On June 27th, citizens of Aurora held a violin vigil in honor of Elijah McClain. Footage shows several violinists around a fountain and a small crowd of people scattered through the park, most sitting on picnic blankets or the grass.
Aurora police arrived in riot gear to disperse the vigil. When participants refused, riot police beat them with batons and pepper-sprayed them.
tags: strike, beat, baton, pepper-spray, spray, protester
id: co-aurora-1
Links
- https://www.reddit.com/r/Bad_Cop_No_Donut/comments/hhfrh8/062820_musicians_in_aurora_colorado_honoring/
- https://www.reddit.com/r/2020PoliceBrutality/comments/hhh6fe/aurora_co_during_a_vigil_with_live_violinists_for/
- https://twitter.com/ekbates4/status/1277104647690280961
- https://twitter.com/Ezret/status/1277451145418469376
- https://twitter.com/jessiedesigngir/status/1277126019246260224
- https://www.reddit.com/r/Denver/comments/hh5dbp/protestors_for_elijah_mcclain_threatened_with/
An image shows multiple wounds from a less lethal round, one of which has broken the skin. The nature of the wound is consistent with misuse - specifically, firing at short range.
The poster states that the individual is her boyfriend. She alleges he was standing with his hands up.
Police officers tell a man standing in an intersection to get on the ground then shoot him (apparently with rubber bullets). He falls to the ground. He attempts to get up; an officer tackles him. At least 5 cops pin him down. Several of them punch him repeatedly even though he appears to not be resisting. At one point a bystander says "yeah, punch him again -- I'm filming you!" An officer punches the man again.
tags: arrest, beat, punch, knee, rubber-bullet, tackle, protester
id: co-coloradosprings-1
Links
- https://www.facebook.com/Shawn.R.Russ/videos/10221345617964005/
- https://www.kktv.com/content/news/Colorado-Springs-police-issue-statement-following-use-of-force-arrest-during-protest-570969681.html
After declaring a protest an unlawful assembly, police push protesters down the street, continuing to give dispersal order. A single firework is shot off by protesters. At 5:30, police use the LRAD dispersal function. Once again at 7:00.
Around 8:00, police advance, firing tear gas canisters at protesters. Multiple bystander vehicles appear to be caught in the gas. Around 9:50, an officer appears to reach out of a squad car and pepper spray protesters, but the sirens make it difficult to see.
tags: protester, tear-gas, bystander, lrad, spray, pepper-spray
id: co-coloradosprings-2
Links
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrxBDk2g9H4
- https://twitter.com/KristaWitiakTV/status/1267692960105353217
- https://www.fox21news.com/news/local/more-protests-planned-monday-in-downtown-colorado-springs/
He states the officer aimed at him, and the pepper balls broke his press badge and drew blood
tags: journalist, shoot, pepper-ball
id: co-denver-1
Links
- https://www.denverpost.com/2020/05/29/denver-post-photographer-pepper-balls-george-floyd-protest/
- https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/01/business/media/reporters-protests-george-floyd.html
A man is filming police activity through his sunroof. An officer approaches, possibly strikes the person recording, and apparently peppersprays into the car, blinding the driver and passenger. The driver is then told to move his car away. The officer also peppersprays a second person recording in front of the car.
tags: pepper-spray, spray, vehicle, protester
id: co-denver-2
Links
- https://twitter.com/greg_doucette/status/1266758227930333188
- https://twitter.com/Dizzle14Double/status/1266615473816260609
- https://twitter.com/SaltMagazine_/status/1266634027257098240
- Local news coverage
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." (It later turned out that the projectile was a pepper ball, not a paintball.)
tags: journalist, tear-gas, projectile, shoot, pepper-ball
id: co-denver-3
Links
- https://twitter.com/AdiGTV/status/1266554320717099008
- https://pressfreedomtracker.us/all-incidents/photojournalist-covering-denver-protests-hit-multiple-pepper-balls/
- https://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/local-news/peaceful-protests-demanding-justice-for-george-floyd-in-denver-turn-violent-for-a-2nd-straight-day
A woman stops an armored SWAT car (marked APC01) on the corner of Lincoln and 14th. Three armored police get out from back of armored car. One walks around the side and shoots some projectile, hitting the ground in front of the woman.
tags: shoot, projectile, vehicle, protester
id: co-denver-4
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An officer is seen pointing to another officer, directing towards middle of protesters. The other officer is then seen throwng a tear gas canister underhanded into group of protesters. Sounds of projectiles are heard being shot after tear gas is discharge.
tags: tear-gas, tear-gas-canister, shoot, projectile, protester
id: co-denver-13
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Policemen throw a reporter to the ground, apparently with little or no warning and possibly toward a fire.
tags: push, shove, throw, journalist
id: co-denver-5
Links
- https://twitter.com/tessrmalle/status/1266945413258653696
- https://www.reddit.com/r/2020PoliceBrutality/comments/gunfut/denver_officer_pushed_a_photographer_into_a_fire/
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhIWohJsRyM&feature=youtu.be&t=4225
Police fired tear gas after allegedly turning off their body cams.
tags: body-cam, tear-gas, shoot, protester
id: co-denver-6
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A member of the press is filming from an empty sidewalk. Law enforcement shoot at him, and he yells "I'm media, we're press, we're press, don't shoot at us".
tags: journalist, shoot
id: co-denver-7
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A man was blinded in one eye in a manner consistent with a rubber bullet. He claims a law enforcement officer riding on the back of a Denver Police Department truck fired a projectile at him without warning, despite the fact that he wasn't provoking the officer (or even protesting) at the time, and didn't see anyone near him doing so.
tags: shoot, projectile, rubber-bullet, protester
id: co-denver-14
Links
- https://www.denverpost.com/2020/06/09/denver-protest-bystander-blinded/
- https://denver.cbslocal.com/2020/06/08/denver-protests-george-floyd-jax-feldmann-denver-police-foam-bullet/
A crowd of police officers walk towards two people on the side walk. The two people move away slowly. One of them turns, pointing a phone at the officers; an officer sprays them (probably with mace).
tags: mace, spray, protester
id: co-denver-15
Links
- Video and description from a Denver Post reporter
- Account from another Denver Post reporter present
- Photo, allegedly of the same two people later on
Journalist Lindsay Fendt was standing with a group of other journalists. Protesters threw a tear gas canister back at police; police kicked it toward the journalist, tear gassing Fendt and others.
tags: journalist, tear-gas, tear-gas-canister
id: co-denver-23
Links
- https://twitter.com/LEFendt/status/1267274100793212929
- https://twitter.com/LEFendt/status/1266953418871984128
- https://coloradofoic.org/cfoic-journalism-groups-decry-law-enforcement-targeting-of-reporters-and-photographers-during-george-floyd-protests/
The driver steps out of a black sedan that officers have apparently hit with a pepper ball. He tells the officers repeatedly that there is a pregnant woman inside. Officers tell him to leave; he says "fuck you, I ain't going nowhere" and then "Fuck you! Shoot it again!" Officers shoot the car several more times.
tags: pregnant, pepper-ball, shoot, vehicle, bystander
id: co-denver-8
Links
- https://www.reddit.com/r/2020PoliceBrutality/comments/gumff6/denver_police_fire_pepper_balls_at_a_car_with_a/
- https://www.denverpost.com/2020/06/04/denver-police-investigation-pepper-balls-shot-pregnant-woman-in-car/
Officers are on a police truck leaving the area. One officer fires a pepper ball directly at someone filming, hitting their phone.
tags: shoot, pepper-ball, protester
id: co-denver-9
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Police pepper sprays peaceful protester and fires tear gas on crowd | Believed to be May 31st or June 1st
Police officer snatches away protester's sign and and sprays them with pepper spray. They soon begin firing tear gas on the crowd.
tags: property-destruction, pepper-spray, spray, tear-gas, protester
id: co-denver-10
Links
- https://www.reddit.com/r/2020PoliceBrutality/comments/gvhisl/police_rip_sign_out_of_peaceful_protesters_hands/
- https://www.tiktok.com/@yazzdazzz/video/6832896487207243014
Footage shows woman asking protester if he's okay. He says, "Fuck yeah."
His sweatshirt is covered in blood and he has suffered a gash of 1-2 inches across his chin, with a chunk of his chin hanging off.
tags: shoot, projectile, protester
id: co-denver-19
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Journalist Alex Burness was hit by some sort of projectile. Later in the night, an officer ordered Burness to turn around and walk in the opposite direction (toward a large cloud of tear gas). He shouted "press," but the officer raised his weapon, forcing Burness (and an associate in a neon "press" vest) to walk into the tear gas. Journalist Dave Sachs claims something similar happened to him -- he showed his press pass to police but they shoved him into tear gas.
tags: shoot, projectile, tear-gas, journalist, shove, threaten
id: co-denver-22
Links
- https://twitter.com/alex_burness/status/1267287093643902977
- https://twitter.com/alex_burness/status/1267319325846917120
- https://twitter.com/EstebanHRZ/status/1267318923243986945
- https://twitter.com/alex_burness/status/1267516045104943107
- https://twitter.com/EliseSchmelzer/status/1267314482461589505
- David Sachs' description of the incident involving him
- Denver police were sued in 2018 for illegally arresting a journalist. The settlement required first amendment training. It has yet to happen.
- https://coloradofoic.org/cfoic-journalism-groups-decry-law-enforcement-targeting-of-reporters-and-photographers-during-george-floyd-protests/
In a since-deleted post on Instagram featuring 3 DPD officers in riot gear, the poster captioned the image: "Let's start a riot."
The officer has since been fired from the Denver Police Department.
tags: incitement, protester
id: co-denver-17
Links
- https://twitter.com/DenverPolice/status/1267571824054775808
- https://twitter.com/DenverPolice/status/1267933192805216256
An activist and member of the Use of Force committee for Denver Police says officers rolled a tear gas canister toward her and shot her in the back with pepper balls as she retreated.
tags: shoot, tear-gas, tear-gas-canister, pepper-ball, protester
id: co-denver-11
Links
- https://www.reddit.com/r/Denver/comments/gvhqs2/elisabeth_epps_use_of_force_committee_member_for/
- Local news report
- Local news report
Denver SWAT unit tackles group of peaceful protesters who were walking and chanting (around 12:20am).
tags: tackle, arrest, protester
id: co-denver-12
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Footage shows protesters walking away from police. An officer fires an explosive projectile at the ground, which then ricochets and strikes protester in head. Protester crumples to the ground. Title on Reddit states that the protester suffered permanent hearing loss, but this has not been verified.
It should be noted that these rounds are intended to be shot at the ground as the officer did. However, the proximity of the shot to protesters severely increased the risk of injury, as seen here.
Footage was first posted on reddit.com/r/protest on June 5th.
tags: shoot, projectile, explosive, protester
id: co-denver-18
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Protesters yell at a police officer to put his pepper spray away. The officer shakes his head, then pepper sprays the protesters.
tags: protester, spray, pepper-spray
id: co-denver-25
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Footage shows a protester following police direction across a road. He stops to ask why police moved him off the sidewalk into the road and are now telling him he cannot be on the road. Officers do not respond. Protester continues to ask. Another officer approaches and discharges pepper spray without warning.
tags: pepper-spray, spray, protester
id: co-denver-20
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The first clip is a livestream from the night of the dispersal. Police standoff begins around 1:28:00. Police begin by snatching and grabbing protesters to arrest. Then a scuffle breaks out, the camera pans to show an officer striking protesters with his baton. Another officer approaches and pepper-sprays protesters. A third officer fires a riot gun, containing either pepper balls or paintballs, at protesters. Police then tear gas the area while protesters flee. At 1:34:00, police arrest a medic. At 1:38:00, police advance towards the protesters again, pushing them off the sidewalk to the far side of the street. A shot can be heard, then a scream. The camera pans to show a scuffle between police and protesters. Police then use pepper-spray and riot rounds to force protesters back. A protester is arrested. The arrest takes several minutes and it appears that police kneel on the woman's neck while making the arrest. At 1:51:00, one officer is shown without a badge number or body cam. The filmer then looks at several other officers.
The third link shows another angle on the incident at 1:28:00.
The fourth link shows another angle on the incident at 1:38:00. In addition, the caption states that police were using pepper balls.
tags: arrest, shove, strike, shoot, pepper-ball, baton, knee, tear-gas, pepper-spray, spray, medic, protester
id: co-denver-21
Links
- Begins at 1:28:00; medic arrested at 1:34:00
- https://www.reddit.com/r/DenverProtests/comments/hjszf5/denver_police_uses_cs_gas_impact_irritants_pepper/
- https://twitter.com/dulapalooza/status/1278684548100849664
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLFGixYD4Dc&feature=youtu.be
Article discusses use of pepper spray at pro-police rally where Black Lives Matter groups counter-protested. “We had two pepper ball deployments and one hand-held fog device deployment, and we made one arrest for assault,” Denver police spokesman Tyrone Campbell said. The hand-held fog device is believed to refer to pepper spray. The spokesman goes on to say that "It seems as if [riot control devices] were used in an appropriate fashion." Some additional footage shows police pepper-spraying a retreating crowd. Riot guns can also be heard firing.
tags: protester, pepper-spray, spray, shoot, projectile
id: co-denver-24
Links
- https://www.denverpost.com/2020/07/19/pro-police-rally-denver-cific-center-counter-protest/
- https://twitter.com/ShellyBradbury/status/1284980898958540803
- https://twitter.com/mattsebastian/status/1285049239937024000
At a protest against the clearance of a homeless encampent, police pushed protesters out of a park and stopped them just outside the gate. Protesters argued with police, asking police to allow the homeless folks to return for their belongings. During this argument, Tay Anderson, a board member for Denver Public Schools, was struck in the back of the head and was hospitalized. Police claim Anderson "lost his footing."
tags: politician, strike
id: co-denver-26
Links
- https://www.denverpost.com/2020/07/29/tay-anderson-police-protest-hospital/
- https://www.reddit.com/r/PublicFreakout/comments/i07lqt/denver_public_school_board_director_tay_anderson/
- https://www.facebook.com/100002944669197/videos/3143727032402088/
- https://twitter.com/IvanRodriguezTV/status/1288529467292385282
- https://twitter.com/jquynhreports/status/1288527389253865472
Denver police arrest protester outside homeless encampment, fire impact munitions at others | August 26th
Denver police have been routinely sweeping homeless encampments and displacing individuals staying in the park. Members of the community have gathered to protest and give aid, and NLG members often attend to observe.
On August 26th, police attempted to arrest an individual distributing food and aid. Other protesters intervened, pulling the individual away. Police then fired impact munitions at close range. They then tackled and arrested the individual and several others.
tags: protester, arrest, shoot, projectile, tackle
id: co-denver-27
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