Welcome to the police-brutality docs. This is a place for official, public facing documents, and policies of this github repository. Please edit these documents using pull requests.
Contributors make pull requests to edit the files, other contributors review. Please see our [contribution guidelines](https://github.com/2020PB/police-brutality/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md).
# Contact
* If you'd like to reach out - please message the moderators at https://www.reddit.com/message/compose?to=/r/2020PoliceBrutality
* Or you can open a github issue https://github.com/2020PB/police-brutality/issues
The `police-brutality` repo contains two tools to enable easy archival, and backup/replication of existing archived data. Archival is done via a CLI tool that allows downloading the videos listed in the [`all-locations.csv` file](https://github.com/2020PB/police-brutality/blob/data_build/all-locations.csv), and optionally adding them to an IPFS node. Backup/replication is done via a public IPFS Cluster that anyone can join to mirror data. Additionally tooling is provided that enables anyone to spin up their own IPFS clusters.
The [structured dataset](https://github.com/2020PB/police-brutality/tree/data_build) is built by a [script](https://github.com/2020PB/police-brutality/tree/master/tools) that processes the data every time a change is made. This allows sites to ingest the data and build new front ends.
# Built with the dataset
* https://policebrutality.netlify.app/ - list of events you can visually see per state, per city, and link to the specific incident.
* https://onebadapple.org/ - Mega list of events.
* https://bread.codes/PoliceBrutality/ - Timeline of police brutality events.
* https://too-many-incidents.netlify.app/ - see the incidents as cards, sort by date, and location.
* https://frontend-1750f.web.app/ - map of incidents with links.
* https://maminian.github.io/brutality-map/ - map of incidents with links.
* https://2020policebrutality.netlify.app/ - click on a state to see the links visually.
* https://datastudio.google.com/s/oFSSsjw2kAY - a dashboard with stats on a state and city level.
* http://api.policebrutality.io/v1/videos - a REST API that points to backed up video files. Managed at https://github.com/nickatnight/policebrutality.io
* https://github.com/2020PB/police-brutality/tree/master/tools/downloader - a tool to back up videos from this database to your local computer.
# What will you build?
* Go to https://github.com/2020PB/police-brutality/tree/data_build
* Choose which API you'd like to consume from a markdown, CSV or JSON file.
* Most folks should [use the JSON file](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/2020PB/police-brutality/data_build/all-locations.json)
The boundary between police brutality, abuse of power, and other issues with the system isn't always clear. This page is meant to call out some edge cases to refine the definition of what content should be curated in this repo and what shouldn't.
## Police speaking words that would incite violence, but not actively violent during this video
-[Cops at Seattle protest brief "don't kill them but hit them hard"](https://www.reddit.com/r/PublicFreakout/comments/gwr1gh/cops_at_a_seattle_protest/)
- Decision - TBD
## Selective enforcement, abuse of power, not necessarily excessive force
-[Cops arresting only the black individuals in a line](https://www.reddit.com/r/PublicFreakout/comments/gwm2mf/police_using_selective_enforcement_on_protestors/)
- Decision - egregious selective enforcement will be in scope.
## No direct visual evidence
-[Protester suffered from complications that lead to her death from tear gas](https://twitter.com/ColumbusGov/status/1268295227921641480)
During an altercation with protesters, a woman falls to the ground and other protesters are pushed away after trying to help her, while an officer steps on and trips over the woman.
### Officer tackles and arrests person walking home from protest | May 30th
An officer tackles a protestor that is walking home. The officer screams "put your hands behind your head" twice and then "stop resisting" twice, the protestor responds "I'm not". The officer yells "put your hands behind your head" several times, and the protestor responds "I'm trying".
### Law enforcement gas a crowd chanting “we want peace” right after exiting the building. | June 1st
Law enforcement gas a crowd chanting “we want peace” right after exiting the building, in the video there was no order to disperse, the crowd seemed to be peacefully chanting.
Law enforcement gas a crowd chanting “we want peace” right after exiting the building, in the video there was no order to disperse, the crowd seemed to be peacefully chanting.
Article says crowd started throwing water bottles and firecrackers. Sheriff's office claims rocks were thrown.
### Police beat person on the ground | (believed to be) June 1st
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[This Reddit comment](https://www.reddit.com/r/PublicFreakout/comments/gvdl01/they_secluded_him_behind_a_wall_and_looked_around/fsolupz/) asserts these police are members of the LASD.
### Law enforcement arrest people walking, you can hear on the radio “You should not be driving past anybody, stop and take somebody into custody”. | June 1st
Law enforcement officer can be seen without a badge or name tag.
Law enforcement arrest people walking, you can hear on the radio “You should not be driving past anybody, stop and take somebody into custody”, seemingly indiscriminately making arrests even as people are walking and it still looks to be light outside.
### Law enforcement arrest people walking, you can hear on the radio “You should not be driving past anybody, stop and take somebody into custody”. | June 1st
La Mesa PD shoot a woman in the face with a rubber bullet.
Law enforcement arrest people walking, you can hear on the radio “You should not be driving past anybody, stop and take somebody into custody”, seemingly indiscriminately making arrests even as people are walking and it still looks to be light outside.
id: ca-hollywood-2
**Links**
* At approximately 10:20 https://www.facebook.com/100010947670361/videos/1115087385532840
### LAPD officer beats multiple protesters that are filming them during a protest in Beverley Hills | May 30th
### Police intimidate person filming them by shooting at apartment building | May 30th
An officer is seen beating an individual in a black jacket who was filming the officers. After being beat by a baton, the individual in the black jacket falls, and the officer continues to beat them. The eye-witness runs over to shield and protect the individual from the officer, and was beaten by the officer from behind while helping the fallen individual escape. At the end of the video, they are hit by a less-than-lethal projectile.
The police are seen to threaten and try to scare the residents of the apartment building from which video is taken. At 0:45 a shot is fired by the police in order to get the residents of the apartments off their balconies and into their homes.
@@ -89,23 +116,39 @@ Los Angeles law enforcement beat several protesters with batons.
### ABC7 reporters are hit by tear gas | May 30th
ABC7 reporters are hit by a cloud of tear gas after protesters were gassed up the street by Los Angeles law enforcement, as reported in this news coverage.
ABC7 reporters are hit by a cloud of tear gas after protesters were gassed up the street by Los Angeles law enforcement, as reported in this news coverage.
@@ -140,6 +189,8 @@ Los Angeles law enforcement beat protesters for no apparent reason.
LAPD single out, tackle, and arrest an unarmed protester, then indiscriminately beat nearby protesters with batons and fire less lethals into the crowd.
@@ -147,7 +198,9 @@ LAPD single out, tackle, and arrest an unarmed protester, then indiscriminately
### LAPD SUV drives into protesters, speeds away | May 31st
LAPD officer quickly drives his SUV into a crowd near Pershing Square, hitting what looks like two protestors, then throws it in reverse and speeds away
LAPD officer quickly drives his SUV into a crowd near Pershing Square, hitting what looks like two protestors, then throws it in reverse and speeds away
id: ca-losangeles-18
**Links**
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Los Angeles police shoot at a man standing on his own balcony as he's filming, seemingly without provocation.
### Police strike protestors with batons | June 1st
Multiple police officers begin striking protestors with their batons. The video does not show any reason for the assault and protestors can be seen to be raising their hands. Another police officer fires a projectile (tear gas canister?) into the crowd from a range of approximately 3m.
id: ca-losangeles-20
**Links**
* https://streamable.com/ja2fw6 (with audio)
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Two peaceful protestors are standing in an empty street. Dozens of police officers move forward and the protestors are shot by rubber bullets fired from officers.
### Police shoot unarmed man in a wheelchair in the face | June 3rd
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This incident took place at [426 South Broadway](https://www.google.com/maps/place/426+S+Broadway,+Los+Angeles,+CA+90013,+USA/@34.0487865,-118.2504023,19z)
@@ -221,17 +299,21 @@ A police cruiser in Oakland was seen driving erratically and chasing down protes
A reporter films a street with a few protesters walking around. In the distance, a line of Oakland law enforcement is standing. The law enforcement officers shoot the reporter.
### Law enforcement break a car window for no apparent reason | June 2nd
A line of law enforcement officers are walking down the street. When they approach a parked vehicle, law enforcement break the vehicle's window for no apparent reason.
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A crowd of protesters demonstrating in front of a line of police officers was fired upon, after which a man fell to the ground. He was carried away and seen to be bleeding profusely.
@@ -259,6 +345,8 @@ Sacramento law enforcement shoot shoot protesters and then announce their assemb
Two to three police officers choke a black man on the ground. The woman documenting this on video is then pushed away/over.
id: ca-sacramento-29
**Links**
*[From perspective of woman pushed, where we see man being choked](https://twitter.com/greg_doucette/status/1268334584443342850)
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A group of police officers carry a woman into an unmarked van. They state they will shoot anybody that follows the van.
id: ca-sandiego-30
**Links**
*[From perspective of women watching the abducted being pulled into the car and driving away](https://twitter.com/greg_doucette/status/1269009907367493634)
## San Jose
### Police shoot a projectile at a protestor | May 31st
### Police shoot a projectile at a protestor | May 29th
A police officer shoots a projectile at a protestor for yelling out profanities. The same officer is seen excited about the protests yelling "let's get this motherfucker".
A police officer shoots a projectile at a protestor for yelling out profanities. The same officer is seen excited about the protests.
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The individual recording the video is trying his best to save his fellow protestor, however his cries are upon deaf ears, the police continue to shoot at them around 0:16
### San Francisco law enforcement shove man off the sidewalk onto the ground | May 31st
A police SUV is attempting to drive through a crowd. A law enforcement officer shoves the man from behind off the sidewalk onto the ground in front of the vehicle.
A police SUV is attempting to drive through a crowd. A law enforcement officer shoves the man from behind off the sidewalk onto the ground in front of the vehicle.
id: ca-sanfrancisco-34
**Links**
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Live on TV, police fire multiple pepper bullets at a second-story apartment window from the street below.
### Armored law enforcement vehicle threatens protestors | June 2nd
### Police fatally shoot unarmed 22 year old | June 1st
In this video, an armored law enforcement vehicle tells protestors over megaphone "if you do not move, you will be dead."
"Police in northern California fatally shot an unarmed 22-year-old who was on his knees with his hands up outside a Walgreens store while responding to a call of alleged looting, officials said... An officer in the city of Vallejo was inside his car when he shot Sean Monterrosa on Monday night amid local and national protests against police brutality. Police said an officer mistakenly believed Monterrosa had a gun, but later determined he had a hammer in his pocket... 'When confronted by the police, he dropped to his knees and surrendered, and they fired at him,' said Melissa Nold, a Vallejo civil rights attorney representing Monterrosa’s family."
### Police fatally shoot unarmed 22 year old | June 1st
### Armored law enforcement vehicle threatens protestors | June 2nd
"Police in northern California fatally shot an unarmed 22-year-old who was on his knees with his hands up outside a Walgreens store while responding to a call of alleged looting, officials said... An officer in the city of Vallejo was inside his car when he shot Sean Monterrosa on Monday night amid local and national protests against police brutality. Police said an officer mistakenly believed Monterrosa had a gun, but later determined he had a hammer in his pocket... 'When confronted by the police, he dropped to his knees and surrendered, and they fired at him,' said Melissa Nold, a Vallejo civil rights attorney representing Monterrosa’s family."
In this video, an armored law enforcement vehicle tells protestors over megaphone "if you do not move, you will be dead."
At least 5 cops pin man to the ground. Several of them punch him even though he appears to not be resisting. According to the person that posted the video he was shot by rubber bullets before this took place.
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A reporter from Denver 7 news tweeted a photo showing one of their cameramen holding their camera with a bullet hole through its lens. The caption states "Police just fired off paintballs and tear gas. Our photographer got hit four time and our camera got hit."
### Denver SWAT shoot at woman trying to stop armored car | May 29th
A woman stops an armored SWAT car (number: APC01?) on the corner of [Lincoln and 14th](https://www.google.com/maps/place/E+14th+Ave+%26+Lincoln+St,+Denver,+CO+80202,+USA/@39.7384949,-104.986315,18z).
A woman stops an armored SWAT car (number: APC01?) on the corner of [Lincoln and 14th](https://www.google.com/maps/place/E+14th+Ave+%26+Lincoln+St,+Denver,+CO+80202,+USA/@39.7384949,-104.986315,18z).
Three armored police get out from back of armored car, one walks around the side and shoots at the woman from what looks like a paintball gun.
