A group of cops start to approach a group of press taking photos and video. One press member repeats "we have our hands up and we have press passes". An officer walking by points in the direction of a photographer and says something indiscernable. The camera pans to show a cop hitting the photographer in the neck and head with a wooden baton.
tags: journalist, baton, beat, strike
id: mn-minneapolis-21
Links
- https://youtu.be/XAa5xb6JitI?t=5982
- https://gfycat.com/distinctsecretgrasshopper-minneapolis-protest-police-acab
Man encounters police arresting people open carrying (~3 minutes in), man is then also put in handcuffs (~5 minutes in) and his gun taken.
tags: abuse-of-power, arrest, protester
id: mn-minneapolis-28
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Police on the rooftop of the 3rd precinct fire flashbang grenades into crowd of peaceful protesters.
tags: stun-grenade, rubber-bullet, tear-gas, protester
id: mn-minneapolis-14
Links
- https://www.facebook.com/1462345700/posts/10220863688809651
- https://www.facebook.com/1462345700/posts/10220863812572745
Michael Adams, correspondent for VICE News, films officers entering a parking lot. He cooperates, laying on the ground when asked, and repeatedly states he is press. While on the ground, he is sprayed in the face with pepper spray.
tags: journalist, spray, pepper-spray
id: mn-minneapolis-1
Links
- https://twitter.com/MichaelAdams317/status/1266945268567678976
- https://twitter.com/rsdaza/status/1267200011659554824
- https://twitter.com/MichaelAdams317/status/1267203751913422849
- https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/y3zd7g/i-told-riot-cops-im-a-journalist-they-forced-me-to-the-ground-and-pepper-sprayed-me-in-the-face
Continuation of gas station event; Awaijane family told to go inside gas station, they comply and seek shelter inside, police then shoot rubber bullets and tear gas inside the building | May 30th
The Awaijane family who owned a gas station had family and friends protecting their property from looters, when police arrived they were told to go inside. The family complied and the event was followed by police shooting rubber bullets and tear gas in to the gas station.
tags: shoot, rubber-bullet, tear-gas, bystander
id: mn-minneapolis-20
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While sitting in their cars, the policemen proceed to pepper spray the protesters in a drive-by fashion
tags: drive, vehicle, pepper-spray, spray, protester
id: mn-minneapolis-3
Links
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3qj4cfsd7g
- https://twitter.com/stribrooks/status/1266186985041022976
Police arrest CNN reporter Omar Jimenez and his crew after refusing to give them information on where to relocate.
tags: journalist, arrest
id: mn-minneapolis-4
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While trying to capture footage of the police tear-gassing a crowd of people, Tom Aviles of the WCCO is told to move back. He asks where; officers again tell him to move back. He moves away, then stops, apparently looking for his producer. He begins moving away again and is arrested shortly thereafter by an officer.
Additional footage shows police fired on the press crew as well.
tags: arrest, baton, journalist, projectile, shoot, shove
id: mn-minneapolis-5
Links
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmpic2NU1RM&feature=youtu.be
- https://twitter.com/greg_doucette/status/1266958068807544839
CNN reporter Ali Veshi continues reporting while being shot at with rubber bullets and tear gas.
tags: journalist, rubber-bullet, tear-gas, shoot
id: mn-minneapolis-15
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In the video, police can be seen in the distance and shots towards the camera can be heard. According to news reports, journalist Gaspard Kühn stated that the journalists showed press passes and called out that they were journalists, asking for safe passage. Police told the men to “back up” and then shot rubber bullets at them.
tags: journalist, rubber-bullet, shoot
id: mn-minneapolis-16
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Law enforcement shoot a reporter with a huge camera and a helmet labeled PRESS.
tags: journalist, shoot
id: mn-minneapolis-27
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A crew of CBS reporters was fired on by police while they were not standing anywhere close to protesters. Police did not give a warning and the reporters were wearing their press credentials. The sound engineer was hit on the arm.
tags:
id: mn-minneapolis-23
Links
- https://twitter.com/MikeGeorgeCBS/status/1267087091122528256
- https://twitter.com/MikeGeorgeCBS/status/1266919447970942986
- https://twitter.com/MikeGeorgeCBS/status/1266916104951214080
Medics set up a tent, police shot rubber bullets and gas at their facility in a Kmart parking lot at Nicollet and Lake St. Medics state they announced clearly their tent had only medics and wounded, but police and National Guard opened fire. After the medics left, officers destroyed their tent and prevented medics from returning. Medics also state police slashed tires.
Medics state they were able to move everyone who needed help.
tags: medic, property-destruction
id: mn-minneapolis-25
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Footage shows law enforcement officers at a distance appearing to slash car tires in a parking lot. Additional tweet shows other vehicles with slashed tires at the same Kmart at Nicollet and Lake St.
tags: abuse-of-power, property-destruction
id: mn-minneapolis-29
Links
- https://twitter.com/val_ebertz/status/1266975058230235137
- https://twitter.com/Jeff_Wagner4/status/1266933139303268353
In an attempt to move residents inside, the police fire shots at them.
tags: shoot, pepper-ball, bystander
id: mn-minneapolis-2
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The woman proceeds to tell the story of what she faced while trying to get footage.
tags: shoot, tear-gas, journalist
id: mn-minneapolis-6
Links
- https://mobile.twitter.com/mollyhf/status/1266911382613692422
- https://twitter.com/mollyhf/status/1269003675063799810
- https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-05-30/la-reporter-tear-gas-police
Ryan Faircloth, reporter for Star Tribune, says police shot out his passenger window with a marker round, and that he was cut by shards of glass. Videos show his face and arm bloodied, the passenger window of his car shattered, and glass spread over the floorboard and carseats. He says that he was driving away from a roadblock at the time.
tags: marking-round, property-destruction, shoot, journalist
id: mn-minneapolis-7
Links
- https://twitter.com/JaredGoyette/status/1266961243476299778
- https://twitter.com/RyanFaircloth/status/1266967500383834114
- https://twitter.com/RyanFaircloth/status/1266977223568961536
- Press Freedom Tracker
- Local news article mentioning this and other incidents
In the Mother Jones article linked below, video footage shows police slashing tires of vehicles on a highway overpass. Additional tweets indicate possible police slashing of cars in a Kmart parking lot.
tags: property-destruction
id: mn-minneapolis-8
Links
- https://www.motherjones.com/anti-racism-police-protest/2020/06/videos-show-cops-slashing-car-tires-at-protests-in-minneapolis/
- https://youtu.be/sP7hM_sdpkQ?t=4209
- https://twitter.com/val_ebertz/status/1266975058230235137
- https://twitter.com/andrewkimmel/status/1266987126467461120?s=20
- https://twitter.com/andrewkimmel/status/1267012840197586946?s=20
- https://lawandcrime.com/george-floyd-death/strategically-deflated-authorities-admit-to-slashing-tires-on-cars-belonging-to-protesters-and-journalists-in-minneapolis/
While filming, Mike George's CBS news crew is shot with rubber bullets.
tags: journalist, rubber-bullet, shoot
id: mn-minneapolis-9
Links
- https://mobile.twitter.com/chadloder/status/1266971884001693696
- https://twitter.com/MikeGeorgeCBS/status/1266916104951214080
MSNBC reporters are with a crowd of people walking away from an advancing line of police. Police throw some sort of explosive device at the crowd, almost hitting the reporters. It is unclear what their purpose is in using the explosive
tags: journalist, stun-grenade, explosive, projectile
id: mn-minneapolis-10
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The picture shows the reporter's eye has been damaged, and potentially blinded.
Journalist updated that she was permanently blinded in her left eye and her doctor has stated she cannot work for at least 6 weeks.
tags: journalist, rubber-bullet, shoot
id: mn-minneapolis-11
Links
- https://mobile.twitter.com/KillerMartinis/status/1266618525600399361?s=19
- https://twitter.com/chadloder/status/1267059540190625792
- https://twitter.com/KillerMartinis/status/1266786161143537669
The article given below shows that the Reuters crew was hit with rubber bullets
tags: journalist, rubber-bullet, shoot
id: mn-minneapolis-12
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German reporter for DW News is shot at by Minneapolis police, who then threaten to arrest him.
tags: journalist, rubber-bullet, shoot, threaten, arrest
id: mn-minneapolis-13
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Police responding to a medical emergency – a tanker truck deliberately running over protesters – slow down to pepper-spray folks from their SUV. Location: I-35W I-94. Some car numbers involved: first spraying (0:08) is car 30? (cannot make out last digit), second spraying (0:13 in first video) is car 352, third spraying (0:20 at camera) is car 830.
tags: vehicle, drive, spray, pepper-spray, protester
id: mn-minneapolis-17
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Patient care assistant reports being shot with rubber bullets while treating injured protesters | May 31st
A PCA who was treating someone with a rubber bullet wound reports that officers approached the nurses' tent and opened fire with rubber bullets.
tags: medic, rubber-bullet, shoot
id: mn-minneapolis-18
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South Minneapolis outside 5th Precinct. Group of journalists "were hit with pepper spray, concussion grenades, batons, and tear gas by Minnesota State Patrol." NBC journalist states he needed 4 stitches.
tags: journalist, pepper-spray, baton, beat, tear-gas, shoot, projectile, spray
id: mn-minneapolis-19
Links
- https://twitter.com/edouphoto/status/1267958349477249024
- https://twitter.com/edouphoto/status/1267981849537609728
- https://www.facebook.com/356074941105769/posts/3020200918026478/
Footage shows a woman sitting on the ground, after allegedly having been maced. She is then kicked over by an officer.
tags: kick, protester
id: mn-minneapolis-30
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A protester and an officer exchange words at close distance. The officer then pepper sprays the protester.
tags: protester, pepper-spray, spray
id: mn-minneapolis-31
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A protester says something to an officer in Minneapolis. The officer says, "What was that? You're becoming a problem." The protester runs away and the officer fires his riot gun at the protester.
tags: protester, shoot, projectile
id: mn-minneapolis-32
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