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Olympia

Police respond to broken windows with excessive force | May 31st

Footage shows a few individuals break off from a protest to smash City Hall windows. Protesters shout at vandals to stop.

Police then arrive. They arrest multiple individuals near the City Hall windows, including one individual who appeared to approach the vandals in an effort to defuse the situation.

Police fire tear gas and riot rounds at protesters during the arrests. Protesters become agitated.

After police walk arrestee away, protesters continue to shout at police. Police respond with a second bout of tear gas and riot rounds.

A racial slur can be heard shouted, although it is unsure who is shouting.

tags: arrest, tear-gas, shoot, projectile, protester

id: wa-olympia-1

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Seattle

Officer pins protester by pushing his knee into his neck | May 30th

Officer pins protester with his knee on his neck. His partner intervenes and moves his knee onto the individual's back.

Possibly related to OPD Case 2020OPA-0324 - "Placing the knee on the neck area of two people who had been arrested"

tags: knee-on-neck, arrest, protester

id: wa-seattle-1

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Police beat unarmed man on the ground | May 31st

A couple of police officers are seen beating and manhandling an unarmed man. The officers are throwing punches while he was on the ground and pinned.

Related to Seattle OPA Case 2020OPA-0330.

tags: beat, punch, protester

id: wa-seattle-2

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Police indiscriminately pepper spray peaceful protesters | May 31st

A police officer randomly and indiscriminately pepper sprays civilians walking around, which then went on to spark a riot.

tags: pepper-spray, protester

id: wa-seattle-3

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Police pepper spray young child | May 31st

Police pepper sprays a young child who is seen crying, while protesters pour milk on the distressed girl.

Related to Seattle OPA Case 2020OPA-0322.

tags: pepper-spray, child, inhumane-treatment, protester

id: wa-seattle-4

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Police throw tear gas at peaceful protesters | May 31st

A sheriff throws a canister of tear gas into a crowd of peaceful protesters.

tags: tear-gas, tear-gas-canister, protester

id: wa-seattle-8

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Police officer pulls protester to the ground unprovoked | May 31st

An officer on a bike pulls down a protester walking by for seemingly no reason. Takes place on Boren Avenue, by the Avanti Apartments.

tags: tackle, protester

id: wa-seattle-6

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Law enforcement officer punches pinned protester | May 31st

In this video, officers wrestle with two protesters on the floor. One officer punches the protester he has pinned at 0:15.

tags: tackle, punch, protester

id: wa-seattle-12

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Law enforcement officers throw flashbangs into peaceful crowd | (Believed to be) May 31st

Police are standing in a row holding bikes and pepper spray canisters. Protesters are standing in front of them with their hands in the air. Police begin moving forward, using their bikes as shields, in sync with flashbangs. Several officers in grey move closer to the protesters and shoot flashbangs directly into the crowd. Flashbangs continue as protesters walk away, and tear gas is visible.

tags: stun-grenade, tear-gas, protester

id: wa-seattle-7

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Police pepper spray crowd | June 1st

Police pepper spray peacefully protesting crowd.

tags: pepper-spray, protester

id: wa-seattle-9

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Police strike active news crew with tear gas | June 1st

Police strike a journalist, Jo-Ling Kent, live on air with a tear gas canister.

tags: tear-gas, tear-gas-canister, journalist

id: wa-seattle-10

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Police injure sleeping homeless man with flashbang | June 1st

Police flashbang hits a homeless man sleeping in a park.

Related to OPD Case 2020OPA-0335 "Homeless man hit by an SPD flashbang while sleeping".

tags: bystander, stun-grenade, homeless

id: wa-seattle-54

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Officers deploy flashbangs and pepper spray peaceful protesters | June 2nd

Video shows officers deploying flashbangs into a crowd of peaceful protesters, and spraying pepper spray into the crowd. Recorder has to close their window as the spray is reaching their apartment.

tags: stun-grenade, pepper-spray, protester

id: wa-seattle-5

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Protester targeted days after protest | June 5th

Footage and reports show approximately 30 police officers in 6-7 squad cars arrive to arrest a woman in a car with her 9 year old child.

Officers arrived on the scene brandishing mace, alleging that the woman assaulted two police officers several days prior. She was dragged from her car and the car was towed from her home.

Officers cited a Star Wars meme depicting a Landspeeder with a caption saying, "This machine kills facists," as intent to kill officers.

The woman states she tried to help a friend who was being shot with rubber bullets.

tags: arrest, abuse-of-power, protester

id: wa-seattle-16

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Officer chokes and places knee on neck of woman | June 6th

Video shows officer on back of woman laying face down. Officer has the woman in a choke hold. Officer then moves to place both knees on back during arrest, one knee on middle of the back and the other behind the neck of the woman. Officer is reported to work for Bellevue Police Department. Arrest made over what twitter user @SJPeace described as a title transfer.

tags: tackle, headlock, knee, protester

id: wa-seattle-11

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Police kettle protesters to force them to disperse through tear-gas | June 6th

Seattle Police told protesters disperse, but then used bikes to block exits. Forced them through tear-gas, mace, flashbangs.

tags: tear-gas, stun-grenade, protester

id: wa-seattle-13

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Police pepper spray protesters who can't move back | June 6th

In a series of videos, we see police asking protesters to move back, but the crowd is too dense for them to do so. Police then start pepper-spraying protesters at the front of the crowd and launch flashbangs into and near the crowd. At 1:30 in the first video, it appears a protester is hit with a projectile. In the subsequent clips, teargas is seen being spread into a group of protesters by police.

tags: pepper-spray, stun-grenade, projectile, tear-gas, protester

id: wa-seattle-15

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Woman hit with police projectile resumes breathing after CPR, delivered to hospital | June 7th

Video shows an individual getting hit by a police projectile, falling down, and becoming unresponsive. Medics drag the person away from the police. A medic's first-hand narrative account describes the victim as "a young woman in her 20s." Medics attempt to treat the young woman while police throw flash bang grenades directly into the first aid center where they are gathered. Several times the victim stops responding or breathing but becomes responsive again after CPR. 911 could not send an ambulance. Eventually a civilian transports her by car to an Emergency Dept where she was delivered with a pulse. The person who filmed the incident from his workplace office is an editor at the local alt weekly, The Stranger; he reported in his twitter thread that the people in the office were having trouble breathing from teargas or some other chemical agent.

tags: projectile, medic, stun-grenade, tear-gas, protester

id: wa-seattle-14

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During arrests, man yells at police; police retaliate against crowd | June 7th

Police surrounded a barricade in the street and began arresting protesters. One man is seen working his way through the crowd to the front and yells at officers. There appears to be some pushing.

Police then retaliate against the crowd, firing tear gas and spraying pepper spray indiscriminately. Police continue to do so well after protesters have moved to the sides.

tags: arrest, tear-gas, pepper-spray, protester

id: wa-seattle-17

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Police shoot peaceful protester | June 7th

A protester is seen off to the side of the protest, speaking with another protester and holding a bucket. The camera pans away and a shot is heard. The camera pans back and shows the man fall to the ground, clutching his back.

tags: shoot, rubber-bullet, protester

id: wa-seattle-18

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Police arrest homeless man | June 7th

While deploying flashbangs and tear gas against protesters, the police line passes a homeless man sheltered on the ground. Police lift and move him as the man does not appear capable of moving himself. Multiple officers aid in arresting him and appear to strike him before carrying him off. The filmer states, "They're beating the shit out of this homeless man."

tags: homeless, arrest, strike, beat, bystander, protester, tear-gas, stun-grenade

id: wa-seattle-19

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Police pepper spray protesters standing in their way | June 11th

Video shows several police officers attempting to make their way past the fence perimeter of the Capitol Hill Occupied Protest area, in order to gain access to the vacated precinct. Several protesters block their path on the sidewalk. The cops pepper spray at least one individual at close range. The person filming says "they're tear-gassing people!" but the video caption says "accidentally said 'tear gas' instead of 'pepper spray' in the video." The crowd shouts loudly until the officers retreat.

tags: pepper-spray, protester

id: wa-seattle-20

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Police strike and pepper spray protesters while marching on 13th Precinct | July 1st

Footage shows police line approaching scattered peaceful protesters. Police snatch and grab to make rough arrests. When protesters attempt to intervene they are shoved, struck with batons, and pepper sprayed.

tags: arrest, pepper-spray, spray, shove, strike, baton, protester

id: wa-seattle-21

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Police arrest protester during CHAZ/CHOP clearing | July 1st

As police prepare to clear CHOP, a protester asks a question. Police then target him. He flees. Numerous police officers chase him, tackle him and kneel on his neck to arrest him.

tags: arrest, tackle, knee, knee-on-neck, protester

id: wa-seattle-22

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Officers tackle protesters, put a knee on least one of their necks | July 2nd

Video shows bicycle cops fast approaching a group of protesters who are just outside an area cordoned off with police tape, presumably because they considered one or more of them to have crossed the boundary. Without warning, the cops tackle two protesters to the ground. Someone can be heard shouting "get your knee off their neck!" One of the videos clearly shows an officer placing his knee on the neck of one of the individuals.

tags: arrest, tackle, knee, knee-on-neck, protester

id: wa-seattle-23

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Violent arrests made at protests near CHOP | July 2nd

Footage beginning at 14:00 shows police begin to advance on protesters without warning. They use their shields and batons to strike and shove protesters. When protesters become agitated, police tackle protesters and discharge pepper spray. Footage shows police kneeling on one protester, applying pressure to his neck (allegedly with their forearm) to force him to release his bike.

tags: arrest, pepper-spray, spray, strike, beat, shove, tackle, baton, shield, knee, protester

id: wa-seattle-24

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Police make violent arrest | July 2nd

Footage taken around midnight the morning of July 2nd shows multiple officers arresting a protester, striking him with batons, punching him, and kneeling on his neck.

The officer kneeling on the protester's kneck has his badge covered.

Protester was allegedly arrested for crossing a street in the Capitol Hill neighborhood.

tags: arrest, beat, strike, baton, punch, knee, knee-on-neck, protester, hide-badge

id: wa-seattle-25

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Police harass man attempting to go to his apartment | July 3rd

A man returning to his apartment is followed by a police officer. The officer asks the man where he lives. The man responds with his address. The officer is joined by a second and they ask the filmer for ID. The filmer states he does not have ID and that the Mayor said police should stop asking for ID. The police say that the order just came in to start asking for ID again. They give the filmer three options: leave the area, be arrested, or allow the police to escort him to his home. The filmer decides to leave the area.

tags: abuse-of-power, bystander

id: wa-seattle-26

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Police arrest peaceful protester | July 9th

Footage shows a handful of protesters marching in the street. Protesters clear to the sidewalks as police arrive. Officers approach the crowd and single out one black woman. At 1:58 in the Reddit link, an officer can be heard saying, "You were blocking earlier." Officers then grab her and arrest her. Additional officers brandishing tasers and pepper spray surround the arrest. Police then place the protester in an unmarked van.

It is unclear why this individual was singled out.

tags: protester, arrest

id: wa-seattle-27

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Police arrest journalist | July 10th

First person footage from a photojournalist shows the journalist filming a police car while stating that allegedly the officer in the car said that the officer has the photojournalist's address. The journalist repeats these words back, including the exact phrase, "I have your address." The officer then approaches him and arrests him for threatening an officer, alleging that the journalist claimed to have the officer's address.

The second link shows the full series of events. The photojournalist is filming police as they write parking citations. He is using strong language with the officers and harassing them. However he is doing no more than hurling insults and noting names and badge numbers. At 2:00, it can be verified that the officer does say he has the journalist's address. So, in fact, when he is arrested for threatening an officer, he is repeating the officer's words back to him.

Notably, this journalist filmed the arrest of the individual in wa-seattle-27.

tags: journalist, arrest, abuse-of-power

id: wa-seattle-28

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Protester violently arrested | July 20th

During protests in Seattle, some protesters walk past officers arresting a protester. Another officer pepper sprays these protesters. When a protester stops in the street after being pepper sprayed, they are grabbed and thrown to the ground. Another officer appears to kick the protester in the groin. Officers then pin the protester down to arrest them. When officers go to move the protester, the protester appears to be limp, apparently unconscious. Officers lift the protester off the ground and carry them away.

tags: pepper-spray, spray, protester, shove, grab, throw, kick, knee, arrest

id: wa-seattle-29

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Officer holds down protester to arrest, pepper sprays nurse | July 25th

Footage shows Seattle police pinning a protester down against a concrete barrier to arrest them. A nurse in scrubs grabs the protester. She says "something hit me in the ass," believed to be an impact munition She is then pepper sprayed.

tags: protester, arrest, pepper-spray, spray, shoot, projectile

id: wa-seattle-30

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Officer shoots protester who bangs stick on ground | July 25th

A protester standing about 20ft from police bangs a stick on the ground. Police then shoot him in the arm.

tags: protester, shoot, projectile

id: wa-seattle-31

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Violent arrest made by police, tear gas deployed | July 25th

Footage shows several officers grabbing a small woman to arrest her. She passively resists. Three officers then tackle her to the ground while another officer deploys tear gas against the crowd of protesters.

The incident appears to have been kicked off when a protester with a shield stepped between police and protesters. Additional footage also shows considerable use of pepper-spray

tags: protester, arrest, tackle, grab, tear-gas, pepper-spray, spray

id: wa-seattle-32

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Police use bikes and pepper spray to push protesters | July 25th

Footage shows police using their bikes to push protesters back. One officer discharges pepper spray against protesters obeying the order to move back. Another officer grabs an umbrella held out by a protester, breaking it.

tags: protester, bike, pepper-spray, spray, property-destruction

id: wa-seattle-33

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Police make violent arrests and pepper spray crowd | July 25th

Footage shows police dragging off a woman in handcuffs. Another woman grabs the protester, but (off camera) lets go and falls to the ground. Police pepper spray nearby protesters.

The camera pans back to the protester on the ground. She is grabbed by an officer and walked away. She appears to be obeying the officer. She falls to the ground, passively resisting. The officer then holds her in what appears to be an arm bar, kneels on her, and arrests her.

tags: pepper-spray, spray, protester, shove, arrest, knee

id: wa-seattle-34

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Police make violent arrests and discharge pepper spray | July 25th

Overhead footage from a news report shows police charging across their bike line into the crowd to tackle protesters and make arrests. After one protester is subdued, police pepper spray the others to push them back.

tags: arrest, protester, tackle, shove, pepper-spray, spray

id: wa-seattle-35

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Police shove and pepper spray press and protesters | July 25th

Screen-capped footage from a journalist shows police pushing press and protesters back. The filmer, a journalist, says he cannot move quickly because there is a crowd of people behind him. Police shove him and other protesters and press, then discharge pepper spray.

tags: journalist, protester, shove, pepper-spray, spray

id: wa-seattle-36

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Police pepper spray protesters on sidewalk | July 25th

Police approach protesters standing on the sidewalk and hiding behind umbrellas. Officers flank and pepper spray them. A protester crossing the street is then pepper sprayed. An officer holding a bike swings the bike's rear tire in the air at protesters. Police continue to discharge pepper spray.

tags: protester, pepper-spray, spray, bike

id: wa-seattle-37

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Police deploy tear gas and flashbangs against protesters | July 25th

Police deploy tear gas and flashbangs against protesters at Broadway and Pine. The filmer several blocks away states that the tear gas has drifted into his home and "is choking us."

tags: protester, bystander, tear-gas, stun-grenade

id: wa-seattle-38

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Protester shot at point blank | July 25th

Footage shows a protester standing about 3 feet away from police, holding a skateboard above his head. He appears to be speaking to police. Without warning, he is shot about about 6 times, in the groin, abdomen and shoulder. Firing at that range and at firing genital regions or above the breastbone are against recommended use of impact munitions.

tags: protester, shoot, projectile

id: wa-seattle-39

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Police pepper spray man holding bike | July 25th

A protester holding a bike and standing several feet away from police is pepper sprayed. Protesters shout, "He did nothing wrong. Whatthe fuck?" Another protester helps the pepper-sprayed protester back away from police. At the end of the video, another protester picks up the bike to walk it back.

tags: protester, pepper-spray, spray

id: wa-seattle-40

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Police make violent arrest | July 25th

Footage from Cal Anderson shows police dragging a woman across the gravel. She screams. Police then chase off other protesters. The camera pans back to the woman as she is shoved against a knee high concrete barrier. Officers then grab her again and throw her to the ground to arrest her. Other officers then crowd around to inhibit filming. The protester does not appear to resist arrest at any point.

tags: protester, grab, shove, throw, arrest

id: wa-seattle-41

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Violent arrest made near 11th and Pine | July 25th

Footage shows police arrested a woman while others pepper spray the area to clear protesters. The woman attempts to stand, then is forced back to the ground. The officer appears to hold her head facedown in the gravel. She passively resists by locking her arms. More officers join and kneel on her to arrest her.

tags: protester, pepper-spray, spray, arrest, knee

id: wa-seattle-42

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Police fire tear gas at protesters following directions | July 25th

Footage shows protesters walking peacefully in the direction specified by SPD. Police launch tear gas into the crowd. Justification is not clear.

Officers also appear to shove stragglers with their batons.

tags: protester, tear-gas, push, shove, baton

id: wa-seattle-43

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Police shove and pepper spray protesters, grab signs | July 25th

Footage shows police forcing protesters back and protesters obeying. Throughout the footage, police shove and pepper spray protesters. In addition, police snatch signs and umbrellas. Police also deploy tear gas.

tags: protester, tear-gas, pepper-spray, spray, shove, push, property-destruction

id: wa-seattle-44

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Police pepper spray man who is yelling at them | July 25th

The filmer yells at police while he walks past them, calling them "a coward" or "a bitch." A police officer then pepper sprays him.

tags: protester, pepper-spray, spray

id: wa-seattle-45

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Police snatch and pepper spray protesters | July 25th

Police on Pine Street surge forward, pepper spraying several protesters, then snatching others for arrest.

tags: protester, pepper-spray, spray, arrest

id: wa-seattle-46

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Police ride bikes into crowd and arrest protesters | July 25th

Police on Pine Street again surged forward. This time, police on bikes ride into the crowd, jump off and tackle protesters for arrest.

tags: protester, bike, tackle, arrest

id: wa-seattle-47

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Police use pepper spray to push protesters back | July 25th

Police with batons push the crowd back, discharging pepper spray to speed protesters up.

tags: protester, pepper-spray, spray

id: wa-seattle-48

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Police charge and pepper-spray protesters | July 25th

Footage shows police charging at protesters without warning and pepper-spraying them, including one protester lying on the ground. Police also strike protesters with batons and shove them.

tags: protester, pepper-spray, spray, baton, strike, shove

id: wa-seattle-49

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Cop tackles cyclist | July 25th

Video shows a cyclist who appears to be unassociated with the protest slowly approaching an area where cops and police vans are in the process of blocking off the street. A cop walking away from the camera clearly glances at the cyclist but doesn't appear to issue any warning and looks away. Presumably unaware of what's happening, the cyclist tries to ride through. The cop then suddenly rushes the cyclist and tackles them off the bicycle. Other cops converge to arrest the cyclist.

tags: arrest, bystander, bike, tackle

id: wa-seattle-50

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Effects of flashbang | July 25th

An image shows the effects of a flashbang grenade which allegedly struck and detonated on a protester. The victim appears to have suffered lacerations and bruising as a result of the impact.

tags: protester, stun-grenade

id: wa-seattle-51

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Protester struck in head by flashbang, gets 4 staples | July 25th

Video shows the protester filming as police toss flash bangs and fire projectiles. He gets hit with something, "most likely shrapnel from a flashbang," and people around him can be heard calling for medics. In a separate post, a photograph shows his head with 4 staples in it.

tags: protester, stun-grenade

id: wa-seattle-52

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Police violently push protesters down the street | July 25th

Police push protesters down the street. Protester are obeying directions, albeit walking slowly and talking to police. Police discharge pepper spray and fire explosives at protesters. One protester appears to be directly hit. Police grab or shove protesters who are straggling and arrest them.

tags: protester, explosive, shove, grab, arrest, pepper-spray, spray

id: wa-seattle-53

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Police pepper spray legal observer | July 25th

A legal observer is seen filming a short distance from police. An officer then pepper sprays her in the face.

tags: legal-observer, pepper-spray, spray

id: wa-seattle-55

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Police tackle protesters in street | August 13th

Police approach protesters standing in the street. A scuffle begins and protesters are shoved. One is thrown to the ground and arrested. One officer appears to injure himself shoving protesters. Officers appeared to be a combination of SPD and private security.

tags: protester, shove, push, baton, arrest

id: wa-seattle-56

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Police damage vehicles supporting protesters | August 14th

Police walk behind a line of cars driving slowly to protect protesters ahead of them. Police overtake the cars and an officer smashes the window of one.

tags: protester, property-destruction, abuse-of-power

id: wa-seattle-57

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Legal observer shoved to the ground | August 16th

During a standoff between police and protesters, several legal observers stand around near police. A firework, ostensibly thrown by protesters, explodes behind the police line. An officer then shoves a legal observer over.

tags: legal-observer, push, shove

id: wa-seattle-58

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Police charge protesters without warning | August 16th

Footage shows police and protesters separated from one another after police declared a riot. Without warning, police begin chanting, "Move," and charge at protesters on foot and on bike. One officer on a bike runs over a protester. Officers then use their bikes to advance against protesters.

tags: protester, shove, bike

id: wa-seattle-59

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Police on bicycles chase down and beat alleged protester | August 17th

Footage shows several officers on bikes chasing after an individual believed to be dispersing from a protest. One officer on foot slams the individual into a wall. Another officer dismounts and punches the individual repeatedly.

tags: protester, bike, shove, tackle, punch

id: wa-seattle-60

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Police shove member of the press | August 26th

Police are seen walking protesters, legal observers and journalists backwards. A journalist talks to police as they walk her. An officer then shoves her, knocking the phone out of her hand. The phone was allegedly confiscated and destroyed.

tags: journalist, shove, property-destruction

id: wa-seattle-61

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Police shove protesters, mace journalist, arrest drivers and damage cars | August 26th

A journalist, Omari Salisbury, was livestreaming a protest in Seattle. About 5:30 into his livestream, he explains that police intend to push protesters back so they can remove vehicles in the street. Police begin shouting, "Move back," and shove protesters back. Police then mace protesters, as well as the journalist.

Police then push protesters back past the cars, slamming one protester into a car (6:08).

Around 7:20, police make an arrest.

Around 8:00, the streamer pans to police breaking the window of a car. Police then arrest the driver of that car.

tags: journalist, protester, push, shove, baton, pepper-spray, spray, arrest, property-destruction

id: wa-seattle-62

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Police drag protester from car | September 4th

Protesters on foot and in vehicles blocked an interstate for a short time. Police arrested 9 marchers, including one individual dragged from his car. A passenger in the car asked an officer why the driver was arrested. The officer refused to answer at that time, telling the filmer to come back later.

tags: protester, grab, arrest, abuse-of-power

id: wa-seattle-63

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Police use bikes to ride into and shove protesters | September 7th

Protesters gathered outside the Seattle Police Officers Guild. Police rode their bikes into protesters, then used their bikes to shove protesters back. No provocation on the part of protesters can be seen.

Police allegedly used pepper spray and stun grenades while making 22 arrests.

tags: protester, bike, arrest, stun-grenade, pepper-spray, shove, push, spray

id: wa-seattle-64

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Police officer shoves protester | September 7th

Protesters are seen arguing with police in the street. One protester approaches police then runs away as police converge. Another protester stands in the way and is shoved to the ground.

tags: protester, push, shove

id: wa-seattle-65

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Police target protester, pepper spray crowd | September 15th

At a protest on September 15th, police targeted a community member for arrest. They pointed out the individual and told them they were arresting the protester. They then grabbed the protester and pepper sprayed the crowd. Several protesters are then thrown to the ground and arrested.

tags: protester, arrest, pepper-spray, spray, throw

id: wa-seattle-66

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