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 1 trampling a peaceful protestor with a horse Houston, TX, USA 2
TGD 228 how many Houston cops does it take to beat one man? I count at least four here, maybe five And then another pepper-sp... Houston, TX, USA 2
TGD 209 A police officer beats the sh*t out of someone at a gas station. The department announced 3 officers have been suspe... Prince George County, MD, USA 2
TGD 203 police open fire on unarmed protestors laying flat on the ground Huntington Beach, CA, USA 2
TGD 232 police officer gets out of his car and just walks around casually pepper-spraying people Huntsville, AL, USA 2
TGD 233 local reporters try to leave the protest area as they're overwhelmed by tear gas – but then find themselves blocked i... Huntsville, AL, USA 2
TGD 237 police lieutenant openly admits his cops are gassing peaceful protestors Huntsville, AL, USA 3
TGD 246 compilation of clips from someone's Story, so they're in reverse chronological order You'll see the police opening fi... Huntsville, AL, USA 2
TGD 111 a half-dozen police repeatedly shoot and club a protestor for sport Another view of 111. Different angle on 111 out... Indianapolis, IN, USA 6
TGD 240 police teargassing a worship service for sport Indianapolis, IN, USA 2
TGD 247 police fire teargas and flash-bang grenades on peaceful protestors Iowa City, IA, USA 2
TGD 85 on the right side of the screen, looks like a protestor just milling about gets tackled from behind and arrested Jacksonville, FL, USA 2
TGD 143 Protestors arrested as they're leaving, including one grabbed by the neck and dogpiled by at least 3 cops Joliet, IL, USA 2
TGD 199 protestors lay on the ground, so cops start shooting teargas canisters at their heads for sport Kalamazoo, MI, USA 2
TGD 80 a man is talking to a line of cops at length and from a distance So police approach, pepper-spray him, and arrest him Kansas City, MO, USA 2
TGD 252 photo speaks for itself Kansas City, MO, USA 2
TGD 415 police shoot out a dog walker's eye for sport. That's how many eyes they've shot out since this started? At least 5 j... Kansas City, MO, USA 1
TGD 65 police casually start throwing flash-bangs and open fire on unarmed protestors standing still with their hands raised La Mesa, CA, USA 2
TGD 323 police stand still for a bit, then decide to march and open fire on peaceful protestors. The department claims "someo... Lakewood, CA, USA 2
TGD 385 police dressing (poorly) as "undercover Jews" to monitor protestors. [@themishpacha] Lakewood, NJ, USA 1
TGD 249 police fire teargas from an entire block away. (You can see the protestors at the top of the screen near the end of t... Lansing, MI, USA 4
TGD 5 beating a variety of unarmed protestors for sport Las Vegas, NV, USA 2
TGD 66 police arrest one guy minding his own business walking across the street And then, to the unarmed non-protestor filmi... Las Vegas, NV, USA 2
TGD 254 this was from one of the first nights, as police just started arresting random people – and targeting journalists Las Vegas, NV, USA 2
TGD 300 two cops arrest a woman who's maybe 4' tall? Another repeatedly yells at a group to "GO NOW!"... they leave... but th... Lincoln, NE, USA 1