Incidents

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 131 police pepperspray and shoot peaceful unarmed protestors as they chant Pittsburgh, PA, USA 2
TGD 261 police show up at a woman's doorstep the next day after she posts video of them shooting and beating protestors for s... Pittsburgh, PA, USA 2
TGD 350 people – on their knees – try to tell PGH cops that there are people in the parking deck behind them who need medical... Pittsburgh, PA, USA 1
TGD 427 different officers give different directions about where a man is allowed to go. When he doesn't move quickly enough... Pittsburgh, PA, USA 1
TGD 158 Too far away to tell if this is police or a vigilante, but either way they've got snipers casually aiming from hotel ... Portland, ME, USA 2
TGD 187 cops defacing private property with spray paint Portland, OR, USA 2
TGD 188 casual war-zoning as police shoot into a crowd for fun. [This may be a different area of the same night as 183 above,... Portland, OR, USA 2
TGD 63 Police shoot an unarmed protestor between the eyes San Diego, CA, USA 2
TGD 243 people getting so used to being hit with teargas that they're now mobilizing quickly to neutralize the canisters with... Portland, OR, USA 2
TGD 277 police gas a camp of homeless non-protestors for sport Portland, OR, USA 1
TGD 319 319 Portland, OR: police shooting flash-bangs, tear gas, and pepper spray. Bust in silhouette: "Where do I go? Wher... Portland, OR, USA 1
TGD 340 police email all reporters asking them to leave so they can brutalize protestors without anyone watching; email text ... Portland, OR, USA 1
TGD 345 now we know why Portland PD asked media to stay away in 340 – there had been an order from the mayor's office not to ... Portland, OR, USA 3
TGD 346 more in Portland last night, and a lot of high-def video in this thread. Sharing this one for the bass drummer who ke... Portland, OR, USA 2
TGD 367 looks like a war zone outside the detention center, as police indiscriminately shoot, bomb, and gas the people they'r... Portland, OR, USA 1
TGD 374 police turning downtown Portland into a war zone. The cops are rioting. [@PDXzane] Portland, OR, USA 1
TGD 376 police push one guy, so another tries to record with his phone. A group of PDX cops then club the everlasting sh*t o... Portland, OR, USA 1
TGD 377 a police officer shouts "YOU WERE STANDING TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS" as the basis to arrest 2 people behind a car. Another ... Portland, OR, USA 1
TGD 378 PDX cop beats and pepper-sprays someone for filming an arrest. Footage caught by hellicopter. The federal 9th Circuit... Portland, OR, USA 3
TGD 382 this is likely the same location + time as one of earlier vids (if anyone can confirm let me know). Assigning a separ... Portland, OR, USA 1
TGD 408 police tackle a guy on a bike as he's trying to leave. And this video is from one of the cops' own cameras [@akamikeb] Portland, OR, USA 1
TGD 413 PDX cops are hiding their name badges with numbers, as one tells a journalist press passes "don't matter" and then ar... Portland, OR, USA 1
TGD 419 6/5, cops hop off the side of a police van and immediately open fire. [@bigpieceoftoast] Portland, OR, USA 1
TGD 430.1 another mashup of multiple videos showing the chaos and violence by police [@Bionic_Sloth] (duplicate of 430) Portland, OR, USA 1
TGD 342 interview with a firefighter about why he's protesting – turns out he was racially profiled and arrested while *on th... Providence, RI, USA 2