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 28 an earlier separate section of Raleigh NC police shooting pepperballs into peaceful and unarmed protestors Raleigh, NC, USA 2
TGD 76 police shoot a protestor in the back as he's walking away, and then tackle him to the ground Another angle on 76 abo... Raleigh, NC, USA 3
TGD 102 audio from police communication, admitting to using expired tear gas for crowd control Raleigh, NC, USA 2
TGD 221 remember just a week or so ago when the #ReOpenNC folks insisted that forced business closures were literal fascism? ... Raleigh, NC, USA 3
TGD 310 a man told the City Council he was going to sue the police on behalf of protestors. So hours later the police raided... Raleigh, NC, USA 1
TGD 60 Police fire pepper-spray into a man's 2nd floor apartment to stop him from recording them Very short version that ca... Richmond, VA, USA 4
TGD 86 no video, just police deliberately targeting badged journalists so they'll stop reporting Richmond, VA, USA 2
TGD 92 officers swarm a car with guns drawn when a woman steps out She's a reporter so they let her continue, but this condu... Richmond, VA, USA 2
TGD 93 police on the hunt with rifles, briefly pointing one at the woman recording Richmond, VA, USA 2
TGD 122 police start using tear gas at peaceful protest near Monument Avenue Richmond, VA, USA 2
TGD 125 another video where everything was peaceful, it wasn't curfew yet, and police started gassing everyone for sport; "Th... Richmond, VA, USA 1
TGD 127 no video for this, but a long thread on Richmond police flagrantly violating citizens' constitutional rights; thread ... Richmond, VA, USA 2
TGD 146 police fire teargas on peaceful protestors for sport, a half-hour before curfew. (Not sure if this is just an earlie... Richmond, VA, USA 2
TGD 172 not sure if this is the same day as 122, but it looks like the same location. Police looking like invaders Richmond, VA, USA 1
TGD 369 remember I mentioned up-thread a video of a Richmond officer spitting on an arrestee but we couldn't confirm it? The... Richmond, VA, USA 3
TGD 137 police destroying private property while being filmed live on the nightly news Riverside, CA, USA 2
TGD 52 police shoot out a young black boy's eye for sport Sacramento, CA, USA 2
TGD 135 police open fire on a peaceful crowd – *before* issuing a dispersal order (you'll hear that near the end) – and one o... Sacramento, CA, USA 2
TGD 215 how many SPD cops does it take to choke out one black man? I'm counting 2-3 Sacramento, CA, USA 2
TGD 267 police open fire on peaceful protestors Sacramento, CA, USA 1
TGD 302 cop tells armed white supremacists that police are about to teargas the protestors, and "requests" them to "discreetl... Salem, OR, USA 2
TGD 24 SWAT unit recorded on the local news attacking a gray-haired old man with a cane, who's minding his own business, and... Salt Lake City, UT, USA 2
TGD 213 cop shoots an unarmed protestor at point-blank range for sport Salt Lake City, UT, USA 2
TGD 55 police walking up to shoot a peaceful unarmed protestor in the arm at close range so he'll stop recording Then shooti... San Antonio, TX, USA 2
TGD 173 police abruptly open fire into crowd of peaceful protestors. Popo: "Everybody put your hands up!" strts shooting:: San Antonio, TX, USA 2