According to eyewitness accounts and news reports, police kettled a protest on a bridge and fired both tear gas and rubber bullets. Eyewitnesses note children were among the crowd and protesters attempted to shield them from harm.
tags: child, less-lethal, protester, rubber-bullet, shoot, tear-gas
id: nc-asheville-2
geolocation: 35.5909699, -82.5737781
Links
- https://www.wyff4.com/article/tear-gas-rubber-bullets-reported-at-asheville-protest/32725369
- https://www.citizen-times.com/story/news/local/2020/05/31/bowen-bridge-shut-down-protesters-block-highway/5304001002/
Police destroy supplies, including food and water, at a medical station. Medics and EMTs said the station was approved by the city.
Additional investigation found the station was on private property and conducted with approval from the property owner. The station was in an alley near One World Brewing on Patton Avenue.
tags: medic, property-destruction
id: nc-asheville-1
geolocation: 35.5948849, -82.5523578
Links
- https://twitter.com/AngelaMWilhelm/status/1268056986102444033
- https://twitter.com/AngelaMWilhelm/status/1267974081577717762
- https://twitter.com/daveth89/status/1267974555332685824
- https://i.redd.it/wofh339sqr251.png
- https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/06/03/george-floyd-protests-police-destroy-medic-station-asheville/3124847001/
- https://twitter.com/greg_doucette/status/1269071491892682752
A man was shot in the head at close range with a pepper ball. Footage was uploaded on June 9th, but date of incident is unknown.
tags: less-lethal, pepper-ball, protester, shoot
id: nc-asheville-3
geolocation: 35.5903468, -82.574270
Links
- https://twitter.com/greg_doucette/status/1270378392454672390
- https://twitter.com/greg_doucette/status/1270378863219138561
A journalist working for The Asheville Blade was following protests in their car on August 9th. They state that police stopped them without warning, pulled them out of their car, zip-tied and arrested them. They state that because of the heat, their sweat made their hands slippery and their zip-ties fell off; an officer then replaced them with standard handcuffs, cuffing the journalist's arms tightly behind their back.
They state that after being removed from the police wagon, they were patted down. A female cop stood by while a male cop patted them down. The journalist states the male cop's "hands aggressively slid over my vagina and my ass."
They were held in a cell for several hours, in and out of cuffs. Several police officers asked the journalist if they were going to behave now, and made other similar comments.
Images taken after release show significant bruising on one of the journalist's arms.
tags: arrest, inhumane-treatment, journalist, zip-tie
id: nc-asheville-4
geolocation: 35.5950462, -82.5564847
Links
- https://ashevilleblade.com/?p=3904
- https://twitter.com/mamakittyv/status/1294324476721627137
- https://twitter.com/mamakittyv/status/1294324478357495816
- https://twitter.com/mamakittyv/status/1294324480140091394
- https://twitter.com/mamakittyv/status/1294324481675137024
Law enforcement close on protesters from both sides with pepper bullets, tear gas, and flashbangs | 2020-06-02
Law enforcement close on protesters from both sides with pepper bullets, tear gas, and flashbangs. Some protesters escape into an adjacent parking structure.
Jeff Jackson, an NC State senator whose district contains the Uptown Charlotte area, later posted a review of the incident on Medium.com, in which he decries the incident and states he has begun the process of opening an investigation with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department.
Body cam footage released several months later shows police coordinating the kettling and tear gassing.
tags: less-lethal, pepper-ball, protester, stun-grenade, tear-gas, tear-gas-canister
id: nc-charlotte-1
geolocation: 35.2254977, -80.8452494
Links
- https://www.instagram.com/tv/CA9UOKAj7MC/
- https://twitter.com/greg_doucette/status/1268030671706099717
- https://twitter.com/greg_doucette/status/1268030671706099717
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmJEQVj2fdc&feature=youtu.be
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3Hgwp--XVc&feature=youtu.be
- https://medium.com/@Jeff_Jackson/review-of-incident-in-charlotte-on-4th-street-on-the-evening-of-june-2nd-2963d4598500
- https://twitter.com/queencitynerve/status/1298718282082467847
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jo0cF-qMa50
Video shows numerous police officers charging an individual, before throwing them to the ground and kneeling on them to make an arrest. As they walk the individual from the scene, she states her restraints are too tight, but police do not acknowledge her. Protesters nearby ask why she is being arrested; police say, "Watch the news video."
Protesters identified this individual as a representative from The Bail Project who was slated to speak at a protest later that day.
tags: arrest, inhumane-treatment, knee, protester, shove, throw
id: nc-charlotte-2
geolocation: 35.2205048, -80.8373121
Links
- https://twitter.com/greg_doucette/status/1270185252665864193
- https://twitter.com/kaitlinwa24/status/1270113046606864389
Charlotte Sheriff declares Jail Support station unlawful; officer assaults press during mass arrests | 2020-06-18
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 protesters.
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, bike, journalist, knee, medic, protester, shove, strike, threaten, throw, zip-tie
id: nc-charlotte-3
geolocation: 35.2199889, -80.8356949
Links
Police separated groups of Back the Blue and Defund the Police protesters. Police shoved Defund the Police protesters backwards with their bikes. Protesters then shove a police officer's bike back. The officer then discharges pepper spray at numerous protesters.
tags: bike, less-lethal, pepper-spray, protester, shove, spray
id: nc-charlotte-4
geolocation: 35.2193485, -80.8408325
Links
At a protest outside the Republican National Convention in Charlotte, NC (Trade and Tryon Streets), police used bikes to shove protesters and pepper sprayed others. A journalist filming the scene was caught in the pepper spray.
tags: bike, journalist, less-lethal, pepper-spray, protester, shove, spray
id: nc-charlotte-5
geolocation: 35.2268539, -80.8443788
Links
- https://twitter.com/queencitynerve/status/1297004840644739072
- https://twitter.com/queencitynerve/status/1297007019346583552
Police talk to a protester walking by their line at 3rd and McDowell. The protester steps forward and is held back by police. The protester then talks to another officer. That officer then grabs the protester without warning and arrests them.
tags: arrest, protester
id: nc-charlotte-6
geolocation: 35.2187516, -80.8372017
Links
At an RNC protest in Charlotte, NC, police kettled protesters at College and 4th Streets shortly after midnight. Police then begin shouting "Move" and pepper spray protesters.
tags: less-lethal, pepper-spray, protester, spray
id: nc-charlotte-7
geolocation: 35.2254977, -80.8452494
Links
After protesters allegedly attempted to light something on fire or lowered a flag to the ground, police on bikes charged protesters, knocking several down. Police then discharged pepper spray at protesters.
One individual beaten by police was taken away on a stretcher.
In addition, Charlotte city councilman Braxton Winston was pepper sprayed during this incident.
tags: bike, less-lethal, pepper-spray, politician, protester, push, shove, spray
id: nc-charlotte-8
geolocation: 35.2196314, -80.8525358
Links
- https://twitter.com/queencitynerve/status/1298081346137530370
- https://twitter.com/queencitynerve/status/1298088325681750016
- https://twitter.com/jefftaylorhuman/status/1298114422754414592
- https://twitter.com/jefftaylorhuman/status/1298114422754414592
- https://twitter.com/jefftaylorhuman/status/1298114422754414592
- https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politics-government/rnc-2020/article245198720.html
Activists gathered for Jail Support in Charlotte, NC, offering food, water and other necessities to protesters released from detention. Activists set up on the sidewalk. Mecklenburg county sheriffs ordered jail support activists to disperse. When they refused, officers arrested them. Several activists passively resisted by going limp and were carried away by officers. Sheriffs also arrested several protesters present to morally support jail support activists.
Activists were charged with misdemeanor failure to disperse. This charge is only valid, according to NC law, if officers believe a riot or disorderly conduct is imminent. There appeared to be no such threat.
tags: abuse-of-power, arrest, protester
id: nc-charlotte-9
geolocation: 35.2200169, -80.8353978
Links
- https://twitter.com/jefftaylorhuman/status/1308040457516130304
- https://twitter.com/jefftaylorhuman/status/1308063626532663301
- https://twitter.com/jefftaylorhuman/status/1308064530811977731
- https://twitter.com/jefftaylorhuman/status/1308040457516130304
- https://twitter.com/jefftaylorhuman/status/1308069803521961984
- https://twitter.com/jefftaylorhuman/status/1308080646754119680
- https://twitter.com/jefftaylorhuman/status/1308083664517988352
- https://twitter.com/jefftaylorhuman/status/1308134468570546176
- https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/PDF/BySection/Chapter_14/GS_14-288.5.pdf
Footage shows militarized police with long guns carrying live ammo running up on protesters. Black protesters are removed from their vehicles and arrested.
According to the senior editor of the Triad City Beat, an NC news outlet, police arrested these protesters after an alleged dispute between BLM protesters and an older white couple, in which the couple allegedly pulled a gun and knife on protesters. According to the reporter, only protesters were charged with any offenses.
tags: abuse-of-power, arrest, gun, threaten
id: nc-gastonia-1
geolocation: 35.2669284, -81.181915
Links
- https://twitter.com/jordangreentcb/status/1286110757223006208
- https://twitter.com/jordangreentcb/status/1286110760284893184
- https://twitter.com/jordangreentcb/status/1286110761727787009
Police pepper sprayed BLM protesters on their way to early voting during a "Souls to the Polls" rally. Several arrests were made including Reverend Drumwright of the Citadel Church and Rion Thompson who was the campaign manager for Dreama Caldwell, a Democratic candidate for county commissioner.
One woman in a wheelchair suffered a seizure as a result of the pepper spray. Several children including two young girls ages 5 and 11 were caught by the pepper spray. The mother of the two girls said her daughters both vomited due to the effects of the spray. Several journalists were also pepper sprayed.
The last link shows US House candidate Scott Huffman giving his account for the events that transpired.
Actions seem to have been committed jointly by Graham Police and Alamance County Sheriffs.
tags: child, less-lethal, pepper-spray, person-with-disability, protester, spray
id: nc-graham-1
geolocation: 36.0692831, -79.4025114
Links
- https://twitter.com/greg_doucette/status/1322620451680587777
- https://twitter.com/alexcovello/status/1322599033899200512
- https://twitter.com/will_doran/status/1322609416173244416
- https://twitter.com/natfrum/status/1322644016945635332
- https://twitter.com/greg_doucette/status/1322667413075333122
- https://www.reddit.com/r/PublicFreakout/comments/jm24ht/in_north_carolina_alamance_county_polls_ends_with/
- https://twitter.com/natalie_allison/status/1322675282277474304
- https://twitter.com/carlibrosseau/status/1322656931174141953
- https://twitter.com/carlibrosseau/status/1322665705565753350
- https://twitter.com/carlibrosseau/status/1322674957244051456
- https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article246861942.html
- https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article246870132.html
- https://www.reddit.com/r/PublicFreakout/comments/jlrlz0/north_carolina_police_pepper_spray_disorderly/
- https://twitter.com/greg_doucette/status/1322678067685412864
- NowThis
- https://news.yahoo.com/north-carolina-voter-rally-ends-203308262.html
- Rev. Greg Drumwright on DemocracyNow
- Scott Huffman
Footage from a Souls to the Polls rally after police and sheriffs pepper sprayed the audience shows a police officer repeatedly harassing a photojournalist and covering the journalist's camera.
tags: journalist, push, threaten
id: nc-graham-2
geolocation: 36.0692831, -79.4025114
Links
- https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article246869592.html
- https://twitter.com/greg_doucette/status/1322744319678259203
Around 7pm on May 30th, Raleigh police fired tear gas and pepper spray into a peaceful protest. Footage shows protesters surprised at the escalation and turning to flee, as well as multiple protesters hit directly by projectiles. In addition, the article claims police targeted both protesters and journalists with rubber bullets. The escalation did then incite some protesters to return fire with rocks, fireworks, and police tear gas canisters.
tags: journalist, less-lethal, protester, rubber-bullet, tear-gas, tear-gas-canister
id: nc-raleigh-2
geolocation: 35.776782, -78.639280
Links
- https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article243114301.html
- https://twitter.com/vizjourno/status/1266954106998009857
- https://twitter.com/vizjourno/status/1267494648680976395
- https://twitter.com/bycharliemcgee/status/1266893726280007681
- https://twitter.com/bycharliemcgee/status/1266897246030872578
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCmVhSZqmZc
Shortly before 7pm on May 31st, police fired tear gas to disperse peaceful protesters gathered on the street before advancing across the intersection.
Police later justified the use of force by stating that protesters were blocking the path of an EMS vehicle, although no vehicle can be seen in the footage.
tags: less-lethal, protester, tear-gas, tear-gas-canister
id: nc-raleigh-4
geolocation: 35.7796476, -78.6391259
Links
- https://twitter.com/KateMurphyNews/status/1267227888811741190
- https://www.cbs17.com/news/local-news/wake-county-news/about-100-march-during-protest-in-downtown-raleigh-sunday-afternoon/
- https://www.wral.com/raleigh-police-fire-tear-gas-again-on-second-day-of-downtown-protests/19123254/
Police fire repeatedly at man who is attempting to leave the protest with his hands up. After shooting several times, an officer runs up and strikes the man in the back of the head and throw him to the ground to make an arrest. Tear gas begins to fill the road as officers arrest him.
tags: arrest, beat, less-lethal, protester, rubber-bullet, shoot, shove, strike, tear-gas, throw
id: nc-raleigh-5
geolocation: 35.7802865, -78.6401054
Links
- https://twitter.com/greg_doucette/status/1267295157885505537
- https://twitter.com/greg_doucette/status/1267836827328819200
Police fire tear gas at protesters throughout protests on May 31st. Footage show police firing into a crowd.
tags: less-lethal, protester, tear-gas
id: nc-raleigh-6
geolocation: 35.7802865, -78.6401054
Links
Footage shows a crowd protesting in place with hands up. Shots are heard and a protester runs to kick a projectile back. Filmer states that police are firing "what appears to be pepper-spray pellets," which are likely pepper balls. Greg Doucette spreadsheet additionally suggests the projectiles are pepper balls.
tags: less-lethal, pepper-ball, protester, shoot
id: nc-raleigh-7
geolocation: 35.7811388, -78.6381613
Links
- https://twitter.com/LiamCurrie16/status/1266948510022320130
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ciMl0fLcgY
A reporter for Raleigh outlet, The News & Observer, shows off a wound consistent with injuries left by rubber bullets. The tweet states he "took a rubber bullet" during a protest.
tags: journalist, less-lethal, projectile, rubber-bullet, shoot
id: nc-raleigh-9
geolocation: 35.7804275, -78.6392513
Links
A group of police approach a man who identified himself as the owner of the business he was standing outside of. He was not a protester himself, but had been handing out refreshments to protesters. They fire some kind of shots to intimidate him before shouting "the game is over!".
tags: bystander, less-lethal, projectile, threaten
id: nc-raleigh-1
geolocation: 35.7751916, -78.6399548
Links
- https://www.instagram.com/p/CA51AJxH7S9 (on the sixth page)
- https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article243202416.html
- Location via Google Street View
On June 4th, Conrad James, a prominent protester in Raleigh, threatened to file a class action lawsuit against the Raleigh police departments.
In the early hours of the morning on June 5th, men in black, without visible badge numbers, raided James' home and arrested him for allegedly failing to return a rental car. James denies these claims. The arrest took place in a county under the jurisdiction of the Wake County Sheriff's Office and the Fuquay-Varina Police Department. The sheriff's office, the Fuquay-Varina Police, and the Raleigh Police give differing accounts about the departments involved and the time at which the raid took place.
Police scanner audio shows that Raleigh police officers were following him during protests later that day.
tags: arrest, hide-badge, protester, threaten
id: nc-raleigh-3
geolocation: 35.5951262, -78.7354873
Links
- https://indyweek.com/news/wake/conrad-james-raleigh-city-council-arrest/
- https://twitter.com/LeighTauss/status/1269100075323662339
- https://abc11.com/activist-who-made-demands-to-raleigh-leaders-arrested-for-unrelated-incident/6234238/
Footage shows violent arrests of 2 protesters. Multiple officers grab the individuals, shoving and pulling them. The officers also shove numerous protesters out of the way.
One of the arrestees was a minor and charges were not filed against them. Police later dropped charges against the adult protester.
Police claimed the individuals were blocking the street, but presented no supporting footage and the lack of charges casts doubt on the claim. A tweet from the police states the juvenile protester was arrested for assault of an officer, while the adult was arrested for resist, delay and obstruct.
tags: arrest, child, protester, push, shove
id: nc-raleigh-8
geolocation: 35.7342263, -78.6413227
Links
- https://www.wral.com/two-arrested-after-n-c-born-protest-in-downtown-raleigh/19151333/
- https://twitter.com/raleighpolice/status/1273786583913771009
- https://www.wral.com/raleigh-police-drop-charge-against-protester-to-investigate-officers-actions/19152361/
Police feign a show of support by kneeling and draw protesters closer. After protesters kneel, police begin firing tear gas rounds.
tags: less-lethal, protester, tear-gas, tear-gas-canister
id: nc-wilmington-1
geolocation: 34.2371113, -77.9461782
Links