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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Compton, CA: man tells protestors about their 5th Amendment right to not talk to the cops
So the cops shoot the man repeatedly with pepper rounds
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Compton, CA: LASD has a helicopter flying overhead to share copaganda
Ludicrously expensive
Lots that can be safely defunded from the looks of ithttps://twitter.com/rosenfeldreport/status/1274865344692154373 …
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Richmond, VA: comically absurd quantum of police open fire and deploy gas against unarmed protestors
Tonight, 21 June 2020
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Columbus, OH: police pepper spray a double amputee, then *disconnect and take his prosthetic legs*
The man *crawled on his hands* to get medical help while a group of protestors rushed the cops to get his legs back
Today, 21 June 2020
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in Columbus OH, where cops stole the prosthetic legs of a double amputee for sporthttps://twitter.com/laurennmcc/status/1274888858660937728 …Show this thread -
This is the Mayor of Columbus, earlier this week Evidently his cops didn't get the memohttps://twitter.com/mayorginther/status/1272963114250588160 …
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in Columbus OH, as police drag a street medic and pin him to the ground
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Apparently Columbus OH cops not only didn't get the Mayor's memo, they're actively telling him to go f*ck himself and they'll pepper-spray whoever they damn well please The cops are riotinghttps://twitter.com/aka_dirtgirl/status/1274815213217423363 …
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Richmond, VA: police deliberately target a reporter with pepper spray, aiming for his face and his phone camera so it can't clearly record
21 June 2020
The cops are riotinghttps://twitter.com/aeringle/status/1274898298923606017 …
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in New York City NY, where an NYPD cop is on video choking out an unarmed black man for sport
The officer has been suspended pending the outcome of an investigation
Also: "It's not clear what precipitated the arrest." (no sh*t)https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/06/22/nypd-chokehold-video-suspended/ …Show this thread -
Seaside Heights, NJ: pre-protest so not assigning a number to this 2018 video Man approached for "suspicious operation of a bicycle," he notes he doesn't have to talk to cops, then is arrested for no bell on bike Story: https://www.nj.com/ocean/2018/09/watch_bicyclist_cited_for_no_bell_on_bike_in_seasi.html … Video:pic.twitter.com/PCUp0CnsLl
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New York City, NY: NYPD decides to put on a sound and light show for West Harlem residents at 3:00am today
Looks like a *lot* of cops who can safely be defunded
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out of Raleigh NC, where RPD brutalized an unarmed protester who was backing away with his hands raised as commandedhttps://twitter.com/everyvoicenc/status/1275199214029545475 …Show this thread -


Washington, DC: US Park Police indiscriminately pepper spray unarmed protestors with their hands raised
Today, 22 June 2020
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Portland, OR: montage of the nightly war zone in Portland
Cops repeatedly toss flash-bang grenades at the feet of protestors helping an injured man leave the area, shoot an absurd number of pepperballs at folks as they leave, etc
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Charlotte, NC: police arrested an unarmed black man for talking to them
Notice this same thing happened at 
in Charleston SC and 
in Kansas City MO
31 May 2020
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Washington, DC: separate from 

, looks like DC Metro and US Park Police both beating the sh*t out of protestors for sport
Today, 22 June 2020
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Washington, DC: Secret Service trying to get the media out of the White House area, presumably so there's less media coverage of police brutalizing peaceful protestors and sh*tting on the Bill of Rightshttps://twitter.com/aprildryan/status/1275230198489808901 …
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New York City, NY: some good news, as a new project attempts to archive traffic cam footage to track police brutalityhttps://www.vice.com/en_us/article/y3zp55/activists-are-using-traffic-cameras-to-track-police-brutality …Show this thread -
CORRECTION:


is actually a 2nd camera angle of 
in Charleston SC, *not* new footage in Charlotte NC
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Charleston, SC: how many Charleston cops does it take to arrest one unarmed protestor?
I count 4
Today, 22 June 2020
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St. Joseph, MO: not protest-related so not assigning a number, but apparently Missouri police are accustomed to abusing power when they're off-duty too https://twitter.com/joshuapotash/status/1275177222521982977 …
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in Washington DC, showing police indiscriminately pepper-spraying pretty much everybody for no discernible reason
Today, 22 June 2020
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that happened in St. Joseph, Missouri: the officer has been placed on administrative duty pending the outcome of an investigationhttps://www.kansascity.com/news/local/crime/article243711837.html …Show this thread -
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in Columbus OH
(can't tell if this is a 2nd camera angle or if it's just a continuation of the earlier video)
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Charlotte, NC: CMPD cop shows up to a call about a shooting by... randomly pointing his rifle at bystanders' heads?
What kind of protocol is this foolishness?
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3-up from the livestream in


above out of Charlotte NChttps://twitter.com/tashjmackk/status/1274971441692209153 …
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Columbus, OH: thought this was a duplicate of one of the earlier videos, but on second review it looks like a different instance? CPD cops indiscriminately pepper-spraying basically everybody
21 June 2020
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