If you don’t fully grasp the outrage towards police right now in the U.S., I strongly encourage you to watch these videos.
This is a Twitter thread with hundreds of examples of unjustified police brutality from the last few days and this is a Twitter thread with lots of examples of police attacking the press.
2️⃣3️⃣ Columbus, OH: Unarmed protestors peacefully chanting when officers start randomly pepper-spraying them for sport
— T. Greg Doucette (@greg_doucette) May 30, 2020
Overhead view of 2️⃣5️⃣ above
— T. Greg Doucette (@greg_doucette) May 31, 2020
SHOCKING VIDEO: LAPD officers seen striking protesters with batons in Fairfax district confrontation https://t.co/gWbBswwzvs pic.twitter.com/HscxXj4sKN
— ABC7 Eyewitness News (@ABC7) June 4, 2020
Watch this officer in Richmond, VA spits on a protestor during a global #pandemic multiple times.
People are getting arrested just for threatening to spread the #coronavirus, but I guess it doesnt apply to cops. pic.twitter.com/4pTzf33Pqe
— Brutum Fulmen🧢 (@BrutumF) June 2, 2020
4️⃣1️⃣ Seattle, WA: police arrest a protestor using the same knee-on-neck technique used to murder #GeorgeFloyd
Another protestor yells "GET YOUR FUCKING KNEE OFF HIS NECK" – at which point the *other* officer forcibly moves the first officer's leg
— T. Greg Doucette (@greg_doucette) May 31, 2020
https://twitter.com/bentaub91/status/1267840280214069248
Here’s how this scene was viewed live in Australia. One of America’s closest and most dependable allies. Rendered speechless. Just watch. pic.twitter.com/IjOzgs3WYo
— Brett McGurk (@brett_mcgurk) June 2, 2020
Glenna Grant expressing her disbelief that Asheville police destroyed their medical tent. pic.twitter.com/dhfJLKu27I
— David Thompson (@daveth89) June 3, 2020
