Video shows Pittsburgh Police arresting and pinning woman to ground in East Liberty before deploying tear gas at onlookers.https://t.co/e5JfNOqPnH
— Pittsburgh City Paper (@PGHCityPaper) June 10, 2020
another way of saying police repeatedly caught lying https://t.co/9PzU9UQjfF
— Steadman™ (@AsteadWesley) June 9, 2020
This "officer" is still employed by the LAPD.
— Don Winslow (@donwinslow) June 9, 2020
No charges have been filed.
He was not even fired.
Note that the other cop does nothing to stop the violence.
And take special note that @MayorOfLA Garcetti and @LAPDChiefMoore have done nothing to punish this criminal behavior. pic.twitter.com/4sfDoZytIj
New videos emerge showing deadly police encounters @MartinSavidge reports pic.twitter.com/dg7lyZZNIC
— The Lead CNN (@TheLeadCNN) June 9, 2020
Remind me why we need the police? Because this shit happens all the time. https://t.co/ILKk0li18G
— Touré (@Toure) June 9, 2020
YES, police are more likely to use excessive force against African Americans:
— Tim Alberta (@TimAlberta) June 8, 2020
***post-Eric Garner (2014): 33% of Americans, 26% of whites
***post-George Floyd (2020): 57% of Americans, 49% of whites
This is the ground shifting beneath us in real time.https://t.co/wndq8pdJOG
There are ways to arrest someone without using a CHOKEHOLD!! What’s happening in this video from Bellevue, WA (near Seattle) continues to happen in countless cities across America. It’s tragic and needs to STOP. Police brutality is a choice, plain and simple. #blacklivesmatter pic.twitter.com/yjpVl1103j
— Ben Crump (@AttorneyCrump) June 7, 2020
repulsive https://t.co/AUlojVX6ML
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) June 6, 2020
This 200lb white cop topped and choked out a black woman over a title transfer.
— StanceGrounded (@_SJPeace_) June 6, 2020
THE COP WORKS FOR BELLVUE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN WASHINGTON STATE!
WHO IS HE?
BLACK LIVES MATTER pic.twitter.com/88awIQod52
Among white Americans those who have a very favorable or somewhat favorable impression of police officers, dropped to 61%. That's down from 72% the previous week.https://t.co/DERa6Cva4F
— Eugene Scott (@Eugene_Scott) June 6, 2020
A Miami-Dade police officer faces a battery charge after video showed him throwing a black woman to the ground during an arrest after she called 911 to report a man threatening her and a friend with a gun. https://t.co/QjaHU601nA
— NBC News (@NBCNews) May 4, 2019
Sad! 