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 61 police shoot an unarmed pregnant woman, rush over to where she's receiving medical attention – then, after they remov... Austin, TX, USA 2
TGD 106 Police shoot a pregnant black woman in the abdomen for sport Austin, TX, USA 2
TGD 175 police shoot a 16-year-old boy in the head and leave him for dead on the side of the road. https://kxan.com/investig... Austin, TX, USA 5
TGD 241 police shot a kid in the head for sport, fracturing his skull. They told fellow protestors to bring them his body so ... Austin, TX, USA 3
TGD 289 police open fire at close range because they got splashed with water This is what proportionality looks like I guess? Austin, TX, USA 1
TGD 368 police are deliberately maiming the people they're supposed to serve and protect. Powerful montage from@statesman; yo... Austin, TX, USA 2
TGD 371 the Austin PD is evidently paying someone to send them mail for their public relations efforts. Notice at least 4 of ... Austin, TX, USA 3
TGD 309 originally had this outside the protest-related violence thread because I thought it was just a random white guy. Se... Bethesda, MD, USA 2
TGD 83 police... seem to be bashing out the windshield of their own patrol car? Boston, MA, USA 2
TGD 103 multiple police officers beat the everlasting sh*t out of two people for sport, apparently for crossing the street? ... Boston, MA, USA 3
TGD 195 cop destroying private property without due process Boston, MA, USA 2
TGD 132 police and National Guard swarm in like Keystone Kops to beat and arrest some people, but then run away as an SUV dri... Buffalo, NY, USA 4
TGD 282 casual attempted homicide, as police shove an elderly man until he falls and cracks his skull on the concrete I need... Buffalo, NY, USA 7
TGD 361 extended thread from a journalist on the unchecked brutality of Buffalo PD. [Same department that tried to casually ... Buffalo, NY, USA 1
TGD 414 check out that MRAP in the background! Nothing like seeing Iraq War materiel on the streets of everyday America... Canton, OH, USA 1
TGD 44 police beating assorted protestors outside their justice building, including one officer swinging his baton in front ... Cleveland, OH, USA 2
TGD 224 how many CSPD cops does it take to beat one man? I count 5 [Full vid @ https://krdo.com/news/top-stories/2020/06/02/c... Colorado Springs, CO, USA 2
TGD 274 No shit Colorado SPrings, CO, USA 1
TGD 18 police, unprovoked, pepper-spraying a United States Congresswoman and several other elected officials for sport Columbus, OH, USA 2
TGD 168 olice kettle protestors in between two parking decks, then open fire on them. [Excerpt of the @queencitynerve livest... Charlotte, NC, USA 3
TGD 431 police arrest a representative from The Bail Project before they're slated to speak at a protest by Charlotte-Mecklen... Charlotte, NC, USA 1
TGD 38 reporter streaming live on Periscope, holds up his press pass and shouts "PRESS!" – so police pepper-spray him to sto... Chicago, IL, USA 2
TGD 39 police attack John Cusack for filming The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals was the first – in 1995, decades ago – that th... Chicago, IL, USA 2
TGD 114 nearly a dozen police officers team up to destroy a car and pull at least one of the occupants out by their head Orig... Chicago, IL, USA 2
TGD 194 the casual banality of evil Cincinatti, OH, USA 2