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Another example of the 5th Rule of @fsckemall
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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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T. Greg Doucette Retweeted Chris Sommerfeldt
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above in NYC, of the post-shove arrestshttps://twitter.com/c_sommerfeldt/status/1269119936112349187 …T. Greg Doucette added,
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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
Lawlessness
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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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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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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 so10 replies 66 retweets 233 likesShow this thread


Tulsa, OK: police open fire on protestors and shoot a reporter in the process while he's live on-air
[h/t @KTULNews]pic.twitter.com/WowawK40nZ
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