At short range, officer fires a tear gas round directly at a protester. The round narrowly misses striking the protester in the face.
tags: tear-gas, protester
id: dc-dc-12
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A BBC cameraman was charged at by police and hit with a shield.
tags: journalist, shield
id: dc-dc-1
Links
- https://twitter.com/AleemMaqbool/status/1267319521486004225?s=20
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-us-canada-52884888/george-floyd-protests-police-charge-at-bbc-cameraman-near-white-house
Tear gas is shot on ground near protesters. One protester is depicted needing water for eye wash. Calls for water and medics are heard.
tags: tear-gas, medic, protester
id: dc-dc-11
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Protesters and an Australian reporter and cameraman were attacked by police while reporting on protests in DC. An officer charged directly at the journalist and appeared to punch her. The journalist identified herself at media, and identified that tear gas and rubber bullets were used.
tags: journalist, punch, tear-gas, rubber-bullet, projectile
id: dc-dc-2
Links
- https://7news.com.au/sunrise/on-the-show/scary-moment-as-sunrise-reporter-caught-up-in-us-violence-c-1073136
- https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-06-02/channel-7-journalists-assaulted-police-george-floyd-protesters/12312056
- https://twitter.com/ASB_Breaking/status/1267596043870486528
- https://twitter.com/i/status/1267597024096137217
- https://twitter.com/i/status/1267606685767667712
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- Mirror of alternate footage
- CW: Blood
The protesters were given no warning to leave, resulting in forceful removal and injuries to protesters via tear gas and flashbangs.
tags: tear-gas, stun-grenade, protester
id: dc-dc-3
Links
- https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/02/us/politics/trump-walk-lafayette-square.html
- https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/02/politics/trump-white-house-protest-police-church-photo-op/index.html
- https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/dc/lafayette-square-washington-dc-protests-st-johns-church/65-f76d9753-8d99-42df-b02d-99d11a427595
- https://www.reddit.com/r/2020PoliceBrutality/comments/gvpqoz/nsfl_hit_by_riot_shield_blood_gushes_out_of_guys/
- https://www.reddit.com/r/2020PoliceBrutality/comments/gvpgpz/found_both_videos_of_the_dc_event_i_know_people/
- https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1267638330654625794
DCPD officer aims tear gas canister at protester's head, narrowly misses.
tags: tear-gas-canister, projectile, protester
id: dc-dc-4
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MSNBC captures mounted and regular police using flashbangs on peaceful protesters outside the White House. Someone injured by police is carried away live on camera.
tags: stun-grenade, horse, protester
id: dc-dc-5
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Man who sheltered protesters discusses law enforcement officers shooting tear gas into his house | June 1st
A DC resident discusses being accosted by officers when trying to enter his home. Once inside, a crowd of protesters were allegedly confined to the street by officers, at which point the resident offered to shelter them in his home. He claims that officers then fired tear gas into his home.
tags: threaten, tear-gas, protester, bystander
id: dc-dc-6
Links
- https://twitter.com/suckmyunicornD/status/1267767217392934917
- https://dcist.com/story/20/06/02/dupont-dc-home-protest-rahul-dubey/
Here, police are captured charging into a crowd of peaceful protesters and hitting them with their shields. One individual can be seen bleeding from the mouth after being struck, before being pushed to the ground.
tags: shield, beat, tackle, protester
id: dc-dc-7
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Police fire into crowd outside of White House. Protester is hit and falls to the ground. The same protester is then hit again after standing. Projectile used is unknown.
tags: projectile, protester
id: dc-dc-8
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Footage from Anderson Cooper 360 uploaded to Twitter on June 1st shows a protester struck by an officer with a riot shield. Blood is seen coming from the protester's face.
Footage then shows the protester shoved to the ground and shot.
tags: shield, beat, shoot, shove, protester
id: dc-dc-15
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Armed men are seen supporting police efforts. When asked to identify themselves, they stated only that they work for the Department of Justice or "the federal government." They had no identifying names or numbers.
tags: hide-badge, abuse-of-power
id: dc-dc-13
Links
- https://twitter.com/dfriedman33/status/1267936203522932738
- https://twitter.com/dfriedman33/status/1267936685536481280
Law enforcement officers fire rubber bullets into crowd, pepper-spray kneeling protester and CNN crew | June 3rd
In the first of these videos, a crowd can be seen shaking a piece of temporary fencing. Either in response to this or to secure the fence, law enforcement officers fire rubber bullets into the crowd to clear them. In the second video and third videos, officers pepper-spray a kneeling protester and a CNN camera crew. The second video ends with more rubber bullets being fired. The reason for this is unknown.
tags: rubber-bullet, pepper-spray, journalist, protester
id: dc-dc-9
Links
- https://twitter.com/MarkIronsMedia/status/1268046417865715713
- https://twitter.com/MarkIronsMedia/status/1268062053182443522
- https://twitter.com/gifdsports/status/1268041853196275712
- https://twitter.com/Joshrepp/status/1268204713939435521
In this video, officer throw stinger grenades in a crowd chanting "black lives matter". Throughout, grenades continue to be used, one of which explodes directly in front of a peaceful protester.
tags: stun-grenade, protester
id: dc-dc-10
Links
- https://twitter.com/greg_doucette/status/1268297598856765441
- https://twitter.com/greg_doucette/status/1268297598856765441
Footage shows a line of agents wearing riot gear. They do not have names, badges or body cams. They allegedly refused to tell protesters what agency sent them.
Additional reports suggest they are members of the federal Bureau of Prisons trained specifically for prison riots.
tags: hide-badge, abuse-of-power
id: dc-dc-14
Links
- https://twitter.com/bdaviskc/status/1268401251978563585
- https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/04/us/politics/unidentified-police-protests.html
- https://www.businessinsider.com/officers-special-trained-prison-riots-face-off-with-dc-protesters-2020-6
During a standoff around a statue of Andrew Jackson, footage shows multiple officers attempt to arrest a protester. The man appears to be passively resisting (e.g. locking his arms). Police respond by beating him with batons and kneeling on him. At one point, the man states he cannot breathe. Police do not acknowledge this.
tags: beat, baton, arrest, knee, protester
id: dc-dc-16
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Prior to a much publicized attempt to tear down a statue of Andrew Jackson, police erected a chain-link fence around the statue.
Protesters converged on the statue, pulled down the fence, and threw chains around the statue.
Police met the protesters with immediate violence. An account states police encircled the protesters, preventing any exit, then beat protesters with shields and batons. Police pepper-sprayed protesters as well. The account additionally states police ripped off her friend's glasses and mask to pepper-spray her.
tags: beat, baton, pepper-spray, spray, shield, protester
id: dc-dc-17
Links
- https://twitter.com/Jsc_35/status/1275255059325030401
- https://twitter.com/Jsc_35/status/1275270995415371776
- https://twitter.com/Jsc_35/status/1275272881426006018
- https://twitter.com/LiteraryMouse/status/1275235242165534721
- https://twitter.com/LiteraryMouse/status/1275238230363975681
- https://twitter.com/itsSweetThing/status/1275419611568226305
Video shows police slowly advancing towards protesters, pushing them back. Alongside the police is a man conspicuously wearing "jeans and fatigue-colored ammo belt" wielding a baton. He has no police badge or other identification. He hits and shoves the individual filming. Neither he nor the officers answer when protesters demand to know who the man is and whether he is a cop or a vigilante. A second video in the same twitter thread shows the unidentified man striking a protester and talking with an officer. A third video in the thread shows the man assisting with an arrest. It is unclear whether the police were allowing a civilian without any authority to assault protesters, or whether they were protecting the identity of an officer from some special unit.
tags: beat, baton, protester
id: dc-dc-19
Links
- https://twitter.com/JasonPatinkin/status/1275252759634329602
- https://twitter.com/JasonPatinkin/status/1275294052372615169
- https://twitter.com/JasonPatinkin/status/1275294840192974848
Police line begins shouting, "Move back" and using their bikes to push protesters back across a street. Protesters with hands up who refuse to move are shoved and told to keep moving. Protesters near the filmer shout at police, saying, "What's wrong with you?" An officer behind the line of bikes steps forward and sprays pepper spray at protesters, including the filmer.
tags: shove, pepper-spray, spray, protester
id: dc-dc-23
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Footage shows an argument between a protester an officer. The protester films close to the officer's face; the officer shines his flashlight in the protester's eye.
Notable, however, is the strip of black tape covering the officer's badge number.
tags: hide-badge
id: dc-dc-20
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Police can be heard chanting, "Move back," while pushing protesters back through a park. Protesters obeying direction are still pepper sprayed.
tags: pepper-spray, spray, protester
id: dc-dc-21
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An eyewitness to protests reports that police pushed protesters away from their protest site that morning. He states that some people were gassed, but equivocates that some people were fighting with the police and those may have been the people who were gassed.
He states that police stole all food and other supplies before forcing protesters out. He states that police beat and tear-gassed medics who were attempting to help protesters. In addition, he states that police beat "anyone they could find."
He says that volunteer medics had permission from the church where they set up, but police ignored the permission and dispersed them regardless.
tags: medic, tear-gas, beat, property-destruction, protester
id: dc-dc-22
Links
- https://twitter.com/maryamnayebyazd/status/1275493238619635714
- https://twitter.com/maryamnayebyazd/status/1275493885188485120
Multiple videos from Raws media show police use of pepper spray, flashbangs and tear gas to disperse small, peaceful protests.
Protesters appear to have erected small barricades in the streets using traffic cones and planters. Police fire on protesters at range with flashbangs and tear gas. Then in a later video, police line can be seen chanting, "Move back," while spraying pepper spray.
The second clip from Raws shows protesters attempting to treat a fellow protester who was injured in the first round of violence.
Additional footage posted on Youtube shows similar events. Around 4 minutes, this footage also shows police pushing a man on crutches and harassing him to move faster. Protesters attempting to help the man on crutches are assaulted.
tags: pepper-spray, spray, tear-gas, stun-grenade, shove, push, strike, person-with-disability, protester
id: dc-dc-18
Links
- https://twitter.com/rawsmedia/status/1275671784554221574
- https://twitter.com/rawsmedia/status/1275673321959497729
- https://twitter.com/rawsmedia/status/1275675725358600192
- https://twitter.com/rawsmedia/status/1275688665486897152
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aC1udgaUzDI
Footage from late on June 27th, police charge a protester walking away from them. She is grabbed by multiple officers, both on bike and on foot. The police then arrest her. She drops several water bottles out of her hands. Protesters state she was passing out water bottles to thirsty protesors.
tags: arrest, abuse-of-power, protester
id: dc-dc-24
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Footage from 3 tiktok videos shows numerous officers (approximately 8) arresting one protester. Protester appears to passively resist by locking his arms. He says, "Sir, I will go with you if you stop grabbing my arms." Other protesters can be heard asking why the man is under arrest.
The protester can be heard screaming in pain as police force him into cuffs. Police then lift him by his limbs and his pants to carry him away.
The third link appears to be the third in chronological order as the protesters arms are already cuffed. It is unclear why he is lying face down in the bushes at the beginning of this clip. It additionally shows the careless and physical manner of arrest used by the police.
tags: arrest, strike, protester
id: dc-dc-25
Links
- https://www.tiktok.com/@organicgoodz/video/6846083256228580613
- https://www.tiktok.com/@organicgoodz/video/6846083558910512389
- https://www.tiktok.com/@organicgoodz/video/6845323150729678085
The following two videos are in chronological order, the first showing the protester speaking to one officer (he is not the person speaking with the megaphone, however his words are clearly audible). This turns violent as an officer shoves the protester into the concrete and is quickly aided by at least one other officer. In the second video, four officers are shown to be directly involved in the arrest with many more barricading them with bikes to keep the crowd back. The arrest is then made with the man on the ground.
All 11 protesters arrested on July 7th were released without charges.
tags: arrest, abuse-of-power, shove, bike, protester
id: dc-dc-26
Links
- https://twitter.com/occupyhstreet/status/1280665647412908032
- https://twitter.com/KuzyBeCackling/status/1280693959841460224
- https://twitter.com/DCMediaGroup/status/1281334939179462663
Footage shows a protester speaking to an officer in a white shirt. Two more officers quietly walk up behind the protester. Without warning, the white-shirted officer grabs the protester. The protester panics and more police join to move him off to the side and force him to the ground.
The second clip shows about 5 officers handcuffing the protester before carrying him away.
All 11 protesters arrested on July 7th were released without charges.
tags: arrest, shove, abuse-of-power, protester
id: dc-dc-27
Links
- https://twitter.com/JoshuaPotash/status/1280712378225696769
- https://twitter.com/KuzyBeCackling/status/1280690030344888321
- https://twitter.com/DCMediaGroup/status/1281334939179462663
Pro-Life protesters held a permitted protest outside a D.C. area Planned Parenthood building. Several were arrested for vandalism after attempting to paint and chalk messages on the public sidewalk. The Metropolitan Police Department states that although the rally was permitted, they state a Department of Transportation permit would also have been needed to chalk on the sidewalk. A spokesperson for the protesters states that protesters were told they would not be phyiscally stopped from painting and were even advised on what paint to buy.
tags: arrest, protester, abuse-of-power
id: dc-dc-28
Links
- https://twitter.com/stillgray/status/1289558509500039174
- https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/aug/1/police-stop-pro-lifers-painting-street-black-prebo/
Shortly after midnight on August 14th, an individual - allegedly a bystander - is filming police. An officer shoves him away and pepper sprays him. The officer appears to catch another officer in the pepper spray.
tags: bystander, pepper-spray, spray, shove, push
id: dc-dc-29
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A protester approaches cops making an arrest and is restrained by an officer while a 2nd officer punches her.
tags: protester, grab, punch
id: dc-dc-30
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After police make an arrest at a protest, the protesters become agitated and shout at police. Police then throw tear gas canisters at protesters. Officers chase protesters down the street using tear gas, stun grenades and rubber bullets. One officer discharges pepper spray at protesters and the filmer, a journalist.
tags: protester, journalist, arrest, tear-gas, stun-grenade, shoot, rubber-bullet, pepper-spray, spray
id: dc-dc-31
Links
- https://twitter.com/wyattreed13/status/1299914900228235265
- https://twitter.com/rawsmedia/status/1299876987813736448
- https://twitter.com/rawsmedia/status/1299918596081102849
- https://twitter.com/rawsmedia/status/1299911442427187200
- https://twitter.com/rawsmedia/status/1299911726582976513
- https://twitter.com/rawsmedia/status/1299911910427688962
- https://twitter.com/rawsmedia/status/1299915828603781120
- https://twitter.com/BareWithAyan/status/1299918588640464896
Police walk protesters down the street. One officer pepper sprays a protester. He stops walking as he tries to clear his eyes, and an officer shoves him. Another protester then yells at police; she is pepper sprayed as well.
tags; protester, push, shove, pepper-spray, spray
tags:
id: dc-dc-32
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The Snack Van from Portland joined protests in D.C. to hand out food, water and medical supplies to protesters. The driver rolled slowly alongside protesters as police began dispersal. Police told the driver to pull the van over and put in park. The driver began to comply. An officer then smashed the driver side window and arrested the occupants.
tags: protester, arrest, property-destruction
id: dc-dc-33
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Protesters and police faced off shortly after midnight on the morning of August 31st. Protesters threw water bottles at police. Police escalated and used tear gas to disperse protesters.
tags: protester, tear-gas
id: dc-dc-34
Links
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kbp_xJDBcvs
- https://twitter.com/rawsmedia/status/1300284688649588739
- https://twitter.com/LizzieLouFerris/status/1300324311002210306
Police behind a barricade in the street fire rubber bullets at protesters. Protesters appear to be doing no more than shouting at police to stop shooting.
tags: protester, shoot, rubber-bullet
id: dc-dc-35
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