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
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London, England, UK: seems the folks across the pond have policing issues as well
This is so comical I thought it was fake
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Oklahoma City, OK: lengthy montage of Oklahoma police bringing the brutality to protests against police brutality
Illegal seizure of private property, beating the sh*t out of people, indiscriminately shooting unarmed protestors for sport
Yikes
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Merrick, NY: another one of those moments where the photo speaks for itselfhttps://twitter.com/j_king4424/status/1269401946751991808 …
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This is an insane mob of police with nothing to do
Clearly too many police in Merrick
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Totally peaceful, but police attack anyway
Lawlessness
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Not assigning a number to this because it's a non-cop, but another attempted murder in New York City NY [
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Seattle, WA: police ask a huge crowd to take 5 steps back – then when they realize it's impossible, they indiscriminately start pepper-spraying everyone
Notice the unlawful seizures of private property (umbrellas, a road cone)
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Buffalo, NY: extended thread from a journalist on the unchecked brutality of Buffalo PD
[Same department that tried to casually murder the 75yo man]https://twitter.com/photojazzy/status/1269055958078144514 …
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Seattle, WA: didn't Seattle's mayor say there would be a moratorium on using chemical weapons against citizens? 
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This looks like an invading army
Clearly too many cops on the force in Seattle
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Seattle, WA: more Seattle cops repeatedly assaulting a journalist so she'll stop filming
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Seattle, WA: police force tweets out remains of an "improvised explosive device"
Apparently they're too f*cking stupid to remove the "candle" tag on it before taking the pic
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Seattle, WA: I'm giving these all different numbers because they're all so goddamn outrageous
Read. Then watch.https://twitter.com/colemillertv/status/1269459358288494592 …
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Denver, CO: Denver's mayor is either a moron, totally disconnected from reality, or both
Again: urban pacification issues have been studied for decades, and put into practice in Iraq. The harder authority cracks down, the more people tebelhttps://twitter.com/alex_burness/status/1269427877667172354 …
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Portland, OR: looks like a war zone outside the detention center, as police indiscriminately shoot, bomb, and gas the people they're allegedly supposed to serve and protect
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out of Salem, OR. The police chief apologized for the Department being caught coordinating with white nationalistshttps://twitter.com/satellit3heart/status/1268996093091680257 …BUZZFEED DID AN ARTICLE Police Chief Jerry Moore of the@SalemPoliceDept "apologized."#BLUEFALL#PoliceBrutalityPandemic#PoliceBrutality#PoliceViolence#NoJusticeNoPeaceNoRacistPolice#BlackLivesMatter
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Austin, TX: police are deliberately maiming the people they're supposed to serve and protect
Powerful montage from
@statesman; you'll see both and in here
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Richmond, VA: remember I mentioned up-thread a video of a Richmond officer spitting on an arrestee but we couldn't confirm it?
There's new footage
One officer spits on the arrestee *4* separate times, then another officer spits on them too
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Here's the original footage of
I got sent
In several states, regular citizens have been charged with bioweapon offenses for spitting on officers
And we're mid-pandemic... 
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in Seattle WA: police actually cited *a Star Wars meme on Facebook* as a basis for probable cause to arrest 
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THIS WAS MY FIRST THOUGHT TOO https://twitter.com/utlgrad/status/1269506425710981120 …
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Florissant, MO: 6/2 home security camera footage captures a police officer running over a man with his car, kicking him, then hitting him with a forearm
Bonus: the DA's son, also a cop, was in the back seat of the patrol car too
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Also, notice this gem in the article: https://twitter.com/greg_doucette/status/1269511488718413824 …pic.twitter.com/hvpy2z7t7V
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Another pre-protest reminder, this time out of New Jersey, that unchecked police violence has been a common occurrence for awhilehttps://twitter.com/tjcnj/status/1269391559952420864 …
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You'll see more of this in the days ahead. Police will review video footage, get geofence search warrants, etc to charge literally everyone with everything they can. It's all they can do to try and change the narrativehttps://twitter.com/gutxigirl/status/1269505286202482690 …Show this thread -
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out of Austin TX, on the 16-year-old non-protesting observer who Austin PD sniper-shot in the head for sport from 50yds away
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Austin, TX: the Austin PD is evidently paying someone to send them mail for their public relations efforts
Notice at least 4 of the envelopes have identical handwritinghttps://twitter.com/austin_police/status/1269326118366183424 …
We can’t express enough how grateful we are to serve you, Austin. Our officers have been working around the clock during these unprecedented times and thank everyone who took the time to write and make our day a little brighter.#OneAustinSaferTogether#Thankful
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Longer video of
out of New York Cityhttps://twitter.com/andomforny/status/1269065176814358529 …
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Columbus, OH: police casually use the drowning of a black child on social media as part of a "dOn'T cRiTiCiZe Us!" campaign
Your tax dollars paid for thispic.twitter.com/rxb0gz2DGy
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Florida: a similar "dOn'T cRiTiCiZe Us!" campaign
Two things:
Studies prove community orgs are more effective at crime reduction than police: https://journals.sagepub.com/eprint/VThwp5JSFz7eNKF5GkxW/full …
Crime dropped dramatically when NYPD walked out: https://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-proactive-policing-crime-20170925-story.html …
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