemall: "Police will continue to dumb sh*t, even when being recorded."
🔥 "CNN reporter released following arrest live on air while reporting on Minneapolis riots"
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1️⃣2️⃣ Louisville, KY: police shooting reporters with pepperballs, live on-air
Also in today's criminal justice news, police in Louisville KY – who just watched police in Minneapolis MN arrest a CNN reporter live on-air – say "hold my whiskey" and deliberately shoot a reporter and her cameraman
Live on-air
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1️⃣3️⃣ Denver, CO: intentionally pepper-spraying anyone recording police brutality, outside the state's capitol grounds
( S A L T ) Magazine
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1️⃣4️⃣ Lincoln, NE: doing a Tiananmen Square with a police SUV through a line of unarmed protestors
VERY RAW VIDEO; VIEWER DISCRETION ADVISED
I got video of this around 2:30am at 25/O as LFR and LPD we’re leaving the scene of some sort of incident (during the protest). This is when things escalated to where we’re at now.
@LLCS_Official @1011_News
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1️⃣5️⃣ Atlanta, GA: deploying a... kid militia?
This boy looks like he's about 11-12. Outfitted in full riot gear.
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1️⃣6️⃣ Minneapolis, MN: police shoot a widely-known reporter in the face for sport, literally blowing apart her left eye
In today's criminal justice news, police in Minneapolis MN shot a journalist in the face with a tracer round
She's now blinded in one eye despite wearing protective gear
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1️⃣7️⃣ Atlanta, GA: a bike cop picks up his bike and uses it to push over an unarmed protestor for sport
WATCH: I was recording when the first clash between police & protestors broke out in Atlanta. @cbs46 #cbs46 #news #GeorgeFloydprotest
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1️⃣9️⃣ Detroit, MI: an officer charges through a group of other officers to attack a protestor who is backing away (timestamp 0:13-0:17)
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2️⃣0️⃣ New York City: NYPD officer (assuming a sergeant or lieutenant since he's in a white shirt?) shoving an unarmed protestor for sport
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Video of 1️⃣8️⃣ above in Columbus OH
Looks like the officer throws a protestor to the ground, then another comes in to pepper-spray the Congresswoman and other elected officials
A source provided this video to @ColleenNBC4 showing the incident that resulted in Rep. Joyce Beatty, City Council President Shannon Hardin and Franklin County Commissioner Kevin Boyce getting pepper sprayed Saturday morning. nbc4i.co/3diA4dv
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2️⃣1️⃣ Harrisburg, PA: protestors try to help someone stand up; police wait until the person is halfway up before pepper-spraying the helpers in the face for sport
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2️⃣2️⃣ San Jose, CA: hard to figure out what's going on here – a clearly-amped officer shouts "SHUT UP, BITCH!" to a protestor, then something happens and the police bum-rush everyone
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This appears to be the same officer in 2️⃣2️⃣ above, licking his lips in anticipation of getting to shoot civilians
Unhinged
san jose protest. one of the cops seems to be enjoying shooting people with rubber bullets even licks his lips. disgusting.
#sanjoseprotest #goergefloyd #BlackLiveMatter #PoliceBrutalityPandemic #REVOLUTION #icantbreathe #resist #NotOneMore #policeviolence
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2️⃣3️⃣ Columbus, OH: Unarmed protestors peacefully chanting when officers start randomly pepper-spraying them for sport
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Vids 21 and onward appear to be from today, so instead of "past 36 hours" we're in "past 48-60 hours" territory
Keep that in mind as you scroll / RT, because I know police sycophants like to insist "yOu'Re BeInG mIsLeAdInG"
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2️⃣4️⃣ Salt Lake City, UT: SWAT unit recorded on the local news attacking a gray-haired old man with a cane, who's minding his own business, and shoving him to the ground
In today's criminal justice news, a SWAT unit in Salt Lake City UT deploys
And decides one of their top priorities is knocking a gray-haired old man with a cane down to the ground
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2️⃣5️⃣ New York City, NY: doing a Tiananmen Square, making sure to accelerate quickly to run over protestors before they can move
Also in today's criminal justice news, a pair of NYPD officers in SUVs decide to do a Tiananmen Square – quickly running over several unarmed protestors for sport
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