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Ex-computer scientist, now criminal defense & 1A attorney in NC+TX. Host of @fsckemall. Dog lover. #NeverTrump conservative. Proud alum of @NCCU and @NCState.

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    1. T. Greg Doucette‏Verified account @greg_doucette Jun 8

      Decatur, AL: not assigning a number b/c it's pre-protest, but back in March a liquor store owner called police to report a robbery Police promptly beat him on arrival Today the police chief claimed the owner was reaching for a gun But there's video...pic.twitter.com/ZafwLccjjy

      Josh Moon
      20 replies 485 retweets 857 likes
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    2. T. Greg Doucette‏Verified account @greg_doucette Jun 8

      4️⃣2️⃣4️⃣ Seattle, WA: how many Seattle cops and National Guardsmen does it take to beat one homeless person? Looks like at least 6 here [@slydesilva]pic.twitter.com/gnNnHo9MTS

      Sly deSilva
      8 replies 205 retweets 347 likes
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    3. T. Greg Doucette‏Verified account @greg_doucette Jun 8

      (I bet Seattle would save a bundle if they spent some of their teargas budget on social services that help the homeless)

      17 replies 75 retweets 432 likes
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    4. T. Greg Doucette‏Verified account @greg_doucette Jun 8

      4️⃣2️⃣5️⃣ Seattle, WA: police shoot someone directly in the chest with a flash-bang grenade [@chaseburnsy]pic.twitter.com/Xvq477SaUK

      Chase Burns
      13 replies 312 retweets 445 likes
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    5. T. Greg Doucette‏Verified account @greg_doucette Jun 8

      Another non-protest example of run-of-the-mill police brutality Fairfax VA officer brutalizes a guy who's clearly having a mental health challenge The officer has since been charged; the bodycam footage was released yesterday maybe? [@DeepNotion2] https://twitter.com/DeepNotion2/status/1270090319393144838/video/1 …

      11 replies 259 retweets 522 likes
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    6. T. Greg Doucette‏Verified account @greg_doucette Jun 8

      T. Greg Doucette Retweeted Orange County FL

      "The purpose of the curfew was to prevent the further spread of COVID19"? 😂🤦‍♂️https://twitter.com/orangecofl/status/1270099618211168260 …

      T. Greg Doucette added,

      Orange County FLVerified account @OrangeCoFL
      The 10 p.m. curfew will be lifted, effective immediately. It was put in effect on May 31. The purpose of the curfew was to prevent the further spread of #COVID19. With demonstrators wearing face masks and social distancing, there is no need to continue the curfew. pic.twitter.com/Q1geRt996G
      15 replies 69 retweets 282 likes
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    7. T. Greg Doucette‏Verified account @greg_doucette Jun 8

      T. Greg Doucette Retweeted BBC West Live

      British police choosing to value life over property Radical concepthttps://twitter.com/bbcbristol/status/1269733076491546625 …

      T. Greg Doucette added,

      1:16
      BBC West LiveVerified account @BBCBristol
      "Whilst I am disappointed ... I do understand why it’s happened" Supt Andy Bennett from @ASPolice on the toppling of the Edward Colston statue... pic.twitter.com/eWYL3CPt5c
      13 replies 214 retweets 639 likes
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    8. T. Greg Doucette‏Verified account @greg_doucette Jun 8

      Another angle on 4️⃣2️⃣4️⃣ in Seattle? [@abolishICE___]pic.twitter.com/Y3L5PUmcHl

      🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈
      8 replies 81 retweets 142 likes
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    9. T. Greg Doucette‏Verified account @greg_doucette Jun 8

      4️⃣2️⃣6️⃣ Columbus, OH: police injuring a Special Forces veteran worse than the Taliban ever did Jesus... https://twitter.com/tylerjoelb/status/1269637221868601346 …pic.twitter.com/znodnkeLBf

      7 replies 269 retweets 427 likes
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    10. T. Greg Doucette‏Verified account @greg_doucette Jun 8

      4️⃣2️⃣7️⃣ Pittsburgh, PA: different officers give different directions about where a man is allowed to go When he doesn't move quickly enough, one throws a teargas canister directly at his feet and then shoots him in the chest for sport [https://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2020/06/03/protester-hopes-cell-phone-video-clears-his-name/ …]pic.twitter.com/pCkxoWXKGY

      8 replies 307 retweets 449 likes
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      T. Greg Doucette‏Verified account @greg_doucette Jun 8

      More on 3️⃣7️⃣8️⃣ out of Portland ORhttps://www.wweek.com/news/city/2020/06/07/portland-reporter-pens-first-person-account-of-being-pepper-sprayed-while-filming-an-arrest/ …

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        2. T. Greg Doucette‏Verified account @greg_doucette Jun 8

          Another angle on 2️⃣0️⃣7️⃣ out of Oakdale CA [@juliansdayoff22]pic.twitter.com/jE5yA5e6ES

          Julian Lopez
          10 replies 99 retweets 188 likes
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        3. T. Greg Doucette‏Verified account @greg_doucette Jun 8

          T. Greg Doucette Retweeted Spek

          More info on the person hit with the canister in 4️⃣2️⃣5️⃣ out of Seattlehttps://twitter.com/spekulation/status/1270114467024642050 …

          T. Greg Doucette added,

          Spek @spekulation
          Just heard! The woman intentionally shot with the canister last night, from the reddit story, is alive and awake! She's still in the hospital. But she made it. pic.twitter.com/y7LaIyqawO
          2 replies 152 retweets 310 likes
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        4. T. Greg Doucette‏Verified account @greg_doucette Jun 8

          T. Greg Doucette Retweeted Brett

          4️⃣2️⃣8️⃣ Multiple: *lengthy* thread of police departments lying to the public about what's happened in a variety of instances Your Government is lying to you. Regularly.https://twitter.com/relentlessbored/status/1269481497301594113 …

          T. Greg Doucette added,

          Brett @Relentlessbored
          a selection of cops blatantly lying over the past week pic.twitter.com/FlBbhSlcIS
          Show this thread
          2 replies 339 retweets 541 likes
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        5. T. Greg Doucette‏Verified account @greg_doucette Jun 8

          4️⃣2️⃣9️⃣ Seattle, WA: a mashup of multiple cameras, notice the top left where SPD blows away a journalistpic.twitter.com/E1ltEGCZph

          Defund The Police🌹🏴
          4 replies 156 retweets 239 likes
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        6. T. Greg Doucette‏Verified account @greg_doucette Jun 8

          4️⃣3️⃣0️⃣ Seattle, WA + Portland, OR: another mashup of multiple videos showing the chaos and violence by police [@Bionic_Sloth]pic.twitter.com/3otLrfvnph

          Defund The Police🌹🏴
          5 replies 186 retweets 293 likes
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        7. T. Greg Doucette‏Verified account @greg_doucette Jun 8

          Another video supercut of some of the lawlessness from the last few days The cops are rioting [@JordanUhl]pic.twitter.com/jcydxcgolN

          jordan
          This Is A Police State 6
          10 replies 349 retweets 511 likes
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        8. T. Greg Doucette‏Verified account @greg_doucette Jun 8

          T. Greg Doucette Retweeted Spek

          More on 4️⃣2️⃣0️⃣ in Seattle The shooter is cop-adjacent (Also check out the next tweet in this thread, documenting how the guy's social media accounts were being wiped while he was supposedly in custody)https://twitter.com/spekulation/status/1270166239621472256 …

          T. Greg Doucette added,

          Spek @spekulation
          Seattle Police are now saying that Nikolas Fernandez, the man who drove into the crowd yesterday carrying a handgun with an extra clip taped to it, has a brother who works AT THE EAST PRECINCT. They're also claiming he was scared for his life. https://www.capitolhillseattle.com/2020/06/his-brother-works-here-at-this-precinct-police-say-capitol-hill-protest-shooting-suspect-was-fearing-for-his-life/ … pic.twitter.com/tVoaTJbC9v
          Show this thread
          12 replies 224 retweets 327 likes
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        9. T. Greg Doucette‏Verified account @greg_doucette Jun 8

          T. Greg Doucette Retweeted Black Lives Matter (Dr. Waitman Wade Beorn)

          Apparently @WallaWallaPD deleted their entire Twitter account rather than deal with @waitmanb's expertise 😂https://twitter.com/waitmanb/status/1268882171852357635 …

          T. Greg Doucette added,

          Black Lives Matter (Dr. Waitman Wade Beorn) @waitmanb
          [Thread] Why does this policeman have an SS tattoo? I cannot comment on this officer's beliefs or characterize his actions as a police officer. I can provide context as I was involved in a larger discussion of the SS rune tattoo by Marine Scout Snipers 8 years ago. https://twitter.com/RestlessMonarch/status/1268654907558510593 …
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          9 replies 170 retweets 409 likes
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        10. T. Greg Doucette‏Verified account @greg_doucette Jun 8

          4️⃣3️⃣1️⃣ Charlotte, NC: police arrest a representative from The Bail Project before they're slated to speak at a protest by Charlotte-Mecklenburg's public defenders [@kaitlinwa24]pic.twitter.com/yzCPFWswX7

          Kaitlin WA
          23 replies 432 retweets 557 likes
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        11. T. Greg Doucette‏Verified account @greg_doucette Jun 9

          4️⃣3️⃣2️⃣ Houston, TX: a cop headbutts a protestor for asking why cops are beating another protestor [@DomSkyeRN]pic.twitter.com/0EHnxLtJzp

          Social Distancing Dom
          12 replies 259 retweets 345 likes
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        12. T. Greg Doucette‏Verified account @greg_doucette Jun 9

          T. Greg Doucette Retweeted Jake Offenhartz

          4️⃣3️⃣3️⃣ New York City, NY: police deliberately targeted non-protesting legal observers for arresthttps://twitter.com/jangelooff/status/1270106687295369216 …

          T. Greg Doucette added,

          Jake Offenhartz @jangelooff
          Another legal observer says he was cornered by eight NYPD officers before curfew and accused of “illegal counter-surveillance against police.” They allegedly seized his notebook and mocked him for writing that some cops had obscured their badge numbers. https://gothamist.com/news/round-green-hats-nypd-accused-deliberately-targeting-legal-observers-brutal-bronx-mass-arrest …
          Show this thread
          5 replies 182 retweets 277 likes
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        13. T. Greg Doucette‏Verified account @greg_doucette Jun 9

          T. Greg Doucette Retweeted Dr. Jason "I am ANTIFA" Miller

          HELP NEEDED: want to help us add dates and times to these videos? 😬 We know many of you want more info for the spreadsheet that @jasonemiller put together to mirror the Police Brutality Mega-Thread (yes I know it needs a better name) See below plz:https://twitter.com/jasonemiller/status/1270207947772096512 …

          T. Greg Doucette added,

          Dr. Jason "I am ANTIFA" Miller @jasonemiller
          NEW: https://forms.gle/qktN8imifbVEBQFx8 … -- The catalog of police brutality grows, & we need help adding date & time information about incidents. If you can spare a few minutes, please use this form & find evidence of the date and time one video was created. Submit and, if you want, repeat.
          10 replies 67 retweets 137 likes
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        14. T. Greg Doucette‏Verified account @greg_doucette Jun 9

          T. Greg Doucette Retweeted Nathan Bernard

          4️⃣3️⃣4️⃣ Portland, Maine: rounding up journalists for arrest because of cop-skeptic tweetshttps://twitter.com/nathantbernard/status/1270354073611534339 …

          T. Greg Doucette added,

          Nathan BernardVerified account @nathanTbernard
          Police are at this journalist’s house right now in Portland, Maine threatening to arrest him for tweeting about cops. Not good. pic.twitter.com/uKxeuQvsyP
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          7 replies 242 retweets 430 likes
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        15. T. Greg Doucette‏Verified account @greg_doucette Jun 9

          4️⃣3️⃣5️⃣ Asheville, NC: police shoot a guy in the neck/face with a pepperball [@ILTTS]pic.twitter.com/LwueaQlLqt

          SAUNDERS
          7 replies 225 retweets 328 likes
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        16. T. Greg Doucette‏Verified account @greg_doucette Jun 9

          Still shot from 4️⃣3️⃣5️⃣ above The guy Asheville PD chose to shoot first was in a @Kaepernick7 shirtpic.twitter.com/oMUVb4jbQg

          6 replies 97 retweets 238 likes
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        17. T. Greg Doucette‏Verified account @greg_doucette Jun 9

          4️⃣3️⃣6️⃣ Beavercreek, OH: police fire teargas into a peaceful protest Afterward, they had the audacity to kneel with the people they'd just gassed for a photo op [@b0ywxnder]pic.twitter.com/ozYgNTEu7H

          BlackLivesMatter✊🏾
          4 replies 187 retweets 296 likes
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        18. T. Greg Doucette‏Verified account @greg_doucette Jun 9

          This was how the local media chose to report the police initiating the violence in Beavercreek at 4️⃣3️⃣6️⃣https://www.wdtn.com/news/local-news/police-protesters-find-common-ground-in-beavercreek/ …

          4 replies 76 retweets 164 likes
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        19. T. Greg Doucette‏Verified account @greg_doucette Jun 9

          Another view of 3️⃣2️⃣3️⃣ in Lakewood CA [@ityabboy]pic.twitter.com/B6OK7KjBNE

          Talk shit, Get lit
          1 reply 74 retweets 148 likes
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        20. T. Greg Doucette‏Verified account @greg_doucette Jun 9

          And another view of 3️⃣2️⃣3️⃣ in Lakewood CA [@Lorrianna_]pic.twitter.com/yU5ss8bLEG

          Lorrie Strong
          4 replies 97 retweets 174 likes
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        21. T. Greg Doucette‏Verified account @greg_doucette Jun 9

          T. Greg Doucette Retweeted Ali Ingersoll

          4️⃣3️⃣7️⃣ Buffalo, NY: police dispatcher slips up and says the quiet part out loud (He has now been suspended) https://twitter.com/ali_ingnews/status/1270157142973169664?s=21 …https://twitter.com/Ali_IngNews/status/1270157142973169664 …

          T. Greg Doucette added,

          Ali Ingersoll @Ali_IngNews
          #Breaking The Buffalo Police Commissioner has suspended Bob Marth, a man who worked as police dispatcher. The suspension comes after Marth made the following comments on Facebook pic.twitter.com/V4lSf5rz8f
          25 replies 275 retweets 521 likes
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        22. T. Greg Doucette‏Verified account @greg_doucette Jun 9

          More on 1️⃣6️⃣8️⃣ above out of Charlotte NC, from State Senator @JeffJacksonNChttps://medium.com/@Jeff_Jackson/review-of-incident-in-charlotte-on-4th-street-on-the-evening-of-june-2nd-2963d4598500 …

          5 replies 69 retweets 137 likes
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        23. T. Greg Doucette‏Verified account @greg_doucette Jun 9

          T. Greg Doucette Retweeted August Takala

          There are 52 unique incidents of video-recorded NYPD police brutality just in this thread, most of which have multiple videos from different angles When NYPD cops riot – acting like (taxpayer-financed) "animals and thugs" – this is the resulthttps://twitter.com/augusttakala/status/1270399690912272384 …

          T. Greg Doucette added,

          1:25
          August Takala @AugustTakala
          WATCH 🚨 New York police boss Mike O'Meara went off on the media today: "Stop treating us like animals and thugs and start treating us with some respect ... Our legislators abandoned us. The press is vilifying us. It's disgusting." pic.twitter.com/CXOPARKff7
          Show this thread
          58 replies 638 retweets 1,290 likes
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        24. T. Greg Doucette‏Verified account @greg_doucette Jun 9

          Play stupid games, win stupid prizes

          11 replies 33 retweets 443 likes
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        25. T. Greg Doucette‏Verified account @greg_doucette Jun 9

          NOTES: I've gotten a number of questions about what process we're using to verify the videos that make the thread Here's what I've been doing ➡️ If a suggested entry is from a traditional media outlet, I piggyback off them – it's presumed accurate until we learn otherwise 1/

          1 reply 32 retweets 136 likes
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        26. T. Greg Doucette‏Verified account @greg_doucette Jun 9

          ➡️ For new video, we check the tweet / hashtags / etc in Twitter Search to see if other people have different-but-similar tweets / photos / vids of the same area + time 2/

          1 reply 12 retweets 95 likes
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        27. T. Greg Doucette‏Verified account @greg_doucette Jun 9

          (e.g. the video of the guy driving his car into the crowd in Seattle also pulls up a lot of just-text "omg this guy just drove into the crowd" tweets with Seattle geotags) 3/

          2 replies 10 retweets 93 likes
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        28. T. Greg Doucette‏Verified account @greg_doucette Jun 9

          ➡️ For video that seems "lonely" (no useful corroborating data comes from Twitter Search), we use Google + Google Maps + Tineye to look for corrobating stories and to verify location if possible 4/

          1 reply 12 retweets 107 likes
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        29. T. Greg Doucette‏Verified account @greg_doucette Jun 9

          ➡️ If there are people we know from past submissions are actually there on the ground recording, we treat them like journalists and presume they're continuing to share original media ➡️ We ignore pre-protest videos I know I've seen from working on the @fsckemall podcast 5/

          1 reply 12 retweets 103 likes
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        30. T. Greg Doucette‏Verified account @greg_doucette Jun 9

          ➡️ On the couple occasions where we've gotten it wrong (e.g. a video several told us was Seattle turned out to be Philadelphia; Jason noticed because the uniforms were different), we tweet out a correction quote-tweeting the original submission 6/

          1 reply 13 retweets 151 likes
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        31. T. Greg Doucette‏Verified account @greg_doucette Jun 9

          It's probably not a perfect process, but the few corrections needed thus far suggests it works pretty well It is a stupidly slow process though, which is why I'm only adding 10-20 videos a day 7/7

          8 replies 15 retweets 190 likes
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