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The First Amendment gives Americans the right to assemble peacefully and air their views. And the FBI “respects the rights of individuals to peacefully exercise their First Amendment rights,” as stated in its press release published on the 1st of June.

But in the wake of Mr. George Floyd’s death, on many occasions, peaceful protesters have been met by disproportionately brute force. And when the FBI asked to share digital evidence of violent individuals, people responded with countless examples showing police officers using hostile force.

It’s not the first time that the FBI has put out a nationwide call for pictures and videos that could help to identify people “actively instigating violence.” The strategy has been used during melees that followed Lakers victories in downtown Los Angeles and others cities like Baltimore.

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Megan Navonod
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

WTF?! These people are paid to protect and serve the public not point their guns at the face of a man with a small child on his shoulders. Seriously Did this guy really think anyone trying to balance a kid on his back would pose a significant enough risk that he thought he had to use a weapon.

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Bored Panda spoke to the front-line protester Kiki who shared the first-person account of what happened during the protests from Friday to Sunday. “I packed up a grandma cart with Gatorade, water, snacks, and hand sanitizer and took it out to the White House/Lafayette square to hand out to protesters.”

Kiki also said that “these protests have been VERY peaceful during the day. What I have witnessed was very diverse groups of protesters (all ages, races, backgrounds) who were passionate, loud, and angry, but peaceful.”

On Monday, she was handing out supplies to a bunch of peaceful protesters. “They were all very appreciative of the support they were getting from the community and I was honestly moved by how many people stopped and said a sincere 'thank you' to me when really I wanted to thank them for continuing to exercise their right to protest.”

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3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh man... I am sorry but watching these kind of videos make me full of anger and disappointment :( Why man... Why do you have to push that citizen there?

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shinshige
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I live in Salt Lake City. We’ve had so many problems with the police during these riotous times. The protesters were totally calm. Some rabble rousers came in and started rioting. BLM and the rest of the actual protesters left. It went to s**t and the police went nuts.

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Bob Belcher
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yeah I remember seeing this two days ago. I about damn tossed my remote at the TV.

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Philippa Bergin
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is AMERICA! Leader of the FREE world???That is just horrible to watch. Bullying of vulnerable people. Where is the empathy towards others.

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Carrie de Luka
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The Free World is a propaganda term primarily used during the Cold War to refer to the Western Bloc. Very few countries outside the US call it that.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

One way to get this to stop is to file civil suits against police departments and the cities/towns. Hit them in their pocketbooks. Once the police and municipalities lose and pay money to citizens, maybe they'll get the message.

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deanna woods
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That is going to far. First they push a kneeling woman and now an elderly man. What is going on in my country.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is what the police did to Catalan people, many of them elderly or with children, who went to vote on October 1, 2017. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoR_rn5IJKk

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Jane Dorothy Warner
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

At least one of the cops had the sense to help him back up, but OMG I can hardly believe what's going on. Seeing it here is like 10 times worse than reading about it.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

75 year old in Boston was shoved to the ground by police, hit his head HARD. Cops just stared a moment, then walked away. Someone else called an ambulance.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You know that that poor kid will NEVER trust a cop again. Way to "serve and protect" dickheads.

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About 3 o'clock on Monday, the group of peaceful protesters that were at the police line at the White House/ Lafayette Square made their way on foot to the capitol. “When I got there, I saw only peaceful protesting there too.”

“Between 6:20 or so, skirmishes started to happen where people would start fleeing away from the police line.” Kiki got swept up in a group of running people.

She recounted that “I was standing to avoid 30 feet or so from the police line when all of a sudden, flash grenades started to go off.” It was the first time she had seen or heard “a flash grenade that close to me.” She said: “It’s loud and frightening and totally shocks your heartbeat.”

It was panic and chaos all around. “As I retreated back in the direction of my car, 3 or 4 additional flash-bangs went off while peaceful protesters fled.” When she turned around to see what was happening, the tear gas and rubber bullets started.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

whoever that guy is with the pepper spray, forcing it into their faces at point blank, he needs to be found and charged, these photos and videos are breaking my heart!

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have ultimately decided to move to New Zeland I am so done with america

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As the woman was running back to her car, “police were shouting at all of us over an intercom that we had 10 minutes to get home or we would be immediately arrested.” She made it home by 7:30.“

I didn’t sleep at all because I was so worried all evening and speaking with the protesters on Swann Street trapped inside the house.” At 5 AM, the woman left her house with Gatorade, water, and snacks and headed over to the home on Swann Street to help the sheltered people. Read more about the Swann Street incident right here.

"From there, I witnessed all of the protesters hugging each other and saying goodbye and exchanging info. I have no doubt that many of them will be connected for life because of the harrowing night they experienced together,” the protester said emotionally. 

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is the video that broke me. The cops have already been charged with excessive force. https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/06/03/us/atlanta-police-booked-felony-charges-protest/index.html

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Why does he grabs the person? Why are they so f*cking disgusting?! I mean, I live in the Netherlands but still

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They are that pathetic it takes that many officers to detain one non violent person? This is maddening

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh, please - that lying sack of s**t is the main reason we're HAVING social unrest.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

the third thug ran in to kick a man down.....how do they live with who they are

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The caption on this picture is incorrect. The police are using pepper spray on people trying to get back on the freeway after the semi truck came through the crowd of protestors. They didn't spray people trying to get off the freeway.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Had this person been hit in the head? Looks like he's bleeding from the head and twitching and you can hear one of them say "stop aiming for the head" and then they just drag the injured person off? Wonder what happened to him.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The cop who fell all on his own probably took his trip out on a protestor --and most likely a woman

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