A couple minutes later cops started advancing on the group as they appealed for the protester to be released and suddenly started tossing flashbangs into the crowd indiscriminately as they retreatedpic.twitter.com/rUYiHcmiP5
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A Seattle PD officer on his bike tried to get past a protester peacefully marching with us and knocked into them from behind and then officers swarmed. One officer punches someone while they’re pinned to the ground.pic.twitter.com/mtKgZQjpnD
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Same thing happens a few blocks later. Bike cop tries to pass a marcher on his right with nowhere near enough room. Marcher inevitably makes contact and the officer puts him in a headlockpic.twitter.com/5aZ4jKweyW
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This is an old trick
@SeattlePD uses to justify escalation during peaceful protestshttps://www.thedailybeast.com/seattle-probing-viral-videos-of-bike-cops-at-protest …Show this thread -
The point isn’t if the protester made contact first, whether the contact was intentional, or if it should result in an arrest. It’s a question of the role of police – to deescalate conflict, not the opposite Everything
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Our law and order mayor
@MayorJenny put a citywide 5pm curfew in place. Because if you can’t delegitimize their message through these clown SPD tactics, just create a blanket order that makes every protester illegitimate https://twitter.com/ericacbarnett/status/1267248909694337024?s=21 …https://twitter.com/ericacbarnett/status/1267248909694337024 …Show this thread
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Just found out that
@SeattlePD is still holding the girl in the black t-shirt with the blue bandana and white backpack in custody and is charging her with ASSAULT I slowed down the video and there’s only one man assaulting someone. He’s wearing an SPD uniform…pic.twitter.com/HAsvF5skTkShow this threadThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Hey there, my name is Luisa and I’m with CBS News. Did you take this video? If so, may
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Yes and yes, definitely!
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