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Detroit

Police shove and scream at men walking down the street | May 30th

Police screamed at men walking away from them and attempting to leave the scene as directed, then violently shoved one of the men to the ground.

Links

• https://twitter.com/AkramG03/status/1266876680142049282

Police pepperspray reporter holding up media badge | May 30th

Detroit Police pepperspray a reporter in the face while he holds up a media badge

Links

• https://twitter.com/DetroitReporter/status/1266957225114861568
• https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/detroit/2020/06/01/journalists-targeted-police-protests-detroit/5302659002/

Police shoot rubber bullets at reporters | May 30th

Police teargassed and shot rubber bullets at reporters, despite clearly identifying themselves as media

Links

• https://twitter.com/reporterdavidj/status/1266966021077962752

Officer charges through other officers to attack a protestor who is backing away | May 29th

At roughly 0:13 in the video, an officer can be seen charging and punching a protester who is backing away.

Links

• https://twitter.com/joeguillen/status/1266563974658744321

Grand Rapids

Police spray unarmed man with pepperspray and shoot him in the face with a teargas canister | May 31st

A single man walks down a street towards a line of police. The man stops to talk with police, and an officer steps forward, pepper spraying him in the face. The man turns away, and then a teargas canister is shot by a different officer directly into the man's head.

Links

• https://old.reddit.com/r/Bad_Cop_No_Donut/comments/gub8fx/police_shoot_protestor_point_blank_in_the_face/
• https://www.fox17online.com/news/local-news/grand-rapids/grpd-conducting-internal-investigation-after-viral-video-of-man-being-pepper-sprayed
• https://www.reddit.com/r/2020PoliceBrutality/comments/gv3xuu/police_in_grand_rapids_michigan_spray_a_man/

Kalamazoo

Police fire tear gas at prone protesters | June 1st

A group of protesters lie on the ground with arms outstretched in front of a ground of police. Police approach, then fire three pepper balls and a gas canister at protesters from close range.

Links

• https://twitter.com/i/status/1267677463850745858
• Source, at 33:40 https://www.facebook.com/BlaineBurnett11/videos/963503949886/

Police fire tear gas at peaceful protesters | June 2nd ~7:30pm EDT

A crowd of peaceful protesters downtown refused to disperse upon curfew taking effect. A protester in a tie-die shirt kicked tear gas away from a fellow kneeling protester, and was then arrested by police against a National Guard humvee.

Links

• WOODTV8 live crew: https://streamable.com/xvlky1
• Kalamazoo Gazette via Facebook Live: https://streamable.com/0wfiu3
• MLive article: https://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/2020/06/my-heart-was-wrenched-with-pain-assistant-chief-says-of-ordering-tear-gas-on-protesters.html
• IBB image backup of Asst. Chief and City Manager kneeling: https://ibb.co/Fgrwqkj