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- May 31, 2020 Murfreesboro, Tennessee Police used tear gas on a group of protesters standing in an intersection, including some children. The mayor of Murfreesboro defended tear gas use, saying it was necessary to remove protesters blocking the intersection.[176]
- May 31, 2020 New York City, New York A hospital worker returning home from work was beaten by police.[177]
- May 31, 2020 New York City, New York An officer struck a man with a baton, breaking bones in his face.[178]
- May 31, 2020 New York City, New York Police repeatedly struck two women with batons.[178]
- May 31, 2020 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma A woman was shot in the arm by a rubber bullet. She later filed a lawsuit against the city of Oklahoma City.[179]
- May 31, 2020 Phoenix, Arizona A police trainee fired a beanbag round at a man in the Garfield Historic District, breaking part of the man’s forearm. The man later sued the city of Phoenix and its police chief.[180]
- May 31, 2020 Richmond, Virginia Two officers pepper sprayed three women in a car at an intersection. The two officers were indicted, but charges against them were later dismissed.[181]
- May 31, 2020 Sacramento, California A teen was shot in the face with a rubber bullet.[182]
- May 31, 2020 Sacramento, California A legal observer was hit above the eye with a pepper ball.[183]
- May 31, 2020 Salem, Oregon An officer fired rubber bullets at a woman, causing vision loss and a chest injury. The woman was later awarded $1 million following a lawsuit.[184]
- May 31, 2020 San Bernardino, California Police fired “many rounds” of tear gas and rubber bullets at crowds after reports of fires and violence.[185]
- May 31, 2020 San Diego, California Police hit a man with a baton and shot him with bean bags. The city of San Diego said the people seen firing projectiles in the man’s videos were sheriff’s deputies, though the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department stated they did not send officers to the protest. A lawsuit was settled in 2023.[186][187]
- May 31, 2020 San Francisco, California Video appears to show a sheriff’s deputy shove a protester from behind on a sidewalk.[188]
- May 31, 2020 Santa Monica, California A man was hit in the back with a rubber bullet. Police also zip tied and arrested protesters, including actor Cole Sprouse.[189]
- May 31, 2020 Santa Rosa, California An officer fired a plastic sting-ball grenade at a protester from less than 15 feet away. The protester suffered a broken jaw and four of his front teeth were knocked out. The officer was later suspended for 20 hours.[190][191]
- May 31, 2020 Santa Rosa, California An officer fired a rubber bullet at a man who suffered a ruptured testicle and required emergency surgery. According to findings by the Santa Rosa Police Department the rubber bullet used was not authorized for crowd control. The officer was later suspended for 20 hours.[191]
- May 31, 2020 Santa Rosa, California An officer fired a rubber bullet at a man, striking him in the forehead. In September 2021 the city of Santa Rosa agreed to pay the man $105,000 following a lawsuit.[192]
- May 31, 2020 Spokane, Washington Police fired tear gas at a group of kneeling protesters. Police were responding to reports of looting at a nearby Nike store.[193]
- May 31, 2020 Spokane, Washington Police beat a man lying on the ground with his arms raised with a baton. It is not clear what happened before the beating.[193]
- May 31, 2020 Tampa, Florida Police fired a rubber bullet at a man helping others to safety, striking him in the back of the head. In 2021 the man filed a lawsuit against the city of Tampa, claiming he suffered from memory loss and migraines since the incident.[194]
- May 31, 2020 Tulsa, Oklahoma Police fired pepper balls at a KTUL reporter, damaging his camera.[195]
- May 31, 2020 Washington, D.C. President Trump went to the historic St. John’s Episcopal Church, whose basement had been damaged by fire, and posed for pictures in front of it holding up a Bible. To clear the route so that Trump could walk there, police and national guardsmen used tear gas, rubber bullets, and flash grenades to clear a crowd of peaceful protesters from Lafayette Square, resulting in significant news coverage and denunciation by the bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington.[196][197][198]
- May 31, 2020 Washington, D.C. Federal police fired pepper balls at protesters in Lafayette Square. One man was hit in the eye.[199]
- May 31, 2020 Waterbury, Connecticut Police tackled protesters while arresting them. The Waterbury Police Department stated the 28 people arrested were from an “antagonistic” group separate from peaceful protesters.[200]
- May 31, 2020 West Palm Beach, Florida Police fired smoke canisters and rubber bullets at protesters. According to The Palm Beach Post police began firing rubber bullets and smoke canisters right after police announced a curfew.[201]
- May 31, 2020 Wilmington, North Carolina Police fired tear gas at protesters a street length away.[202]
- June 1, 2020 Asbury Park, New Jersey Police shoved a woman to the ground and arrested a reporter. The reporter was later released and his charges dropped.[203]
- June 1, 2020 Asheville, North Carolina Police targeted street medics in the crowd during protests at Pack Place, using rubber bullets and tear gas. At least one street medic and several protesters were injured by pepper balls and rubber bullets.[204]
- June 1, 2020 Athens, Georgia Police tear gassed a group of protesters after curfew.[205]
- June 1, 2020 Bentonville, Arkansas Police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters.[206]
- June 1, 2020 Buffalo, New York Police tackled a man from behind as he was being interviewed by a news station.[207]
- June 1, 2020 Chicago, Illinois An officer was filmed punching a man after shoving him to the ground.[208]
- June 1, 2020 Cincinnati, Ohio A reporter from The Cincinnati Enquirer was forced to the ground and handcuffed. The reporter was released shortly after.[209]
- June 1, 2020 Colorado Springs, Colorado Police were filmed firing less-lethal rounds at a man and punching him. Colorado Springs Police chief Vince Niski announced an investigation would be conducted.[210]
- June 1, 2020 Columbus, Ohio Journalists were pepper sprayed by police.[211]
- June 1, 2020 Conway, Arkansas Police used tear gas on protesters.[212]
- June 1, 2020 Des Moines, Iowa A journalist was sprayed by police. Police announced they would conduct an “internal review”.[147]
- June 1, 2020 Des Moines, Iowa Police gassed and arrested a reporter for Iowa’s KCCI.[213]
- June 1, 2020 Des Moines, Iowa Police pushed, pepper sprayed, and beat protesters. A regional director from the American Civil Liberties Union accused police of kettling protesters and using excessive force against a child, journalists, and a legal observer.[214]
- June 1, 2020 Joliet, Illinois Mayor Bob O’Dekirk personally scuffled with a protester, aided by police.[215]
- June 1, 2020 Kalamazoo, Michigan Police fired tear gas at a group of people lying on the ground. Police claim the group had been looting and destroying property, while protesters disputed this.[216]
- June 1, 2020 Little Rock, Arkansas State Police fired a bean bag projectile at a man leaving a protest outside the Arkansas State Capitol. In June 2022 the man filed a lawsuit against the State Police.[217]
- June 1, 2020 Los Angeles, California Video shows deputies shooting pepper balls at a group of fleeing skateboarders in Hollywood.[218]
- June 1, 2020 Los Angeles, California Police handcuffed and arrested store owners and bystanders who were protecting a looted store.[219]
- June 1, 2020 Louisville, Kentucky An officer fired pepper balls at a person standing on private property. The Department of Justice later indicted the officer for excessive force.[220]
- June 1, 2020 Louisville, Kentucky Local chef David McAtee was fatally shot by the Kentucky National Guard.[221][222]
- June 1, 2020 Oakland, California Police used tear gas on protesters. About a year later in 2021 police chief LaRonne Armstrong apologized for the use of tear gas and announced that more than 33 disciplinary actions had been issued to officers who deployed it.[223]
- June 1, 2020 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Protesters were filmed kneeling with hands up as police pulled their mask and goggles off and sprayed them.[224] A Philadelphia Police officer was later charged with simple assault and reckless endangerment.[225]
- June 1, 2020 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania A Temple University student was released from custody on June 3, after his arrest on June 1, on charges of assaulting an officer. Video showed an officer striking him in the head with a baton and another placing his knee on the back of his neck/head to pin the student’s face to the street.[226] The officer who used a baton, Police Staff Inspector Joseph Bologna, was suspended and charged with aggravated assault.[227] Other incidents caught on video involving Bologna regarding the 2020 protests saw him tackling a female protester who had touched his bicycle, lunging at a journalist, and hitting a security guard.[228] Bologna was later fired, and multiple lawsuits were filed against him.[229]
- June 1, 2020 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Protesters on the I-676 were hit with tear gas from both sides of the highway. In 2023 the city of Philadelphia announced a $9.25 million settlement for protesters affected by tear gas, rubber bullets, and zip ties.[230]
- June 1, 2020 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania An officer fired at a protester 20 feet from a police line.[231]
- June 1, 2020 Portland, Oregon A man was shot in the leg with a foam munition at close range.[232]
- June 1, 2020 Raleigh, North Carolina Police fired projectiles at a bar owner and staff members.[233]
M0oP0o@mander.xyz 8 months ago
Earlier that same day, a group of protesters led by local organizer Frank Nitty II marched onto the I-794 bypass ramp, and were confronted by law enforcement officers, primarily from the Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Department. The group was ordered to halt and dispersed with deployments of tear gas and rubber bullets; Nitty was singled out from the group, had a firearm pointed in his face, was physically assaulted and dogpiled by officers “leaving him bleeding from his right elbow, hand, and wrist, and left arm”. Officers tightly bound his wrists, cutting off circulation to his hands, and he was arrested and held in jail. No charges were brought against Nitty other than a County citation for walking onto the freeway; he pled guilty, paid the citation, and was released, before suing the officers involved in the incident.[259]
A water bottle thrown at police near the District 1 station that afternoon was later pictured and described as a “molotov cocktail” on the Milwaukee Police Department’s Twitter profile; this drew widespread rebukes and was ultimately quietly corrected by MPD leadership.[260]
M0oP0o@mander.xyz 8 months ago
*June 12, 2020 Austin, Texas The day after Austin Police Department Chief Brian Manley announced that the department would no longer perform chokeholds or neck restraints, an officer detaining 19-year-old Jarrid Cornell knelt on his neck while he was already pinned to the ground by two other officers.[286]
URGH, that was a pain. But please if you find a list of police casualties during these protests/riots I would love to see them since I can not find them. Oh and if you want to say they stopped the riots, the buildings still burned while the police watched.