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Brooklyn Center

Police tear gas crowd after curfew | 2021-04-11

Following the death of an unarmed driver at the hands of police, protesters gathered outside the Brooklyn Center police precinct. Throughout the evening, protesters allegedly threw objects at officers and police vehicles. Later, police gave a 10 minute warning for the crowd of 500 to disperse. Following this, police deployed tear gas, stun grenades, and impact munitions (allegedly rubber bullets) against the crowd.

tags: less-lethal, projectile, protester, rubber-bullet, shoot, stun-grenade, tear-gas

id: mn-brooklyncenter-1

geolocation: 45.0766155, -93.3004313

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Police shove and pepper spray protesters and journalists | 2021-04-12

During a protest following the death of Daunte Wright, protesters took to the streets in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota. Near the Kenyan Community Seventh-Day Adventist church, police with batons pushed protesters away from the building. One protester pushed back and police responded by pepper spraying the crowd.

A photojournalist for the Star Tribune was also hit with pepper spray.

tags: baton, journalist, less-lethal, pepper-spray, protester, push, shove, spray

id: mn-brooklyncenter-2

geolocation: 45.07596, -93.2998245

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Police tear gas crowd for second consecutive night | 2021-04-12

At a protest outside the Brooklyn Center Police Headquarters the day after Daunte Wright's death, police fired tear gas, stun grenades and impact munitions (either pepper balls or rubber bullets) following the protesters' failure to disperse at curfew.

As protesters passed a nearby apartment building, police fired canisters into a "garden level porch" of one of the apartments.

In addition, a correspondent for Fox News was caught in the tear gas and a journalist for the Star Tribune was struck by a rubber bullet, breaking their finger and requiring surgery.

tags: journalist, less-lethal, projectile, protester, rubber-bullet, shoot, stun-grenade, tear-gas

id: mn-brooklyncenter-3

geolocation: 45.0766155, -93.3004313

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Police deploy tear gas for third consecutive day | 2021-04-13

During the third day of protests following the death of Daunte Wright, police and National Guard deployed tear gas and other crowd control measures (stun grenades, rubber bullets) against protesters and journalists.

tags: journalist, less-lethal, projectile, protester, rubber-bullet, shoot, stun-grenade, tear-gas

id: mn-brooklyncenter-4

geolocation: 45.0766155, -93.3004313

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Police arrest and threaten protesters | 2021-04-13

Following a protest at the Brooklyn Center police department, police pulled protesters from their cars to arrest them. One officer threatened to slash vehicles' tires so protesters could not get away. In addition, police prevented protesters from returning to their vehicles after blocking off a large swath of road.

tags: arrest, protester, threaten

id: mn-brooklyncenter-5

geolocation: 45.0798348, -93.3002561

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Police pepper spray protesters | 2021-04-14

At a protest outside the Brooklyn Center police headquarters, police pepper sprayed a line of protesters with umbrellas from behind a chain link fence. There was no apparent provocation.

tags: less-lethal, pepper-spray, protester, spray

id: mn-brooklyncenter-6

geolocation: 45.0766155, -93.3004313

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Police tackle and arrest residents of apartment complex | 2021-04-14

After pushing protesters away from the police department, police and protesters faced off outside a nearby apartment complex. Footage shows a man being tackled by police. His sister, who lives in the apartment complex, yells at officers and is then tackled and arrested as well.

tags: arrest, protester, push, shove, tackle

id: mn-brooklyncenter-7

geolocation: 45.0766155, -93.3004313

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Police shoot sign-carrying protester | 2021-04-14

As the curfew approached outside the Brooklyn Center precinct, a protester can be seeing waving a sign several feet away from officers who are huddled behind a chain link fence. One officer fires a less-lethal projectile at the protester, striking them in the foot. There is no evident provocation.

tags: less-lethal, projectile, protester, shoot

id: mn-brooklyncenter-8

geolocation: 45.0766155, -93.3004313

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Police detain journalists, break microphone | 2021-04-14

At a protest following the death of Daunte Wright, reporters from Unicorn Riot were detained by police. During the detainment, police destroyed one of the team's microphones. The team was photographed and later released.

tags: arrest, journalist, property-destruction

id: mn-brooklyncenter-13

geolocation: 45.0766155, -93.3004313

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Police throw stun grenades at protesters | 2021-04-16

Police behind a chain link fence throw stun grenades over the fence into a crowd of gathered protesters who appear to be standing around chanting. During one instance, a protester's umbrella catches fire.

tags: less-lethal, property-destruction, protester, stun-grenade

id: mn-brooklyncenter-9

geolocation: 45.0766155, -93.3004313

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Police pepper spray crowd of protesters | 2021-04-16

Police and protesters face off on opposite sides of a barricade. Police discharge pepper spray in a wide berth, targeting protesters who step towards them in particular. It is unclear what instigated this incident, although one protester does appear to be trying to recover a red umbrella on the ground.

tags: less-lethal, pepper-spray, protester, spray

id: mn-brooklyncenter-10

geolocation: 45.0766155, -93.3004313

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Police shoot man with impact munition | 2021-04-16

Police and protesters face off on opposite sides of a barricade. A man stands on the grass several feet from police. Police ordered him to step further from the barricade. He did not comply. Police then shot him in the leg with an impact munition.

tags: less-lethal, projectile, protester, shoot

id: mn-brooklyncenter-11

geolocation: 45.0766155, -93.3004313

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Police pepper spray journalists | 2021-04-16

A still image from Brooklyn Center, Minnesota shows police pepper spraying clearly marked journalists, one of whom is holding a camera.

tags: journalist, less-lethal, pepper-spray, spray

id: mn-brooklyncenter-12

geolocation: 45.0766155, -93.3004313

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Minneapolis

Police hit press in neck and head with wooden baton | 2020-05-26

A group of cops start to approach a group of press taking photos and video. One press member repeats "we have our hands up and we have press passes". An officer walking by points in the direction of a photographer and says something indiscernable. The camera pans to show a cop hitting the photographer in the neck and head with a wooden baton.

tags: baton, beat, journalist, strike

id: mn-minneapolis-21

geolocation: 44.9478663, -93.2348835

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Man has his gun confiscated in an open carry state, violating his 2nd amendment rights | 2020-05-26

Man encounters police arresting people open carrying (~3 minutes in), man is then also put in handcuffs (~5 minutes in) and his gun taken.

tags: abuse-of-power, arrest, protester

id: mn-minneapolis-28

geolocation: 44.9413248, -93.2626097

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Police shoot flashbang grenades into crowd | (Believed to be) 2020-05-26

Police on the rooftop of the 3rd precinct fire flashbang grenades into crowd of peaceful protesters.

tags: less-lethal, protester, rubber-bullet, stun-grenade, tear-gas

id: mn-minneapolis-14

geolocation: 44.948110, -93.2369906

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Police force press and local business owner into store | 2020-05-29

A Unicorn Riot crew was interviewing the owner of Trio Plant Based, a local restaurant, when police began marching down the street. Police ordered the reporters to go inside the restaurant. The reporters refused, stating that they, as members of the press, are legally allowed to be on the sidewalk. Officers then shoved the restaurant owner and the journalists into the restaurant.

tags: bystander, journalist, push, shove

id: mn-minneapolis-38

geolocation: 44.948400, -93.287540

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Police storm gas station, attacking reporters who show press badges | 2020-05-30

Michael Adams, correspondent for VICE News, films officers entering a parking lot. He cooperates, laying on the ground when asked, and repeatedly states he is press. While on the ground, he is sprayed in the face with pepper spray.

tags: journalist, less-lethal, pepper-spray, spray

id: mn-minneapolis-1

geolocation: 44.947897, -93.233858

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Continuation of gas station event; Awaijane family told to go inside gas station, they comply and seek shelter inside, police then shoot rubber bullets and tear gas inside the building | 2020-05-30

The Awaijane family who owned a gas station had family and friends protecting their property from looters, when police arrived they were told to go inside. The family complied and the event was followed by police shooting rubber bullets and tear gas in to the gas station.

tags: bystander, less-lethal, rubber-bullet, shoot, tear-gas

id: mn-minneapolis-20

geolocation: 44.947897, -93.233858

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Police drive by spraying | 2020-05-30

Police officers drive through a crowd of protesters at 5th and Hennepin, pepper spraying protesters out their windows as they pass.

tags: drive, less-lethal, pepper-spray, protester, spray, vehicle

id: mn-minneapolis-3

geolocation: 44.9797273, -93.2724735

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CNN Reporter arrested | 2020-05-30

Police arrest CNN reporter Omar Jimenez and his crew after refusing to give them information on where to relocate.

tags: arrest, journalist

id: mn-minneapolis-4

geolocation: 44.948388, -93.234033

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WCCO photojournalist arrested | 2020-05-30

While trying to capture footage of the police tear-gassing a crowd of people, Tom Aviles of the WCCO is told to move back. He asks where; officers again tell him to move back. He moves away, then stops, apparently looking for his producer. He begins moving away again and is arrested shortly thereafter by an officer.

Additional footage shows police fired on the press crew as well.

tags: arrest, baton, journalist, less-lethal, projectile, shoot, shove

id: mn-minneapolis-5

geolocation: 44.963300, -93.277390

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CNN crew shot at with rubber bullets and tear gas while live on air | 2020-05-30

CNN reporter Ali Veshi continues reporting while being shot at with rubber bullets and tear gas.

tags: journalist, less-lethal, rubber-bullet, shoot, tear-gas

id: mn-minneapolis-15

geolocation: 44.961980, -93.277830

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Swiss journalists shot at with rubber bullets by police | 2020-05-30

In the video, police can be seen in the distance and shots towards the camera can be heard. According to news reports, journalist Gaspard Kühn stated that the journalists showed press passes and called out that they were journalists, asking for safe passage. Police told the men to “back up” and then shot rubber bullets at them.

The incident occurred in the vicinity of the 5th precinct, but the exact location is unclear. In addition, both Minneapolis Police Department and Minnesota State Police officers were on the scene, but it is unclear who fired the shots.

tags: journalist, less-lethal, rubber-bullet, shoot

id: mn-minneapolis-16

geolocation: 44.9467051, -93.2775134

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Camera man shot by police | 2020-05-30

Law enforcement shoot a reporter with a huge camera and a helmet labeled PRESS.

tags: journalist, shoot

id: mn-minneapolis-27

geolocation: 44.947840, -93.277430

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CBS crew fired upon by police. | 2020-05-30

A crew of CBS reporters was fired on by police while they were not standing anywhere close to protesters. Police did not give a warning and the reporters were wearing their press credentials. The sound engineer was hit on the arm.

tags: journalist, less-lethal, projectile, shoot

id: mn-minneapolis-23

geolocation: 44.948590, -93.279250

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Medics talk about police destroying tent and slashing tires. | 2020-05-30

Medics set up a tent, police shot rubber bullets and gas at their facility in a Kmart parking lot at Nicollet and Lake St. Medics state they announced clearly their tent had only medics and wounded, but police and National Guard opened fire. After the medics left, officers destroyed their tent and prevented medics from returning. Medics also state police slashed tires.

Medics state they were able to move everyone who needed help.

tags: medic, property-destruction

id: mn-minneapolis-25

geolocation: 44.9483554, -93.2801132

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Law enforcement officers slash car tires. | 2020-05-30

Footage shows law enforcement officers at a distance appearing to slash car tires in a parking lot. Additional tweet shows other vehicles with slashed tires at the same Kmart at Nicollet and Lake St.

tags: abuse-of-power, property-destruction

id: mn-minneapolis-29

geolocation: 44.9483554, -93.2801132

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Police pepper spray journalist as she is walking away | 2020-05-30

A journalist with Mill City Citizen Media is filming a street fire at a protest. An LRAD dispersal weapon can be heard throughout the two minute footage.

As she is filming, several police vehicles arrive at the intersection. She tells one officer she is media and she will get out of their way; this officer points a direction for her to walk and she complies. Another officer repeatedly yells, "Get the hell out of here." She states that she is press and can provide credentials if asked. The officer does not request her credentials and instead continues to yell. The journalist complies with the first officer and continues walking away down the street. The second officer continues to follow her. They exchange words before the officer pepper sprays her from a distance before turning around. She then ends the recording.

tags: journalist, less-lethal, lrad, pepper-spray, spray

id: mn-minneapolis-36

geolocation: 44.948342, -93.288088

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Minnesota state patrol push French journalist multiple times | 2020-05-30

A French journalist is filming a city bus carrying riot police. Police disembark from the bus and order the journalists in the area to move. As the filmer is walking in the direction specified by officers, police repeatedly shove them.

tags: journalist, push, shove

id: mn-minneapolis-37

geolocation: 44.9449902, -93.2778787

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Police shoot at a woman on her porch | 2020-05-31

In an attempt to move residents inside, the police fire shots at them.

tags: bystander, less-lethal, paintball, projectile, shoot

id: mn-minneapolis-2

geolocation: 44.9528354, -93.2766137

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LA Times employee recounts getting shot | 2020-05-31

The woman proceeds to tell the story of what she faced while trying to get footage.

tags: journalist, less-lethal, shoot, tear-gas

id: mn-minneapolis-6

geolocation: 44.9462400, -93.277920

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Reporter's car window broken by police projectile | 2020-05-31

Ryan Faircloth, reporter for Star Tribune, says police shot out his passenger window with a marker round, and that he was cut by shards of glass. Videos show his face and arm bloodied, the passenger window of his car shattered, and glass spread over the floorboard and carseats. He says that he was driving away from a roadblock at the time.

A police roadblock was established on the 3100 block of East Lake Street, near the 3rd precinct, suggesting the incident may have occurred in this vicinity.

tags: journalist, less-lethal, marking-round, property-destruction, shoot

id: mn-minneapolis-7

geolocation: 44.9483807, -93.2292709

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Police slashes tires | 2020-05-31

In the Mother Jones article linked below, video footage shows police slashing tires of vehicles on a highway overpass, believed to be the I-35 W bridge between University and Washington Avenues. Additional tweets indicate possible police slashing of cars in a Kmart parking lot, though these may be from May 30th (see mn-minneapolis-29).

tags: property-destruction

id: mn-minneapolis-8

geolocation: 44.9756288, -93.2524958

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CBS news crew shot with rubber bullets | 2020-05-31

While filming, Mike George's CBS news crew is shot with rubber bullets.

tags: journalist, less-lethal, rubber-bullet, shoot

id: mn-minneapolis-9

geolocation: 44.9478956, -93.2797332

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Police throw flashbangs at reporter | 2020-05-31

MSNBC reporters are with a crowd of people walking away from an advancing line of police. Police throw some sort of explosive device at the crowd, almost hitting the reporters. It is unclear what their purpose is in using the explosive

tags: explosive, journalist, less-lethal, projectile, stun-grenade

id: mn-minneapolis-10

geolocation: 44.947790, -93.279390

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Police blind a reporter with rubber bullet | 2020-05-31

The picture shows the reporter's eye has been damaged, and potentially blinded.

Journalist updated that she was permanently blinded in her left eye and her doctor has stated she cannot work for at least 6 weeks.

tags: journalist, less-lethal, rubber-bullet, shoot

id: mn-minneapolis-11

geolocation: 44.9484100, -93.234749

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Police shoot Reuters reporters with rubber bullets | 2020-05-31

The article given below shows that the Reuters crew was hit with rubber bullets

tags: journalist, less-lethal, rubber-bullet, shoot

id: mn-minneapolis-12

geolocation: 44.947610, -93.276739

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Police shoot at, threaten to arrest reporter | 2020-05-31

German reporter for DW News is shot at by Minneapolis police, who then threaten to arrest him.

tags: arrest, journalist, less-lethal, rubber-bullet, shoot, threaten

id: mn-minneapolis-13

geolocation: 44.945920, -93.276684

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Police stop SUV to drive-by pepper-spray protesters through window | 2020-05-31

Police responding to a medical emergency – a tanker truck deliberately running over protesters – slow down to pepper-spray folks from their SUV. Location: I-35W Exit 17C off ramp. Some car numbers involved: first spraying (0:08) is car 30? (cannot make out last digit), second spraying (0:13 in first video) is car 352, third spraying (0:20 at camera) is car 830.

tags: drive, less-lethal, pepper-spray, protester, spray, vehicle

id: mn-minneapolis-17

geolocation: 44.9751649, -93.2487013

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Patient care assistant reports being shot with rubber bullets while treating injured protesters | 2020-05-31

A PCA who was treating someone with a rubber bullet wound reports that officers approached the nurses' tent and opened fire with rubber bullets.

On May 30th, the medical tent was staged at a Kmart on Nicolet and Lake, and is believed to have been staged there on the 31st as well.

tags: less-lethal, medic, rubber-bullet, shoot

id: mn-minneapolis-18

geolocation: 44.948527, -93.2780103

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Journalists pepper sprayed and hit with flashbangs and batons | 2020-05-31

South Minneapolis outside 5th Precinct. Group of journalists "were hit with pepper spray, concussion grenades, batons, and tear gas by Minnesota State Patrol." NBC journalist states he needed 4 stitches. One reporter states he and his colleagues suffered vomiting and burning skin as a result.

tags: baton, beat, journalist, less-lethal, pepper-spray, projectile, shoot, spray, tear-gas

id: mn-minneapolis-19

geolocation: 44.945700, -93.277929

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Police beat and pepper spray protesters | 2020-05-31

Protester who repeatedly says he cannot see is shoved by an officer with a baton. The filmer yells at the officer that the protester is having trouble seeing. The officer pepper sprays the filmer.

tags: arrest, less-lethal, pepper-spray, protester, shove, spray, strike

id: mn-minneapolis-32

geolocation: 44.9784885, -93.2755338

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Police shoot impact munitions at French news team and arrest them | 2020-05-31

A news team for TF1, a major French network, was reporting at Minneapolis protests on May 31st. One member, the videographer, was driving a rental car when police shot the car with impact munitions, believed to be rubber bullets, foam bullets, or pepper balls. He and his colleague were then zip-tied and arrested despite showing officers their press badges. They were charged with misdemeanor curfew violation.

The correspondent, Amandine Atalya, later recounted her experience in an interview.

tags: arrest, journalist, less-lethal, projectile, shoot, zip-tie

id: mn-minneapolis-33

geolocation: 44.948348, -93.270319

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Minnesota state patrol fire tear gas and impact munitions at press | 2020-05-31

A CNN crew is filming protests in Minneapolis when police begin firing tear gas and impact munitions. The crew is standing off to the side, well away from the main protest. Police fire tear gas and other munitions in their direction, striking the producer. Omar Jimenez provides narration; he was arrested by Minneapolis police the same day.

tags: journalist, less-lethal, projectile, shoot, tear-gas

id: mn-minneapolis-34

geolocation: 44.946954, -93.277930

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Journalist shows alleged rubber bulet injury | 2020-06-01

A journalist shows a wound on his leg consistent with injuries from a non-lethal round. Forensic Architecture has stated he was hit with a rubber bullet.

tags: journalist, less-lethal, rubber-bullet

id: mn-minneapolis-35

geolocation: 44.946633, -93.277938

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Officer pepper sprays protester | 2020-08-26

A protester and an officer exchange words at close distance. The officer then pepper sprays the protester.

tags: less-lethal, pepper-spray, protester, spray

id: mn-minneapolis-30

geolocation: 44.9776884, -93.274012

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Officer shoots at fleeing protester | 2020-08-26

A protester says something to an officer in Minneapolis. The officer says, "What was that? You're becoming a problem." The protester runs away and the officer fires his riot gun at the protester.

tags: less-lethal, projectile, protester, shoot

id: mn-minneapolis-31

geolocation: 44.9737913, -93.2712205

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Police arrest and injure protester | 2020-12-04

During a small protest on December 4th, police made several arrests, mostly for obstructing the legal system. During one of these arrests at Chicago and 38th, an officer singled out a black protester watching the arrest. The officer approaches the protester, who begins to step away. The officer then chases the protester and throws him to the ground, allegedly dislocating his shoulder.

tags: arrest, protester, tackle, throw

id: mn-minneapolis-39

geolocation: 44.9342249, -93.2624022

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Police shove woman carrying pizza | 2021-06-04

In a protest in response to the killing of Winston Smith, police violently shove a woman carrying pizza. One of the people who recorded the incident said "they [police] cracked her head open" and others at the scene allege that the womans head was bleeding.

tags: protester, push, shove

id: mn-minneapolis-40

geolocation: 44.948353, -93.298301

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Police tackle woman carrying water | 2021-06-15

Following a protest near the site of Deona Marie's death, a protester is seen grabbing a plastic water vessel and walking away, when a police officer charges her and tackles her.

tags: protester, push, shove, tackle

id: mn-minneapolis-41

geolocation: 44.9480255, -93.2957499

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