A woman was seen sitting on the ground at North Park Row and State Street. Officers approached and pepper-sprayed her, then kicked her in the head.
tags: kick, less-lethal, mace, pepper-spray, protester, spray
id: pa-erie-1
geolocation: 42.1299041, -80.0854743
Links
- https://twitter.com/ItsKadynC/status/1266967646345613317
- https://twitter.com/the7goonies/status/1266989439160590336
- Extended footage. Events around 7:45
- Article on the event from PAPost
Following a police shooting in Lancaster, protesters gathered at West Chestnut and North Prince Streets, forming makeshift barricades in the road. Police responded with chemical agents - believed by protesters to be tear gas, though police claim it was "OC spray," the same compound as pepper spray. However, a spent canister recovered by a journalist shows police used "CS smoke," or tear gas.
12 Protesters were arrested. One was a minor who was shortly released. Seven are being held on $1,000,000 bail (current as of September 15th, 2020). The ACLU has released a statement decrying the high bail.
tags: less-lethal, protester, tear-gas
id: pa-lancaster-1
geolocation: 40.0409191, -76.3105339
Links
- https://twitter.com/CarterLNP/status/1305366066588274688
- https://twitter.com/CarterLNP/status/1305365596951973889
- https://twitter.com/CarterLNP/status/1305392469857701889
- https://twitter.com/worldofjeremiah/status/1305401461862522881
- https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/protesters-held-1-million-bail-after-demonstration-over-pennsylvania-police-n1240167
- https://aclupa.org/en/press-releases/aclu-pa-statement-response-million-dollar-bail-orders-lancaster-protesters
Protesters try to help someone stand up at the intersection of Front and Forster. Several police officers move in; one officer canvases the crowd with pepper spray.
tags: less-lethal, pepper-spray, protester, spray
id: pa-harrisburg-1
geolocation: 40.2647834, -76.8903048
Links
- https://twitter.com/greg_doucette/status/1266862623041167362
- https://twitter.com/gonzaloaflores/status/1266815380619702273
The journalist was trying to get a closer look at the police, while they were beating an individual.
tags: arrest, baton, beat, journalist, protester, threaten
id: pa-philadelphia-1
geolocation: 39.951190, -75.165580
Links
Protester fleeing police jumps in stranger's car; driver pulls over; police beat fleeing protester, then arrest him, the driver and a passerby filming | (Believed to be) 2020-05-30
Two protesters run from police across the intersection of Pike and Broad Streets. One jumps into a car's open passenger window. The driver pulls away before the other protester can enter. The driver then pulls over to the side of the road shortly after.
Police drag the protester from the car and beat him with batons. After he is arrested, a police officer punches him in the face.
Police additionally arrest the driver and passerby filming the scene.
tags: arrest, baton, beat, bystander, protester, punch, push, shove, threaten, vehicle
id: pa-philadelphia-2
geolocation: 40.0123079, -75.150498
Links
- https://youtu.be/QDcCFN_LQPA
- driver arrested at 0:40; passerby arrested at 0:47; protester punched (1:40)
A protester is seen in a scuffle with police. It is unknown what caused this interaction. Police repeatedly push and shove the protester with no attempt to detain the individual.
The incident is believed to have occurred near City Hall.
tags: protester, push, shove
id: pa-philadelphia-14
geolocation: 39.9495468, -75.1654699
Links
A man is being held on the ground by a police officer, who forces the man's hand onto a baton. Another officer joins in to force the man flat on the ground, kneeling on either the man's head or neck. The second officer then begins to strike the man on the head. A third officer joins in and grabs the man's arms. The police yell at witnesses to "back off", while someone yells "he can't breathe".
The incident is believed to have occurred in North Philadelphia East.
tags: baton, beat, knee, knee-on-neck, protester, strike, threaten
id: pa-philadelphia-3
geolocation: 39.9829056, -75.1788406
Links
- https://metro.co.uk/2020/06/01/cop-put-baton-george-floyd-protesters-hand-put-knee-neck-12789427/
- https://twitter.com/mkultranews/status/1267305587206807553
An officer mounted atop a personnel carrier fires several tear gas rounds down an empty street without apparent justification. The incident is believed to have occurred at South 51st and Locust Streets.
tags: less-lethal, tear-gas
id: pa-philadelphia-9
geolocation: 39.9555724, -75.2259593
Links
- https://twitter.com/cynthiaschemmer/status/1267199590987714560
- https://twitter.com/greg_doucette/status/1267859272639164416
Philadelphia Police Trap Protesters on Highway, Then Tear Gas Them and Shoot Rubber Bullets | 2020-06-01
An estimated 3000-5000 protesters moved onto Interstate 676, stopping traffic. Protesters move into a tunnel under 20th street. An eye-witness states that officers inside the tunnel (eastbound on I-676) began shooting rubber bullets and macing protesters without any warning or any instructions to halt the protest on the highway. Protesters clear the tunnel, many kneel and put their hands up. Police shoot tear gas at protesters to disperse the crowd, they escape to the hill between 20th and 21st street as there was tear gas westbound on the interstate and they were still being fired at by officers in the tunnel to the east. Some throw canisters back. Officers chase protesters up the hill and appear to detain a number of them. Other officers continue to fire tear gas on to the hill, despite the only visible escape from the tear gas being over a ~10 ft fence.
Location: Interstate 676 between N 20th/21st St
tags: less-lethal, protester, rubber-bullet, shoot, tear-gas, tear-gas-canister
id: pa-philadelphia-4
geolocation: 39.9595383, -75.1746173
Links
- https://www.reddit.com/r/PublicFreakout/comments/guve5f/philadelphia_police_traps_protesters_on_highway/
- https://twitter.com/bbcease/status/1267582823428501508
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXzWicPCNQg
- Aerial footage
- https://vimeo.com/425235774
- https://youtu.be/srC5l--cn14
Three protesters kneeling on the ground with their hands on their heads/covering their faces are pepper-sprayed directly in the face by a cop.
tags: less-lethal, pepper-spray, protester, spray
id: pa-philadelphia-5
geolocation: 39.9593861, -75.1734591
Links
Police shove a group of protesters near the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. A particularly aggressive police officer in a white shirt runs and shoves someone, then grabs another man. He is then approached by a young man with long hair whom he strikes with his baton, at full strength, in the head before jumping on him and cuffing him. He has assistance from another officer who presses the man's face to the pavement using his knee on his neck. Twitter accounts misreport the individual as female; later accounts in media report the individual is a male Temple University engineering student.
He now faces charges of aggravated assault, simple assault, possession of an instrument of crime and recklessly endangering another person. His bail was set at $10,000. The officer has been suspended with intent to dismiss him. The protester was detained for 24 hours, but ultimately released without charges.
tags: baton, beat, protester, shove, strike
id: pa-philadelphia-7
geolocation: 39.9616615, -75.1761279
Links
- https://www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia-police-beating-temple-student-evan-gorski-protest-20200604.html
- https://twitter.com/greg_doucette/status/1268766216161763328
- https://twitter.com/Peopledelphia/status/1267588991655784448
- https://www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia-police-beating-temple-student-joseph-bologna-protest-20200605.html
- https://whyy.org/articles/philly-police-commander-videotaped-beating-protesters-linked-to-narcotics-scandal-misconduct/
- https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/06/us/philly-student-protester/index.html
An officer in a white shirt is seen grabbing a woman at Market and 10th, then attacking her before dragging her into custody. The woman did not make any apparent provocation towards the officer.
tags: arrest, protester, push, shove
id: pa-philadelphia-8
geolocation: 39.9515585, -75.1567218
Links
During protests, groups of men armed with guns, bats, and other blunt instruments roved around the Fishtown neighborhood of Philadelphia. They continued patrolling after curfew. Footage shows Philadelphia police warning militia to leave so they could enforce arrests of BLM protesters. In addition, images show police chatting and taking photos with the groups. One video taken by a gunman states that the police want to take pictures with them.
Footage shows members of the groups threatening and shouting racial and homophobic slurs at protesters without police intervention. One journalist posted a picture of himself with a head wound, alleging that one of these groups beat him for filming them.
tags: abuse-of-power, protester
id: pa-philadelphia-10
geolocation: 39.9721817, -75.1374295
Links
- Video in comments
- https://twitter.com/StreetsDept/status/1269031817253982215
- https://twitter.com/DAZZLESTORM/status/1267621074457505792
- https://twitter.com/DAZZLESTORM/status/1267621072352022535
- https://twitter.com/jwehrens/status/1267621976379740170
- https://twitter.com/jpegjoshua/status/1267634390496149506
- https://twitter.com/jpegjoshua/status/1267636972404736000
- https://twitter.com/jpegjoshua/status/1267599264257015816
Protesters are seen in the middle of the road on their knees with their hands up. Officers are seen walking on the median and indiscriminately pepper spraying the protesters below them.
tags: less-lethal, pepper-spray, protester, spray
id: pa-philadelphia-13
geolocation: 39.9593861, -75.1734591
Links
Police kneel on man who says "I can't breathe", officer yells profanities back | (Believed to be) 2020-06-03
At least 6 officers surround a handcuffed man who says "I can't breathe". Officer replies "Shut up asshole. Are you fucking stupid? Shut up, that shit don't work here."
The incident is believed to have occurred in Germantown.
tags: arrest, knee, protester, threaten
id: pa-philadelphia-6
geolocation: 40.0434604, -75.1889323
Links
Reporter is harassed and assaulted by pro-Columbus supporters; police tell reporter to leave the scene | 2020-06-13
A reporter from Unicorn Riot showed up at a pro-Columbus rally at a statue of Christopher Columbus in Philadelphia. He is harassed, threatened and assaulted by members of the rally. In addition, an article published by Unicorn Riot states that members of the rally slashed the journalist's tires. After several minutes, police intervene to push protesters back, but make no arrests. They appear to say nothing more to members of the rally than, "Leave him alone."
The reporter continues to film from a distance.
Around 6:20, the journalist is assaulted again by a man who says he doesn't want the journalist to film.
Shortly after, the journalist is told by the officer that he has been warned 3 times to leave. The journalist insists he is here to film. The officer states that the journalist is inciting a riot and should be mindful of the curfew time.
tags: abuse-of-power, journalist
id: pa-philadelphia-11
geolocation: 40.7699243, -73.9749736
Links
- https://vimeo.com/428917635
- https://www.reddit.com/r/PublicFreakout/comments/hbaove/philadelphia_police_threaten_unicorn_riot/
- https://unicornriot.ninja/2020/philadelphia-police-threaten-unicorn-riot-reporter-after-vigilante-assault/
A reporter recounts on Twitter that she was arrested despite telling an officer she was a reporter. She states she was zip-tied, mocked and then dragged backwards down two flights of stairs to a detention area. She states that later an officer came and asked, "Are you Samantha?" When she confirmed her name, she was released.
Footage shows first-person video leading up to her arrest. It includes her clear identification, with press badge, as a reporter.
tags: abuse-of-power, arrest, journalist, zip-tie
id: pa-philadelphia-12
geolocation: 39.953937, -75.1666453
Links
- https://twitter.com/samanthamelamed/status/1275522909604372481
- https://twitter.com/samanthamelamed/status/1275523337716973570
- https://twitter.com/samanthamelamed/status/1275524750316535810
Footage from a protest in West Philadelphia (intersection of Market and 52nd Streets) shows a police officer running up to a protester on the sidewalk and using his baton to shove the protester to the ground.
tags: baton, protester, push, shove
id: pa-philadelphia-15
geolocation: 39.9599534, -75.2249261
Links
At a protest in West Philadelphia, several police officers arrest a protester for unknown cause. One officer grabs the protester around the waist, lifts them up, and slams them to the ground.
Location is approximate.
tags: arrest, grab, protester, throw
id: pa-philadelphia-16
geolocation: 39.953632, -75.2284997
Links
Police are seen shoving a protester and striking him with batons before knocking him to the ground. During the exchange, an object is thrown by protesters, striking one officer; however, this appears to occur in an attempt to free the protester from police violence. It appears that the protester is then arrested as additional officers form a barrier.
This appears to have occurred during a push on Pine street, between 52nd and 55th streets. In additional footage, officers can be seen shoving protesters to the ground.
tags: baton, protester, push, shove, strike
id: pa-philadelphia-17
geolocation: 39.953632, -75.2284997
Links
- https://twitter.com/StatusCoup/status/1321264026299584514
- https://twitter.com/JPeters2100/status/1321263829951590406
Philadelphia police approach a car in the street on the 5200 block of Chestnut Street, beating it with their batons. Officers then smash out the driver side window before opening the door, beating the driver and front passenger with batons. Police also pulled a child out of the backseat of the car. Later reporting has stated that the driver and her 16 year old out of the car. They were hospitalized and handcuffed to their hospital beds while being treated. The following morning they were released without charges, though the mother's hospital bracelet read: "assault on police." The driver was able to contact her mother, the grandmother of the child pulled from the backseat. The grandmother went to the scene of the incident, then was directed four miles away, where she found the boy in a squad car. She said the boy had a lump on his head and his carseat still contained glass from the broken windows. An attorney representing the family has stated they have been told neither the current location of the family's SUV nor any process to retrieve the vehicle. The lawyer also states that the family is showing signs of trauma, including the young boy, who is hearing impaired and still learning to speak.
Several days later, the Fraternal Order of Police posted on several social media outlets that they had rescued a child wandering barefoot on the streets during the protest, following by several police slogans, like "We are the thin blue line," and reiterating a common pro-police point about standing between order and anarchy. The child in the post was in fact the child pulled by police from the car. The posts have since been deleted. The day after the posts (10/30), the Fraternal Order of Police released a statement saying there were "conflicted accounts under which the child came to be assisted by the officer."
tags: baton, beat, bystander, property-destruction, strike
id: pa-philadelphia-18
geolocation: 39.9585788, -75.2261555
Links
- https://twitter.com/chadloder/status/1321274917023674368
- https://twitter.com/berniebromanny/status/1321275608186408963
- https://www.reddit.com/r/PublicFreakout/comments/jjhuiv/gang_of_philadelphia_police_officers_swarm_car/
- https://www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia-police-car-video-west-unrest-child-backseat-20201028.html
- https://twitter.com/ryanjreilly/status/1321848960869421058
- https://twitter.com/GLFOP/status/1322233296277954563
- https://www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia/philadelphia-police-suv-video-protests-child-walter-wallace-jr-20201030.html
At a protest near 52nd and Spruce in West Philadelphia, an officer is seen pinning a woman to the ground. The officer then punches the woman repeatedly to subdue her. She does not appear to be resisting in any way.
Location is approximate.
tags: beat, protester, punch, tackle
id: pa-philadelphia-19
geolocation: 39.954587, -75.2281502
Links
At a protest near 52nd and Spruce in West Philadelphia, police are seen slashing at protesters with their batons. It should be noted that most departmental rules of force specify that batons should only be used to shove, except in life-threatening situations.
Location is approximate.
tags: baton, protester, strike
id: pa-philadelphia-20
geolocation: 39.954587, -75.2281502
Links
- https://twitter.com/xxxtarynxx/status/1320925136573313025
- https://twitter.com/greg_doucette/status/1321094598622674945
Police tear-gas, shoot and arrest protester confused by contradicting police instructions | 2020-05-30
John Connors, a protester in Pittsburgh on Saturday, May 30th, was recording the protest on his phone near Liberty Avenue and 7th Street. Police told him to leave the area or risk arrest. He is heard asking which direction to go. The direction given was already blocked off, so he asked for more clarity. He was given additional instructions and made his way towards a 7/11.
He asks an officer, "Are you guys police officers or are you guys cops?" The officer then release a tear gas canister at his feet and shoots him at short range. Police then arrest Connors. Connors admits his question was antagonizing, but states he did nothing to threaten officers or escalate to violence, which is supported by the footage.
tags: arrest, less-lethal, projectile, protester, shoot, tear-gas, tear-gas-canister
id: pa-pittsburgh-3
geolocation: 40.4424746, -79.9999118
Links
- https://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2020/06/03/protester-hopes-cell-phone-video-clears-his-name/
- https://twitter.com/greg_doucette/status/1270149233673469957
A woman in East Liberty (5700 Centre Avenue) gets onto her knees and puts her hands in the air, while repeatedly yelling "we're peaceful, don't shoot!" Officers approach her and one of them sprays pepper spray onto her. The woman who recorded the video, Abigail Rubio, claims the police returned the next day and claimed they had video evidence of her throwing items off her balcony at them, a claim she denies and says was meant to intimidate her after posting the video. She filed a complaint with the local Citizen Review Board.
Users on Twitter allege the woman was a medic attempting to notify the police and/or provide aid to an injured person in a nearby parking garage.
The LRAD dispersal function can also be heard.
tags: less-lethal, lrad, pepper-spray, protester, spray, threaten
id: pa-pittsburgh-1
geolocation: 40.457474, -79.9333042
Links
- Video of the incident
- https://twitter.com/messiest_headd/status/1267816842413740034
- https://twitter.com/stabpossum/status/1268203842174361600
- Twitter link alleging intimidation
- Post Gazette article about alleged police intimidation
Police declare an unlawful assembly at Centre and Negley Avenues without clear justification. They then escalate the situation by firing tear gas and rubber bullets on the crowd.
tags: less-lethal, protester, rubber-bullet, shoot, tear-gas
id: pa-pittsburgh-2
geolocation: 40.4572499, -79.934080
Links
- https://www.reddit.com/r/pittsburgh/comments/guzshz/police_declaring_an_unlawful_assembly_against_a/
- https://www.facebook.com/BenjaminKFerris/posts/3091613010894973
- https://twitter.com/gautamyadav818/status/1267606317893550080
- Extended Facebook Live video; police begin firing at 9:00; phone is dropped at 10:53 and not recovered until the end
Footage shows police officers around several protest-related arrestees at North Beatty and Broad Streets. A woman argues with them at a distance. Police then approach her and arrest her. They force her to a seated position on the ground. They then lift her and place her face down on the ground.
The crowd begins to object and asks why she is being arrested. Another officer then releases a tear gas canister and throws it at the crowd.
tags: arrest, less-lethal, protester, tear-gas, tear-gas-canister
id: pa-pittsburgh-5
geolocation: 40.4631367, -79.9261927
Links
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chgIx7AToIw
- https://www.pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/video-shows-pittsburgh-police-arresting-and-pinning-woman-to-ground-in-east-liberty-before-deploying-tear-gas-at-onlookers/Content?oid=17432474
- https://www.reddit.com/r/pittsburgh/comments/gzv8y7/video_shows_pittsburgh_police_arresting_and
- https://www.facebook.com/chilcottj/videos/10223908609851965/
Footage shows a protester filming police on the south side of the Birmingham Bridge. One officer shoves the protester, then another shoves the protester with his baton. The protester falls into the concrete median then to the ground.
tags: baton, protester, push, shove
id: pa-pittsburgh-6
geolocation: 40.4292654, -79.9735501
Links
A protest marshal was singled out and arrested near Forbes and Oakland. Plainclothes officers emerged from an unmarked van, grabbed him off the sidewalk, and drove away. He was charged with "Obstructing Highways and Other Public Passages."
tags: abuse-of-power, arrest, protester
id: pa-pittsburgh-7
geolocation: 40.4415967, -79.9570021
Links
- https://www.pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/photos-civil-saturday-protest-disrupted-when-marshal-is-arrested-by-heavily-armed-pittsburgh-police-in-unmarked-van/Content?oid=17823887
- https://twitter.com/savlucy420/status/1294753559263817728
- https://twitter.com/samm_bones/status/1294769302348890113
A protest in Pittsburgh faced off with police when protesters stood at the edge of a sidewalk, while police stood in the road, believed to be on Penn Avenue near Bakery Square. Police then pushed protesters from the sidewalk into the park. Protesters passively resisted the shoving and were pepper sprayed.
tags: baton, less-lethal, pepper-spray, protester, push, shove, spray
id: pa-pittsburgh-8
geolocation: 40.4559469, -79.9152413
Links