The primary collection for the Brutality DB
Incidents are the core of the Brutality DB. Each incident represents one alleged incident of police brutality, misconduct, or inappropriate use of force. Each incident contains one or more pieces of evidence, usually tweets or videos, and may include one or more identified officers from the videos.
| Name | Description | Location | Amount of Evidence | Incident time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TGD 269 | police attack peaceful protestors unprovoked. (The "Love" on the hotel in the background is a nice touch) | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 1 | |
| TGD 411 | police shoot a teargas canister at a peaceful protestor [Reddit @ https://reddit.com/r/Ohio/comments/gtr6p3/cops_gass... | Akron, OH, USA | 1 | |
| TGD 163 | police destroy medical supplies and cut open all the water bottles. Creating a tremendous plastic mess outside of Fa... | Asheville, NC, USA | 6 | |
| TGD 160 | policing firing teargas and bullets near the UGA campus | Athens, GA, USA | 2 | |
| TGD 161 | more indiscriminate teargas use | Athens, GA, USA | 2 | |
| TGD 15 | deploying a... kid militia? | Atlanta, GA, USA | 2 | |
| TGD 17 | a bike cop picks up his bike and uses it to push over an unarmed protestor for sport | Atlanta, GA, USA | 2 | |
| TGD 54 | Destroying a young black guy's car and then repeatedly assaulting both occupants (reported to be two local college st... | Atlanta, GA, USA | 2 | |
| TGD 121 | police beat the sh*t out of one person, then a male officer breaks away to beat, tackle, and mount the unarmed woman ... | Atlanta, GA, USA | 2 | |
| TGD 352 | this guy ran over and killed a black protestor for sport. Notice how the police protect him as he casually smokes a c... | Bakersfield, CA, USA | 5 | |
| TGD NA | Another pre-protest reminder, this time out of New Jersey, that unchecked police violence has been a common occurrenc... | Bass River, NJ, USA | 1 | |
| TGD 210 | police best the sh*t out of two men for sport. You can hear the officer say the white guy is being arrested for "cus... | Baytown, TX, USA | 2 | |
| TGD 222 | protestors peacefully chant "We want peace!" So police shoot them with rubber bullets and teargas | Bentonville, AR, USA | 2 | |
| TGD 62 | Armored Personnel Carrier plows into a woman's car in the intersection downtown | Charleston, SC, USA | 2 | |
| TGD 78 | peaceful protestor, kneeling, talks at length to a phalanx of riot cops... ...so they arrest him | Charleston, SC, USA | 2 | |
| TGD 211 | an officer runs through the crowd of his colleagues to push down a protestor and start beating the everlasting sh*t o... | Chicago, IL, USA | 2 | |
| TGD 317 | from the "Not The Onion" files, Chicago's Police Board President praises how great Chicago PD was... ...so of course ... | Chicago, IL, USA | 1 | |
| TGD 321 | video from 5/31 where Chicago PD officers don't have their bodycams and have deliberately covered their name plates t... | Chicago, IL, USA | 3 | |
| TGD 202 | detainees were kept in a courtyard outside the justice center for more than 10 hours with no food, water, or toilet f... | Cincinatti, OH, USA | 2 | |
| TGD 67 | police give notice that citizens are living in occupied territory, taking down the American flag outside the Justice ... | Cincinnati, OH, USA | 1 | |
| TGD 206 | distance view of police opening fire on kids for curfew violations Field-level view of 206 above in Clayton CA | Clayton, CA, USA | 4 | |
| TGD 129 | as with 128 above, police and National Guard are blocking people from leaving, forcing them to stay out until after c... | Atlanta, GA, USA | 4 | |
| TGD 141 | four police team up to arrest a photographer, as the nightly news broadcasts it | Atlanta, GA, USA | 2 | |
| TGD 322 | Instagram post from a guy who got tackled by APD Instagram post from a guy who got tackled by APD | Atlanta, GA, USA | 1 | |
| TGD 397 | police pettiness in Augusta. (I did the name redaction; original is in DMs) | Augusta, ME, USA | 1 |