New York City, NY: police kettle protestors into an enclosed area and then start beating them with batons – before curfew
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Washington, DC: check out the video in the tweet quoted here
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Philadelphia, PA: cop abruptly grabs a woman for no reason and attacks her, as the other cops assemble and a supervisor yells "why do you always start the violence!" to protestors
The officer who started it? Same as 
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So the same Philly cop is
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Lawlessnesshttps://twitter.com/greg_doucette/status/1268989233169137664 …News about above out of Philadelphia
When your senior leadership is violating the Constitution this flagrantly, it's a reminder that the cultural rot in policing runs *deep*
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San Jose, CA: community activist Derrick Sanderlin helped train San Jose PD on police bias
He escorted a guy to safety when it looked like protestors would attack him
So SJPD repaid Sanderlin by shooting him repeatedly, including in the 
https://abc7news.com/man-who-trains-san-jose-police-about-bias-severely-injured-by-riot-gun-during-protest/6234212/ …pic.twitter.com/eClTNJ4pUaDeze collectie tonen -
Re
above out of Durham, got a DM asking why I thought DPD would deliberately do that
I *don't* think they deliberately did it; I think they were asleep at the switch (a point I thought I made in the tweet after)
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New York City, NY: police stop issuing press credentials to keep the reporters out
Given how many journalists they beat and shoot on air, honestly I'm surprised NYPD doesn't issue *more* credentials to have more targetshttps://twitter.com/melissagira/status/1268987406805499907 …
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Another lawyer's view on
out of Peoria IL, re the USDOJ's "internet incitement" chargehttps://twitter.com/questauthority/status/1269079199891021824 …Deze collectie tonen -
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There's a widely-circulating video out of Richmond VA that folks say is a police officer spitting on a protestor We haven't posted it, because it doesn't look like that to me (angle, no discernible reaction from the protestor, etc) Will re-assess if new info comes out
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Lowndes County (Valdosta?), GA: the Lowndes County Sheriff *literally strangles a protestor* for having a protest sign with "FUCK TRUMP" on it
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Confirmed that
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The Sheriff illegally confiscates the sign for an "investigation"
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in Valdosta. The Sheriff who strangled the protestor said he took the sign for displaying profanity
Public displays of profanity are protected speech, and have been for literal decades nowhttps://twitter.com/adamsteinbaugh/status/1269280945485602816 …
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Valdosta, GA: making this a separate incident because it happened the following day — the Sheriff of Lowndes County illegally arrested a woman for holding a profane sign
This criminal prosecution will end up dismissed, & the department likely suedhttps://twitter.com/adamsteinbaugh/status/1269281278463037440 …
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Video of
above in Valdosta, as police illegally arrest a woman for clearly established First Amendment-protected expression
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Seattle, WA:
Guy runs from cops and dives into a random SUV. So police club him (0:33), but then punch him in the face for sport after he's cuffed (1:44)
And arrest the random driver
And arrest someone filming
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Portland, OR: police email all reporters asking them to leave so they can brutalize protestors without anyone watchinghttps://twitter.com/alex_zee/status/1269158291302518784 …
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(I'm told they promptly gassed protestors in Portland soon after that email. Still digging through DMs for video)
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Washington, DC: another instance of totally unidentifiable people acting as law enforcement
No nameplates, no badges, no insignia, no uniforms
(Also: no facemasks
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Providence, RI: interview with a firefighter about why he's protesting – turns out he was racially profiled and arrested while *on the job* and *in uniform*
Another example of the 5th Rule of
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New York City, NY: police casually shove a guy off his bike at the corner of Norstrand and Crown, then start making arrests
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above in NYC, of the post-shove arrestshttps://twitter.com/c_sommerfeldt/status/1269119936112349187 …
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Seattle, WA: protestors make a path for an ambulance to get to a medical emergency
Seattle PD says "LOL f*ck you" and makes the ambulance go back
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Portland, OR: now we know why Portland PD asked media to stay away in – there had been an order from the mayor's office not to use teargas, and the police said "LOL f*ck the mayor" and used it anyway
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Re the unidentifed people in
out of Washington DC, I'm told in a DM that they're likely federal Bureau of Prisons personnel
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Portland, OR: more in Portland last night, and a lot of high-def video in this thread
Sharing this one for the bass drummer who keeps going amid the teargas
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More of
above in Portland as police push people back
Sounds like a war zone
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Not assigning a number to this because it was pre-protests (27 April 2020) and I'm keeping this particular thread for protest-related violence But it's a vivid reminder of the daily police brutality that ppl didn't realize is normalpic.twitter.com/pqkselKqGc
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Update on
above out of Portland OR: I'm told Portland's mayor only "supported" a 30-day ban on teargas (as done in Seattle WA), but didn't actually issue an order doing soDeze collectie tonen -
Tulsa, OK: police open fire on protestors and shoot a reporter in the process while he's live on-air
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CORRECTION on
below: it was *not* Seattle WA
The location was Philadelphia PA, at the intersection of Pike Street and Broad Street
Thank you to @spectrophagus for the correction!https://twitter.com/greg_doucette/status/1269303637060325377 …
2:19 Seattle, WA:
Guy runs from cops and dives into a random SUV. So police club him (0:33), but then punch him in the face for sport after he's cuffed (1:44)
And arrest the random driver
And arrest someone filming
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More on the update to
re the mayor: the "sound cannon" is banned, but chemical weapons are still A-OK in Portlandhttps://twitter.com/iwriteok/status/1269095387668742144 …
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