Bodycam footage shows an unarmed man walking around in the street in Mount Vernon, Virginia. The man allegedly called for oxygen and appears to be in distress, with difficulty communicating his mental state or his medical needs. Another officer arrives on scene and fires his taser at the man. The officer kneels on his neck and continues to tase him. The body cam footage is covered briefly, before showing the other officer pressing his stun gun into the man's neck, then strikes him on the head with the taser. The man screams and attempts to stand. The EMTs assist the police in subduing him, while an officer places his hands in cuffs. Near the end of the footage he can be heard saying, "I can't breathe".
This footage does not appear to be protest related, but demonstrates a severe escalation in force dealing with a man not in a fit mental state.
The officer was placed on administrative leave and was later arrested for unspecified charges related to the incident.
tags: arrest, knee-on-neck, less-lethal, non-protest, strike, taser
id: va-fairfax-1
geolocation: 38.7162297, -77.1419689
Links
- https://ktla.com/news/nationworld/a-virginia-police-officer-faces-charges-for-use-of-stun-gun-on-a-black-man/
- https://forthuntherald.com/mount-vernon-police-officer-who-forcefully-apprehended-a-black-man-charged-with-assault-battery/
- Full video
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/fairfax-county-police-officer-charged-after-using-stun-gun-on-black-man-without-provocation-police-say/2020/06/07/4e7b4a90-a858-11ea-b619-3f9133bbb482_story.html
Footage shows deployment of tear gas by police on peaceful protest on Cowan Boulevard in front of Hugh Mercer School. In one image, protesters are lying on the ground as tear gas canisters fall around them.
tags: less-lethal, protester, tear-gas
id: va-fredericksburg-2
geolocation: 38.3041361, -77.4862634
Links
- https://twitter.com/Dannyklein69/status/1267261733376229379
- https://twitter.com/Dannyklein69/status/1267261914138267649
- https://twitter.com/Dannyklein69/status/1267261377435099142
- https://twitter.com/greg_doucette/status/1268398488783642625
In this video, delegate Lee Carter asks officers questions about their methods during protests. He stands in the way of an advancing line of law enforcement officers; he is pushed to the ground at 1:30 and pepper-sprayed at 2:27. He also claims to have been hit by a flashbang grenade earlier in the protest (see also third link). At some point (see Facebook video), someone who seems to be the delegate shouts "I'm a member of the general assembly. I write the state police budget. They're gonna fucking regret that."
It is unclear how the protest unfolded, and why the police were advancing on the crowd wearing riot gear; police allege that the protest turned violent and some protesters say that they were tear-gassed or shot at with rubber bullets while peacefully protesting or retreating. (See fourth and fifth links.)
The incident occurred at the intersection of Sudley Road and Sudley Manor Drive near Manassas.
tags: less-lethal, pepper-spray, politician, protester, push, shove, spray
id: va-manassas-1
geolocation: 38.7849774, -77.5156431
Links
- https://twitter.com/tristanshields/status/1266994214878932993
- https://www.facebook.com/isaiahknightVA/videos/1144330232600106/
- https://twitter.com/carterforva/status/1267309976994938880
- https://potomaclocal.com/2020/05/31/va-delegate-maced-protestors-hit-with-rubber-bullets-at-protest-near-manassas/
- https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/virginia/virginia-george-floyd-protest-delegate-lee-carter-manassas/65-a6984ec2-3fdf-4f11-a230-01f3d8dd8412
Footage taken on May 30th near Monument Ave near the Jefferson Davis Statue shows a police cruiser jump the median where a crowd of protesters are gathered. Protesters are forced to run to avoid being hit.
tags: protester, vehicle
id: va-richmond-9
geolocation: 37.5584926, -77.4677205
Links
A police officer pepper sprayed a man watching from his second floor apartment at Broad and Goshen after spraying three people just walking down the sidewalk.
tags: bystander, less-lethal, pepper-spray, spray
id: va-richmond-1
geolocation: 37.5503078, -77.4495356
Links
- https://www.reddit.com/r/rva/comments/gtwdzi/someone_got_pepper_sprayed_from_his_second_floor/
- https://twitter.com/ADeliciousBear/status/1268048506247405568
- Full video
Tear gas canisters were launched by police at peaceful protesters around Robert E. Lee Monument at approximately 7:35 PM. The police chief has said that the officers' actions were "unwarranted" and "outside dept protocols." At least one protester has sued the officers involved.
tags: less-lethal, protester, tear-gas, tear-gas-canister
id: va-richmond-2
geolocation: 37.5538363, -77.4645138
Links
- https://twitter.com/i/status/1267650345947271176
- https://twitter.com/i/status/1267613150112858116
- https://twitter.com/i/status/1267601158534815745
- https://twitter.com/LVozzella/status/1267603037532704769
- https://twitter.com/myVPM/status/1267605983641075712
- Drone footage of Event
- Police chief's response
- Court filing
A police officer spits on a detained protester who is restrained and sitting on the ground. The officer appears to repeat the action after other protesters mention that he's on camera. Extended footage shows the officer continuing to spit on the protester.
The incident appears to have occurred at the enrance to the Robert E. Lee Memorial roundabout on North Allen Avenue.
After a police investigation, Richmond Police stated that a slow-motion review showed the officer was spitting near, rather than at the protester. The protester responded by asking in the media why the officer was spitting so close to him at all.
tags: arrest, inhumane-treatment, protester
id: va-richmond-3
geolocation: 37.5533455, -77.460387
Links
- https://www.reddit.com/r/PublicFreakout/comments/guzgf9/police_officer_in_richmond_va_spits_on_and_near_a/
- Extended Footage
- Youtube mirror of extended footage
- https://vpm.org/news/articles/13954/video-richmond-police-spit-at-or-near-detained-protester
Law enforcement officer fires tear gas at vehicle only to discover it's a police vehicle | 2020-06-01
In this video, an officer fires a tear gas canister at a slow moving vehicle in the Robert E. Lee Memorial roundabout. It appears that he was unaware the vehicle belonged to the police.
This action directly preceded the events of va-richmond-2.
tags: less-lethal, tear-gas, tear-gas-canister
id: va-richmond-4
geolocation: 37.5538363, -77.4645138
Links
In this video, protesters on bikes are shown blocking a police vehicle from progressing down a road near the Robert E. Lee Monument. The vehicle moves around the protesters, but instead of continuing on the sidewalk until getting past the crowd, the cop pushes the car through the protesters and knocks a protester off of their bike.
The officer driving the vehicle has been cleared by the department of any wrongdoing.
tags: drive, protester, vehicle
id: va-richmond-6
geolocation: 37.5538363, -77.4645138
Links
- https://twitter.com/BreRVA/status/1271982379180138502
- https://richmond.com/news/local/crime/richmond-prosecutor-clears-richmond-police-in-several-complaints-related-to-civil-unrest/article_7bb5a33f-0b35-5d19-9416-a3049a9670b0.html
Shortly before 10 PM on June 14th, police pepper sprayed protesters on the sidewalk outside the Richmond Police Headquarters. Police sprayed broadly at protesters several feet away, some locking arms with one another. No aggression on the part of protesters can be seen.
tags: less-lethal, pepper-spray, protester, spray
id: va-richmond-20
geolocation: 37.5462104, -77.4451222
Links
A single water bottle can be seen thrown at and striking an officer. The bottle appears to be empty. Water is then sloshed in the officer's direction. The officer unholsters his pepper spray.
Footage uploaded 3 minutes later shows another officer discharging pepper spray at a protester without apparent cause.
tags: less-lethal, pepper-spray, protester, spray
id: va-richmond-21
geolocation: 37.5462104, -77.4451222
Links
- https://twitter.com/aeringle/status/1272357473211559936
- https://twitter.com/aeringle/status/1272358269122723846
Around 10 pm on June 15th, peaceful protesters gathered outside the Richmond Police Headquarters at some distance from the officers. Officers fired tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters.
Richmond was no longer under curfew restrictions at this time.
In addition, one protester's phone was shot. Police also appear to deploy pepper spray and stun grenades after the initial shots.
tags: less-lethal, pepper-spray, property-destruction, protester, rubber-bullet, shoot, spray, stun-grenade, tear-gas
id: va-richmond-5
geolocation: 37.545802, -77.444889
Links
- https://twitter.com/ZyahnaB/status/1272716305813118976
- https://twitter.com/ZyahnaB/status/1272716632541089792
- https://twitter.com/GoadGatsby/status/1272701413169287175
- https://twitter.com/GoadGatsby/status/1272711269775224841
- https://twitter.com/GoadGatsby/status/1272716271059173381
- https://twitter.com/aeringle/status/1272715201675223042
- https://twitter.com/aeringle/status/1272880751793582080
- https://twitter.com/aeringle/status/1272885980563939329
First-person footage from a journalist shows him shouting, "I'm press, I'm press," while police pepper-spray him and others indiscriminately.
He states that shortly after this footage, he bumped into an officer and was shoved to the ground.
Reddit link shows scuffle was instigated after a protester beat a lacross stick against his own homemade shield like a drum and an officer went to stop him.
This protest occurred near the J.E.B. Stuart statue on Monument Avenue.
tags: journalist, less-lethal, pepper-spray, shove, spray
id: va-richmond-7
geolocation: 37.5529536, -77.4576011
Links
- https://twitter.com/aeringle/status/1274898298923606017
- https://www.reddit.com/r/2020PoliceBrutality/comments/hdycck/more_video_from_richmond_last_night_police_spray/
Officers quickly escalate against a peaceful nighttime protest outside city hall. Police shoot what looks like a gas canister into the head of one man and tackle a woman backing away behind an umbrella.
tags: less-lethal, protester, shoot, shove, tear-gas
id: va-richmond-8
geolocation: 37.5413144, -77.4354564
Links
- Full timeline of events twitter thread
- tear gas
- screams from protestors
- Man being shot with gas canister
- Retreating woman tackled
- Additional shot of individual struck in head
Footage shows a group of scattered protesters some distance from officers. An explosive projectile explodes in a man's face. The filmer kneels next to the man, who can be heard saying, "That hit my face."
Protests on June 26th occurred near the Robert E. Lee Memorial.
tags: explosive, less-lethal, projectile, protester, shoot
id: va-richmond-10
geolocation: 37.5551189, -77.4650724
Links
Police can be heard saying, "Grab somebody. Get ahold of somebody." An officer then charges into a small group of protesters. He grabs a protester on a bike, then proceeds to drag the protester into the street and off the bike. Several officers aid the officer in arresting the protester, while the original officer kneels on the protester's back.
Protests on June 26th occurred near the Robert E. Lee Memorial.
tags: arrest, bike, grab, knee, protester
id: va-richmond-11
geolocation: 37.5551189, -77.4650724
Links
Footage shows a police officer shoving a protester to the ground. The protester scrambles away as a second officer then sprays pepper-spray at the ground in the area, catching several protesters.
Protests on June 26th occurred near the Robert E. Lee Memorial.
tags: less-lethal, pepper-spray, protester, shove, spray
id: va-richmond-12
geolocation: 37.5551189, -77.4650724
Links
- https://twitter.com/woznyphoto/status/1276865711835623424
- https://twitter.com/DomicoPhillips/status/1276723211879755777
- https://twitter.com/nilsrva/status/1276752643528982530
Around midnight on June 26th, an attorney recounts his experience with Richmond police at a staging area in the parking lot of the Broad Street Whole Foods. The attorney states the parking lot was open, there were no signs, and there was no trespassing order given.
He states that he was told to leave. Then, when he tried to photograph the officer, he was yanked out of his car and arrested. Image shows marks left by zip ties. He states that eventually he was released with a summons.
A few days earlier, the attorney had helped arrestees file a suit against the Richmond Police Department.
tags: abuse-of-power, arrest, bystander, zip-tie
id: va-richmond-13
geolocation: 37.558200, -77.4634053
Links
- https://twitter.com/rva_charlie/status/1276739841951248384
- https://twitter.com/rva_charlie/status/1276740854410027008
- https://twitter.com/rva_charlie/status/1276740309171437568
- https://twitter.com/rva_charlie/status/1276741883516071938
- https://augustafreepress.com/city-of-richmond-richmond-pd-virginia-state-police-sued-over-actions-in-protests/
Footage shows police shooting tear gas straight up in the air. Tear gas lands near filmer, who is among several small groups of idle protesters.
Protests on June 26th occurred near the Robert E. Lee Memorial.
tags: less-lethal, protester, tear-gas
id: va-richmond-14
geolocation: 37.5551189, -77.4650724
Links
After a truck has been lit on fire outside the Richmond Police Headquarters, allegedly by protesters, police respond by firing tear gas at the crowd. A fire crew later arrived to douse the fire.
tags: less-lethal, protester, tear-gas
id: va-richmond-15
geolocation: 37.5462104, -77.4451222
Links
- https://twitter.com/aeringle/status/1287225259356192769
- https://twitter.com/aeringle/status/1287225570028400640
- https://twitter.com/hannaheason_/status/1287225909037105152
- https://twitter.com/hannaheason_/status/1287228239388258307
Footage shows police grabbing two members of the press and detaining them in a parking lot at North Madison and West Grace Streets. They are held up against a wall as an officer begins handcuffing them while the journalists repeat that they are press. Officers push protesters away. The journalists are eventually released.
One of the journalists states that he was attempting to flush tear gas from his eyes when he was arrested.
tags: abuse-of-power, grab, journalist
id: va-richmond-16
geolocation: 37.5460473, -77.4456778
Links
- https://twitter.com/JLJLovesRVA/status/1287242052284096513
- https://twitter.com/edace2936/status/1287226623348137984
Richmond police officers were clearing Monroe Park. A journalist was attempting to leave when he was detained and handcuffed by police, even though he had a press pass and repeatedly stated he was with the press. He states he was later released on the condition he did not return to the park that night.
tags: abuse-of-power, journalist
id: va-richmond-17
geolocation: 37.5467591, -77.4514553
Links
- https://twitter.com/aeringle/status/1287576731658997760
- https://twitter.com/aeringle/status/1287577232484061184
- https://twitter.com/edace2936/status/1287574364490289152
The filmer, a protester, is standing on or near the sidewalk in the vicinity of Monroe Park. Several officers approach him. The protester says, "Hey what's up," before being grabbed and arrested by police. An image shows a minor injury to his knee. He states that a magistrate said there was no probable cause for his arrest and released the protester without charges.
tags: abuse-of-power, arrest, protester
id: va-richmond-18
geolocation: 37.5467591, -77.4514553
Links
- https://twitter.com/GoadGatsby/status/1287599473619861504
- https://twitter.com/GoadGatsby/status/1287600241068449792
Police arrived at a group of protesters who gave out food and water to remove the protesters' tents. During the removal, a protester was arrested, held on the ground, and tased repeatedly. Charges are unclear.
The incident occurred near the Rober E. Lee Statue (rebranded by protests as MPD Circle, after Marcus-David Peters who was killed by police).
tags: arrest, less-lethal, protester, tase, taser
id: va-richmond-19
geolocation: 37.5542929, -77.4604981
Links
Police grab and arrest a protester filming from the sidewalk. Officers then push other protesters away, shoving several to the ground. Justification for the arrest is unclear. Protesters were standing on private property (the parking lot of GWARbar), allegedly with permission from the property owner.
After the incident, the filmer attempted to get badge numbers and names from officers, who refused him and requested his credentials instead.
tags: abuse-of-power, arrest, hide-badge, protester, push, shove
id: va-richmond-22
geolocation: 37.5488003, -77.4452045
Links
- https://twitter.com/JLJLovesRVA/status/1296646952608763904
- https://twitter.com/JLJLovesRVA/status/1296636703977996289
- https://twitter.com/JLJLovesRVA/status/1296700265102483457
A cyclist is seen riding away from a demonstration near the Richmond City Jail. Footage shows that he appears to be moving off Ollie Highway onto the grass. An officer in an unmarked vehicle then gets out of the car, chases the cyclist down then violently tackles and arrests him.
Additional footage shows that police then make several more arrests though the reasoning for them is unclear.
tags: arrest, protester, tackle
id: va-richmond-23
geolocation: 37.5473373, -77.424255
Links
- https://twitter.com/broadcastben_/status/1300932708634427392
- https://twitter.com/tormaid/status/1300959166937395201
After snatching a protester outside the Richmond Police Headquarters, police formed a riot shield line and told protesters to move back. Protesters yelled at police. Police shoved protesters with their shields.
tags: protester, push, shield, shove
id: va-richmond-24
geolocation: 37.5460391, -77.4448378
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