At roughly 0:13 in the video, an officer can be seen charging and punching a protester who is backing away.
tags: protester, punch, tackle
id: mi-detroit-4
geolocation: 42.3312081, -83.043529
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Riot police charge peaceful protesters without warning. The filming protester and numerous others are beaten with riot shields.
tags: beat, protester, shield, tackle
id: mi-detroit-5
geolocation: 42.3309973, -83.042790
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Police screamed at men walking away from them and attempting to leave the scene as directed, then violently shoved one of the men to the ground.
tags: protester, shove, threaten
id: mi-detroit-1
geolocation: 42.3348206, -83.0448825
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Detroit Police pepper-spray a reporter in the face while he holds up a media badge.
tags: journalist, less-lethal, pepper-spray, spray
id: mi-detroit-2
geolocation: 42.330676, -83.042685
Links
- https://twitter.com/jcreindl/status/1266925170192715782
- https://twitter.com/DetroitReporter/status/1266957225114861568
- https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/detroit/2020/06/01/journalists-targeted-police-protests-detroit/5302659002/
Police tear-gassed and shot rubber bullets at reporters, despite clearly identifying themselves as media
tags: journalist, less-lethal, rubber-bullet, shoot, tear-gas
id: mi-detroit-3
geolocation: 42.332364, -83.0575983
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Police charge protesters. One woman does not flee and a police officer knocks her to the ground with his fist, before kneeling on her back to arrest her.
tags: arrest, knee, protester, punch, throw
id: mi-detroit-6
geolocation: 42.3331454, -83.0440872
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Several reporters standing in a designated press zone were charged by Detroit police, shoved, and told to leave the area. The reporters all had visible press passes.
tags: journalist, push, shove
id: mi-detroit-14
geolocation: 42.3302387, -83.0563789
Links
- https://twitter.com/MKurlyandchik/status/1267259635293204481
- https://twitter.com/MKurlyandchik/status/1267259636610142210
- https://twitter.com/MKurlyandchik/status/1267359959089586176
Footage shows a reporter walking across a park to film an arrest. She is approached by an officer (off camera) who asks who she is with. He then zip-ties her and walks her to another location. Around 4:20, she is released. An individual explaining (not seen, but has the same voice as the arresting officer) says, "You were hanging out with those two people. It looked like they were throwing bottles at us. Do us a favor and trip them when they're running or something to make it easier on us."
Footage from another reporter shows her handcuffed and led to the car. This reporter states that a group of press intervened to have her released.
tags: journalist, zip-tie
id: mi-detroit-11
geolocation: 42.336723, -83.050693
Links
- https://www.facebook.com/DetroitNews/videos/855231228320197/
- https://twitter.com/MKurlyandchik/status/1267269219789529090
- https://pressfreedomtracker.us/all-incidents/detroit-news-journalist-captures-her-own-detention-livestream/
- https://twitter.com/JustCallmeBHunt/status/1267268955191853057
Police line is seen using shields to push back a small group of protesters. The filmer, a reporter, moves around to the other side of the protesters. At this point, the footage captures another group of police officers charging the protesters from behind without warning.
The footage becomes blurry as it appears that police strike the reporter, who repeatedly states, "I am press," and is standing alongside several camera crews.
The reporter states that they were beaten by police, their glasses were broken, and their phone thrown. In a subsequent video, the reporter speaks to the police chief and states in the description that they were pepper-sprayed. The police chief states that he will open an investigation. A second reporter off-screen tells the chief that multiple journalists were assaulted. One journalist was briefly arrested and zip-tied before being released.
tags: arrest, beat, journalist, less-lethal, pepper-spray, property-destruction, protester, punch, shield, spray, strike, zip-tie
id: mi-detroit-7
geolocation: 42.405542, -82.997185
Links
- https://twitter.com/MCmuckraker/status/1267982859991728130
- https://twitter.com/MCmuckraker/status/1268011179986870273
- https://twitter.com/JustCallmeBHunt/status/1267981691529957376
Video shows sound cannon deployed alongside APC. The LRAD can be heard with its characteristic alarm.
The use of LRADs is a subject of much contention, with frequent reports of permanent nerve and hearing damage caused by their use.
The ACLU's position is that due to the high risk of damage and lack of research on lasting effects, LRADs should not be deployed to disperse protests.
tags: less-lethal, lrad, protester
id: mi-detroit-8
geolocation: 42.4057561, -82.9967976
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A police cruiser begins to drive into a line of protesters. Protesters continue to move. The vehicle accelerates repeatedly, knocking several people over. At the end of the footage, the vehicle accelerates, knocking a protester onto the hood, and drives away.
tags: protester, vehicle
id: mi-detroit-9
geolocation: 42.3083773, -83.1346729
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A Police officer in full riot gear is seen arresting Detroit Will Breathe organizer, Nakia Renne Wallace by chokehold. It was reported another individual was arrested by force with a knee to the neck. Nonviolent protesters were dispersed using shields and batons. Protesters retaliated by throwing bottles and other debris towards the riot police. Police in turn retreated, firing tear gas and smoke canisters into the crowd.
tags: arrest, baton, choke, less-lethal, protester, shield, tear-gas, tear-gas-canister
id: mi-detroit-10
geolocation: 42.4171287, -83.148366
Links
- https://twitter.com/AttorneyCrump/status/1282107085812047873
- https://www.instagram.com/p/CCfSTAnjv_k/
Police and protesters faced off at a protest in Detroit, Michigan around midnight on August 22nd. Police deployed gas grenades, believed to be tear gas, and marched towards protesters. Police then struck protesters with batons and shields, arresting several.
tags: arrest, baton, less-lethal, protester, shield, strike, tear-gas
id: mi-detroit-12
geolocation: 42.334943, -83.0515963
Links
- https://twitter.com/Kayleighmw/status/1297410211049811968
- https://twitter.com/Kayleighmw/status/1297410211049811968
- https://twitter.com/YoDCox/status/1297398241617760257
- https://twitter.com/MCmuckraker/status/1297856193176776705
- https://twitter.com/Kitty_Garrison/status/1297586120503496705
- https://twitter.com/ohnoitslydia/status/1297396456593264640
- https://twitter.com/ohnoitslydia/status/1297396456593264640
- https://twitter.com/ohnoitslydia/status/1297399986120949765
While police push protesters down the street, several can be seen milling about further back on the sidewalk. An officer breaks from the line and charges at a protester, tackling them from behind.
tags: protester, tackle
id: mi-detroit-13
geolocation: 42.334943, -83.0515963
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Police spray unarmed man with pepper-spray and shoot him in the face with a teargas canister | 2020-05-31
A single man walks down a street towards a line of police. The man stops to talk with police, and an officer steps forward, pepper spraying him in the face. The man turns away, and then a tear-gas canister is shot by a different officer directly into the man's head.
tags: less-lethal, pepper-spray, protester, shoot, spray, tear-gas, tear-gas-canister
id: mi-grandrapids-1
geolocation: 42.9632153, -85.6700793
Links
- https://old.reddit.com/r/Bad_Cop_No_Donut/comments/gub8fx/police_shoot_protestor_point_blank_in_the_face/
- https://www.fox17online.com/news/local-news/grand-rapids/grpd-conducting-internal-investigation-after-viral-video-of-man-being-pepper-sprayed
- https://www.reddit.com/r/2020PoliceBrutality/comments/gv3xuu/police_in_grand_rapids_michigan_spray_a_man/
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Law enforcement push and shove a crowd of peaceful protesters with riot shields.
Footage shows police have hidden badge numbers and are not wearing body cams.
tags: body-cam, hide-badge, protester, push, shield, shove
id: mi-grandrapids-2
geolocation: 42.9690723, -85.677825
Links
- https://twitter.com/DJR2C2/status/1267006669583720448
- https://twitter.com/sparrowsongs_/status/1266948928966139904
City of Grand Rapids Police Department officers seen pushing, pulling, and shoving peaceful protesters, as they circle around an officer arresting a man.
The arresting officer appears to force the man to his knees before the other officers finish encircling and view of the man is lost.
Two different women, each in different videos, are shown falling or fallen over as a result of the shoving and pulling.
tags: arrest, protester, push, shove
id: mi-grandrapids-3
geolocation: 42.9632491, -85.6680429
Links
- https://twitter.com/OfficAlyNicole/status/1283181085577420810
- https://twitter.com/greg_doucette/status/1283027373018013699
- https://twitter.com/greg_doucette/status/1283027125805735939
A group of protesters lie on the ground with arms outstretched in front of a ground of police. Police approach, then fire three pepper balls and a gas canister at protesters from close range.
tags: less-lethal, pepper-ball, protester, shoot, tear-gas, tear-gas-canister
id: mi-kalamazoo-1
geolocation: 42.291586, -85.5850304
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A crowd of peaceful protesters downtown refused to disperse upon curfew taking effect. A protester in a tie-die shirt kicked tear gas away from a fellow kneeling protester, and was then arrested by police against a National Guard humvee.
tags: arrest, less-lethal, protester, tear-gas
id: mi-kalamazoo-2
geolocation: 42.291570, -85.5871492
Links
- WOODTV8 live crew
- Kalamazoo Gazette via Facebook Live
- MLive article
- IBB image backup of Asst. Chief and City Manager kneeling
A journalist with MLive was covering a Proud Boys rally on August 15th. Footage shows him arrested while standing in the street. He states he was charged with impeding traffic.
tags: arrest, journalist
id: mi-kalamazoo-3
geolocation: 42.2923954, -85.5847184
Links
- https://twitter.com/Phil_Lewis_/status/1294732715221286913
- https://twitter.com/samueljrob/status/1294741751425568771
- https://twitter.com/PolarBarrett/status/1294742239499911170
Police charge at protesters, pepper spraying indiscriminately. One protester is also tackled to the ground.
tags: less-lethal, pepper-spray, protester, spray, tackle
id: mi-kalamazoo-4
geolocation: 42.2916306, -85.5845007
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