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[UPDATE] Added `zip-ties` tag to incidents (using text search only)
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emarcey authored Jul 7, 2020
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion reports/Alabama.md
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Expand Up @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Around six officers arrested Harriot. Per AL.com, Harriot "was asked if he could

According to Harriot, after being arrested, he and the other arrestees were taken to a nearby area; while he waited there, an officer tightened his zip ties so tight that he lost feeling in his hands and they swelled up. Officers had trouble getting the zip ties off; they had to use a pocket knife in addition to the usual tool. Harriot was also interviewed by two agents claiming to be from the FBI.

tags: arrest, journalist, racial-profiling
tags: arrest, journalist, racial-profiling, zip-ties

id: al-birmingham-2

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6 changes: 3 additions & 3 deletions reports/California.md
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Expand Up @@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ Many protesters allege that conditions in the makeshift jails were poor -- detai

A lawsuit has been filed in connection with these and other abuses by the National Lawyers' Guild; a separate lawsuit has been filed by one of the arrestees. (See also incidents ca-losangeles-32 (near-identical behavior the following day) and ca-santamonica-2 (similar behavior in Santa Monica).)

tags: abuse-of-power, arrest, homeless, inhumane-treatment, threaten, protestor
tags: abuse-of-power, arrest, homeless, inhumane-treatment, threaten, protestor, zip-ties

id: ca-losangeles-19

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A lawsuit has been filed in connection with these and other abuses by the National Lawyers' Guild. (See also incidents ca-losangeles-19 (near-identical behavior the previous day) and ca-santamonica-2 (similar behavior in Santa Monica).)

tags: abuse-of-power, arrest, inhumane-treatment, lgbtq+, threaten, protestor
tags: abuse-of-power, arrest, inhumane-treatment, lgbtq+, threaten, protestor, zip-ties

id: ca-losangeles-32

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(See also incidents ca-losangeles-19 and ca-losangeles-32 (similar behavior in Los Angeles). Note that the final link incorrectly states that the incident it describes was perpetrated by LAPD; in fact, as several commenters pointed out, it was perpetrated by Santa Monica PD, though there are allegations of similar conduct by the LAPD.)

tags: abuse-of-power, arrest, inhumane-treatment, protestor
tags: abuse-of-power, arrest, inhumane-treatment, protestor, zip-ties

id: ca-santamonica-2

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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion reports/Iowa.md
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A reporter from the Des Moines Register is shown sitting on the ground zip-tied with another protester in front of a police officer. In the news article, the reporter indicates she was pepper sprayed in the face, and that she identified herself as a member of the press.

tags: journalist, arrest, pepper-spray, spray
tags: journalist, arrest, pepper-spray, spray, zip-ties

id: ia-desmoines-7

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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions reports/New York.md
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Images show swollen hands from zip ties as well as bruises from batons. One partygoer states he suffered a severe sprain in his arm, and doctors could not determine from an X-Ray if it had been broken or not.

tags: arrest, racial-profiling, inhumane-treatment, baton, beat, bystander
tags: arrest, racial-profiling, inhumane-treatment, baton, beat, bystander, zip-ties

id: ny-newyorkcity-39

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In addition, multiple clips show officers without badges or with black electrical tape covering their badge numbers.

tags: shove, baton, strike, beat, arrest, choke, hide-badges, protestor
tags: shove, baton, strike, beat, arrest, choke, hide-badges, protestor, zip-ties

id: ny-newyorkcity-50

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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions reports/North Carolina.md
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The Mecklenburg Sheriff's department declared a jail support site unlawful. The site is a series of tents on the sidewalk designed to provide food, water, medical care and support to released protestors.

Jail support providers refused to leave, so police began making mass arrests. During arrests, people were thrown from bikes, shoved and knelt on to ziptie. In addition, a reporter filming was struck by an officer and threatened with arrest.
Jail support providers refused to leave, so police began making mass arrests. During arrests, people were thrown from bikes, shoved and knelt on to zip tie. In addition, a reporter filming was struck by an officer and threatened with arrest.

tags: arrest, knee, shove, throw, bike, medic, journalist, strike, threaten, protestor, medic
tags: arrest, knee, shove, throw, bike, medic, journalist, strike, threaten, protestor, medic, zip-ties

id: nc-charlotte-3

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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion reports/Pennsylvania.md
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Footage shows first-person video leading up to her arrest. It includes her clear identification, with press badge, as a reporter.

tags: journalist, arrest, abuse-of-power
tags: journalist, arrest, abuse-of-power, zip-ties

id: pa-philadelphia-12

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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion reports/Virginia.md
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A few days earlier, the attorney had helped arrestees file a suit against the Richmond Police Department.

tags: arrest, abuse-of-power, bystander
tags: arrest, abuse-of-power, bystander, zip-ties

id: va-richmond-13

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