Criminals Behind a Shield
ProPublica looked at 68 cases of video-documented police brutality since George Floyd’s death in May. Among the cases where no officer has been identified or criminal charges filed:
- A Houston mounted police officer uses a horse to trample a woman from behind.
- Louisville police repeatedly shoot a reporter & camera crew with pepper bullets.
- Austin police shoot a minor in the head with a beanbag round.
- Unidentified police in Minneapolis open fire on a woman standing on her porch.
- Minneapolis police pepper spray a reporter displaying his credentials as he lies prone.
- New York police attempt to run over protestors with their SUVs.
- Two Salt Lake City cops in riot gear shove an elderly man with a cane to the ground from behind.
- Indianapolis police use excessive force to restrain a woman, then shoot her with pepper bullets & beat her with batons.
- Los Angeles police run over protestors with an SUV, attempt to run over several more, then flee the scene.
- Sacramento police place a man in a choke hold, then continue to apply it as he attempts to “tap out.”
- A U.S. Park Police officer strikes two journalists with a riot shield and then throws punches.
- Plainclothes San Diego police refuse to identify themselves while arresting a woman, then threaten to shoot anyone who follows them.
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