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So hours later the police raided his house and took him to jail
(I'm told at least one charge was dismissed outright this AM; awaiting confirmation)https://twitter.com/indyweek/status/1268996209206792192 …
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Eloy, AZ: police brutality by another name, as the Government shuts down taxpayer-funded facilities because of unrest that doesn't existhttps://twitter.com/matt_cam/status/1269021637359423495 …
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Charlotte, NC: Non-state actor so not assigning a number, but check out the CEO of
@cpisecurity in response to@JorgeLMillares's comments about Charlotte-Mecklenburg NC police https://twitter.com/jorgelmillares/status/1268904032288100353 …pic.twitter.com/hSJu2pFDVd
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Durham, NC: DPD briefly closed off a section of E Main Street (in front of their shiny and expensive new police headquarters) so protestors could do a 9-minute "die in"
But then somehow let a car slip past the barricades?
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Notice there's no warning at all from any of the police that there's a car barreling toward helpless pedestrians It was protest organizers who shouted for folks to movehttps://twitter.com/greg_doucette/status/1269038894089191434 …
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Chicago, IL: from the "Not The Onion" files, Chicago's Police Board President praises how great Chicago PD was...
...so of course CPD beats the sh*t out of him for sporthttps://twitter.com/heathercherone/status/1269004849477300225 …Show this thread -
Department response on


above out of San Diego
I love "we always announce we'll use lethal force, but to *de-escalate* we sent a SWAT team"https://twitter.com/maxrivlinnadler/status/1269023335402270720 …Show this thread -


Peoria, IL: Bill Barr's DOJ has federally charged a man for "using the internet to incite a riot"
Seems like it could set up a direct attack on Brandenburg v. Ohio?
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We've talked about Brandenburg many times, including in the thread below It's been the constitutional standard on incitement for 50+ years An unsympathetic defendant, like the guy in the above tweet, would typically be used to chip away at precedenthttps://twitter.com/greg_doucette/status/1041461432506900482 …
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Well of course you don't; I don't either. That's where the doctrine "bad cases make bad law" comes from But it's practically impossible to satisfy "imminence" via social media posts. It seems like the US DOJ is running this case to chip away at thathttps://twitter.com/monicamiller202/status/1269066599941632006 …
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More on


above out of Asheville NC destroying a medical tent
In one of the earlier updates, the Asheville Chief of Police claimed the tent was illegally erected without permission of the property owner
Farm Burger, the property owner, points out the police chief liedpic.twitter.com/3umRol09sr
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More on


above, with some new footage before and after the footage already posted
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Not sure if this is the same day as


earlier out of Boston, but it reflects how peaceful the protests were on 5/31 before Boston PD opened fire with teargas
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Portland, OR: police shooting flash-bangs, tear gas, and pepper spray
: "Where do I go? Where do I go??"
: ::blasts pepper spray::
(This may be the same night / area as 

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New York City, NY: there's something viscerally striking about seeing NYPD arresting medics in scrubs weeks after being the global epicenter of COVID-19 infections
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Looks like this is the guy in


above?https://twitter.com/left_voice/status/1268897203508084736 …
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Chicago, IL: video from 5/31 where Chicago PD officers don't have their bodycams and have deliberately covered their name plates to avoid anyone identifying them
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More nameplate-related pics out of Chicago ILhttps://twitter.com/dudgedudy/status/1269087238824083456 …
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And still more Chicago PD pics, covering nameplates and badge numbershttps://twitter.com/conradklek/status/1269088318014328833 …
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Atlanta, GA: Instagram post from a guy who got tackled by APDpic.twitter.com/n0fEt2K1D5
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Lakewood, CA: police stand still for a bit, then decide to march and open fire on peaceful protestors
The department claims "someone threw a water bottle at them"
You'll notice there's no water bottle thrown
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above, both out of New York City, NYhttps://twitter.com/alivelshi/status/1269079615080890368 …Show this thread -


Los Angeles, CA: protestor's GoPro bodycam captures an LAPD officer beating the everlasting sh*t out of a guy with his hands up
[h/t @2020Police / https://www.reddit.com/r/2020PoliceBrutality/comments/gxf4vn/officer_hwang_of_the_lapd_during_saturdays/ …]pic.twitter.com/06zwrdl6XZShow this thread -


New York City, NY: how many NYPD officers does it take to beat one man? I count 4 here
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New York City, NY: same night and locale as 

above I think, but really soak all of this one in as NYPD officers go out of their way to intimidate / assault / arrest people for First Amendment-protected conduct
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New York City, NY: police kettle protestors into an enclosed area and then start beating them with batons – before curfew
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First-person view of


above out of New York City, this is the reporter repeatedly pushed back by NYPD despite identifying herself as press
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Columbus, OH: protest descends into chaos as a guy jawboning at a cop is violently shoved, another cop comes up to indiscriminately pepper-spray everyone, and then the cops attack
Notice them pepper-spray the guy recording, at the end
[FB @ https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1137997739900780&id=100010716946743&_rdr …]pic.twitter.com/Ie5C6Li1DxThis media may contain sensitive material. Learn moreShow this thread -


Columbus, OH: protestor gives police the middle finger as they're pepper-spraying people, so another cop speed-walks up to rip the guys mask off so he can be sprayed
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