At protests following the death of Jacob Blake, protesters gathered outside a Kenosha police precinct. Protesters threw water bottles and shot of fireworks. Police responded with tear gas and impact munitions.
tags: less-lethal, projectile, protester, shoot, tear-gas
id: wi-kenosha-1
geolocation: 42.5855286, -87.8243236
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- https://twitter.com/ABC/status/1297822172556165121
- https://twitter.com/Rosemvmt/status/1297743591947874304
- https://twitter.com/AFriendlyDad/status/1297747684455936003
- https://twitter.com/lauren_linder/status/1297772465020600321
- https://twitter.com/lauren_linder/status/1297775472055640065
Protesters were ordered to disperse from the court house. The crowd remained in front of the court house; protesters threw fireworks and water bottles at police. Police and National Guard deployed more tear gas and used the LRAD dispersal function; in addition, they shot protesters with impact munitions.
A student journalist from DePaul University was hit with a tear gas canister.
tags: journalist, less-lethal, lrad, projectile, protester, shoot, tear-gas, tear-gas-canister
id: wi-kenosha-2
geolocation: 42.5845595, -87.8229363
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- https://twitter.com/ToolFree2point0/status/1298093859537408002
- https://twitter.com/SVNewsAlerts/status/1298094278086987776
- https://twitter.com/SVNewsAlerts/status/1298098250453483520
- https://twitter.com/delvecchiograce/status/1298085959922266114
- https://twitter.com/OmarJimenez/status/1298097739235024896
- https://twitter.com/themariague/status/1298102173490917378
- https://twitter.com/RicoReporting/status/1298078303518183425
- https://twitter.com/johnhendren/status/1298086706042871808
- https://twitter.com/lauren_linder/status/1298074911244722177
- https://twitter.com/VenturaReport/status/1298077434475151361
- 13:00
- https://twitter.com/lauren_linder/status/1298077570622197764
- https://twitter.com/Julio_Rosas11/status/1298072456066994176
- https://twitter.com/jameststein/status/1298072246704119810
- https://twitter.com/mattsmith_news/status/1298071296627154944
- https://twitter.com/JohnKeilman/status/1298082510191104000
- https://twitter.com/tbettack10/status/1298088265640284163
- https://twitter.com/hgflores_/status/1298096911115857922
- https://twitter.com/RichieMcGinniss/status/1298101016995549185
Protesters gathered outside the courthouse in Kenosha, rattling a fence erected that day. Police gave a dispersal order. Protesters did not disperse. Police then deployed tear gas and the LRAD alarm to disperse protesters.
tags: less-lethal, lrad, protester, tear-gas
id: wi-kenosha-4
geolocation: 42.5845595, -87.8229363
Links
- https://twitter.com/TheRealCoryElia/status/1298446600264507393
- https://twitter.com/TheRealCoryElia/status/1298446600264507393
- https://twitter.com/TheRealCoryElia/status/1298446600264507393
- https://twitter.com/TheRealCoryElia/status/1298446600264507393
- https://www.facebook.com/cjtv.io/videos/636700277255679/
- https://twitter.com/Julio_Rosas11/status/1298458923855478784
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSxQAw39smU
- https://twitter.com/RicoReporting/status/1298489186367012865
- https://twitter.com/blackzebrapro/status/1298652150835351554
- https://twitter.com/blackzebrapro/status/1298652286261039106
A journalist is being walked away from a scene by a police officer. She tells the officer not to touch her and says, "I'm walking, you don't need to touch me. At this point, you're just showing all of us how little your dick is." The officer then arrests her for disorderly conduct.
tags: abuse-of-power, arrest, journalist
id: wi-kenosha-6
geolocation: 42.5845595, -87.8229363
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A woman is seen filming protests. She gets into an altercation with an officer. The officer grabs her, then she shoves him away. The officer then pepper sprays her. She stated in an interview afterward that an officer grabbed her breast, so she pushed away; the officer then sprayed her.
tags: journalist, less-lethal, pepper-spray, spray
id: wi-kenosha-5
geolocation: 42.5807922, -87.8218181
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- https://twitter.com/NickAtNews/status/1300911702373019650
- https://twitter.com/NickAtNews/status/1300913839345672194
Footage shows federal agents in unmarked cars surrounding a minivan. Officers smash a window and arrest the occupants at gunpoint.
Members of RiotKitchen allege that the individuals within were there to provide food. Police also arrested occupants of a black schoolbus at the gas station, who were traveling with the occupants of the minivan.
Riot Kitchen members released on $150 bail. Their vehicles are still kept pending a police investigation.
tags: abuse-of-power, arrest, property-destruction, protester
id: wi-kenosha-7
geolocation: 42.6027603, -87.8457037
Links
- https://mobile.twitter.com/riotkitchen206/status/1298799200319074304
- https://www.reddit.com/r/PublicFreakout/comments/ihf01g/fbi_and_kenosha_police_arresting_a_school_bus/
- https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/kenosha-police-arrest-volunteers-who-provide-food-protesters-n1238799?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma
Ten seconds into the video, in the bottom-left corner, an officer sprays a protester who is walking backwards with his arms raised (presumably with mace or pepper spray).
tags: protester, spray
id: wi-madison-1
geolocation: 43.0748535, -89.3898311
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A group of protesters are standing on a road paved over for pedestrian-only traffic. The protesters have their hands up. Police approach and pepper spray the protesters.
The journalist filming is told he is not allowed to remain, despite identifying himself as press.
tags: journalist, less-lethal, pepper-spray, protester
id: wi-madison-2
geolocation: 43.0747876, -89.3886324
Links
- https://www.tiktok.com/@michelle_but_not_obama/video/6833371052198857990
- https://twitter.com/shadow_roses1/status/1268246561798205442
A reporter is seen walking down the street towards police while interviewing a protester. Police fire a canister which explodes at their feet. Initially, the reporter believed it to be tear gas, but it was in fact smoke. However, he states the protest was peaceful and officers gave no warning before firing. The journalist says he spoke with another officer who found the incident "odd" and additionally stated that smoke is sometimes used because protesters will disperse, thinking it's tear gas.
tags: journalist, protester
id: wi-madison-6
geolocation: 43.074902, -89.396445
Links
- https://twitter.com/GeorgeBalekji/status/1267383314010312710
- https://twitter.com/GeorgeBalekji/status/1267527075067506688
- https://twitter.com/GeorgeBalekji/status/1267527157225533440
Police hold a line in Madison, Wisconsin. Several protesters mill about nearby. One stands near police, speaking into a megaphone. An officer pepper sprays this protester.
tags: less-lethal, pepper-spray, protester, spray
id: wi-madison-3
geolocation: 43.0759943, -89.3844939
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Around 1 AM on August 25th, police arrest a protester on the Capitol building lawn. Other protesters approach the police line, appearing to stop several feet away. Police then pepper spray these protesters. Police then deployed tear gas shortly after.
tags: arrest, less-lethal, pepper-spray, protester, spray, tear-gas
id: wi-madison-4
geolocation: 43.0759943, -89.3844939
Links
- https://twitter.com/bethabeyer/status/1298145824971673603
- https://twitter.com/bethabeyer/status/1298146285929758720
A homeless bystander sleeping on the street is caught in tear gas. Protesters wake him up and get him out of the area.
tags: bystander, homeless, less-lethal, tear-gas
id: wi-madison-5
geolocation: 43.0722786, -89.3842245
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A small group of protesters is clustered on a sidewalk. From across the street, police fire tear gas and impact munitions, believed to be sponge rounds. Police also discharge pepper spray.
tags: less-lethal, pepper-spray, projectile, protester, shoot, spray, tear-gas
id: wi-madison-7
geolocation: 43.0785888, -89.380999
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Protesters were congregating at the intersection of North 6th Street and McKinley Avenue. A group of officers on bikes rode up to them. Two officers on bikes collided with one another; one officer fell to the ground. Officers then tackled a protester (for reasons unknown) and attempted to take him into custody, with one officer placing a knee on his neck or head for one or two minutes. No officers intervened to get the knee off the man's neck; police formed a barrier to screen the arrest from other protesters and people filming. At the same time, police arrested one other man and hit a woman in the collarbone -- again, for reasons unknown. The man who had an officer's knee on his neck has sued.
tags: arrest, bike, knee, knee-on-neck, protester, strike, tackle
id: wi-milwaukee-1
geolocation: 43.0470717, -87.9188693
Links
- http://www.milwaukeeindependent.com/articles/milwaukee-common-council-calls-investigation-use-knee-police-restrain-protestor/
- https://medium.com/@danbarrett/north-6th-street-and-mckinley-avenue-milwaukee-wisconsin-7-15-to-7-28-p-m-part-1-89ad38a5532f
- Police are reviewing the use of force
- Coverage of the lawsuit
- Location via Google Street View
Protesters had congregated near the intersection of North 6th Street and McKinley Avenue. Over the course of about an hour, police moved forward, dispersing the protesters using tear gas and rubber bullets, first pushing the protesters a block and a half then pushing them off of North 6th Street entirely. Video shows police shooting rubber bullets at protesters on a sidewalk and firing gas canisters, in large number, at a small group of peaceful protesters. (At least some tear gas was used, but it is unclear how much. Police say they also used smoke canisters.)
Police claim they used force to disperse the crowd after rocks and glass were thrown at them. Police also said at the time that "Molotov cocktails" were thrown at them. They later walked that statement back to say that one Molotov Cocktail was thrown. They say it did not ignite. Media and protesters present say they saw water bottles being thrown, but not glass, rocks, or a Molotov cocktail. Video released by police clearly shows something being thrown at police, but doesn't show what it was. Police also produced a picture of a crushed water bottle and what looks like a water pump and implied it was the remnants of a Molotov cocktail.
NOTE: this incident immediately follows wi-milwaukee-1. Because the misconduct involved is substantially different, it has been given its own incident.
tags: gas, less-lethal, protester, rubber-bullet, shoot, tear-gas
id: wi-milwaukee-2
geolocation: 43.0470717, -87.9188693
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- Instagram post with assorted photos, videos, and description
- Police firing rubber bullets at peaceful protesters on a sidewalk
- Police tear-gassing peaceful protesters in a street
- Video of police tear gassing protesters. Starts just after police push protesters back from the intersection of McKinley and 6th.
- Reddit video of police talking to a person filming -- time unclear, but suspected to be between WI-Milwaukee-1 and WI-Milwaukee-2
- Police tweet about "Molotov Cocktails"
- Police tweet about "a Molotov Cocktail," with photos
- https://www.wuwm.com/post/tuesday-protests-milwaukee-police-say-molotov-cocktail-thrown-officers-didnt-ignite#stream/0
- Location of rubber bullets, via Google Street View
- Location of tear gas, via Google Street View
- Location of Reddit video, via Google Street View
Footage shows protesters peacefully marching across Hoan Bridge. Protesters are met by a line of police who force them back across the bridge. During this encounter, a scuffle breaks out - it is unclear what caused it. Police respond by shoving protesters and throwing smoke bombs. 2 protesters are arrested for unknown reasons. Police also fire less lethal munitions, hitting at least one person in the leg - seen in the second link.
tags: arrest, gas, less-lethal, projectile, protester, shoot
id: wi-milwaukee-3
geolocation: 43.0251122, -87.902409
Links
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huAvoVlJVgc
- https://twitter.com/StupidNeel/status/1268014836786528257
Protesters rallied in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin after it was announced an officer would not be charged in the death of a black teen, which occurred in February. Protesters threw small projectiles at police and police in riot gear responded with tear gas and impact munitions (believed to be pepper balls). Prior to this, protesters had allegedly thrown objects at residential homes. However, it cannot be confirmed if those rioters were at all related to the group of protesters gassed here.
Bystander vehicles were caught in the gas and had to use the sidewalk to flee.
The incident occurred near North Ave and Menomonie River Parkway.
tags: less-lethal, pepper-ball, projectile, protester, shoot, tear-gas
id: wi-wauwatosa-1
geolocation: 43.0603597, -88.0341646
Links
- https://twitter.com/RicoReporting/status/1314027504089341952
- https://twitter.com/tr00p3rr/status/1314028178961248258
- https://twitter.com/MegCarpenterTV/status/1314031060284583942
- https://twitter.com/BGOnTheScene/status/1314035466262454278
- https://twitter.com/CopsRBad/status/1314040430431023104
- https://twitter.com/CopsRBad/status/1314039225365524480
- https://twitter.com/CopsRBad/status/1314039524062879744
- https://twitter.com/anoncatanoncat/status/1314039489254379522
- https://twitter.com/BGOnTheScene/status/1314039265031053315
- https://twitter.com/realblairnelson/status/1314050411628724226
- https://twitter.com/BGOnTheScene/status/1314067726680444928
- https://twitter.com/JohnD91394640/status/1314072964208431105
Several journalists, one independent reporter and several representing The Daily Caller, were sitting in a car in the parking lot of St. Matthew's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. A local news crew captured National Guard officers pulling them from the car, slamming the independent reporter to the pavement. The independent reporter and one Daily Caller reporter were arrested. The independent reporter was held longer than The Daily Caller reporter, but appears to have been released early on October 9th. One Daily Caller reporter also reports being struck with a baton.
Additional footage shows a Daily Caller filming arrests of protesters made by National Guard. The officers tell the Daily Caller reporter to leave the are. He states he is press but returns to his car in the parking lot nonetheless. Officers follow him to his car, causing the incident.
The independent journalist has since tweeted that he sustained a concussion.
tags: arrest, baton, journalist, strike, throw
id: wa-wauwatosa-2
geolocation: 43.0526323, -88.0080749
Links
- https://twitter.com/WISN_Caroline/status/1314384786845249536
- https://twitter.com/BGOnTheScene/status/1314521047547420672
- https://twitter.com/BGOnTheScene/status/1314487821160325120
- https://dailycaller.com/2020/10/08/wisconsin-protesters-national-guard/
- https://twitter.com/ShelbyTalcott/status/1314386705475084288
- https://twitter.com/ShelbyTalcott/status/1314386705475084288
- https://twitter.com/BGOnTheScene/status/1315100569967697920
Police deployed tear gas against protesters gathered at Wauwatosa Avenue and West North Avenue. Protesters were in violation of curfew, and police allege that water bottles had been thrown at them, and that protesters had moved dumpsters into the street.
Police additionally fired impact munitions at protesters. Reports are conflicted as to whether they were rubber bullets, pepper balls, or paint balls.
tags: less-lethal, projectile, protester, shoot, tear-gas
id: wa-wauwatosa-3
geolocation: 43.0608482, -88.007371
Links
- https://twitter.com/TMJ4Stephanie/status/1314736308372287488
- https://twitter.com/CearronBagenda/status/1314734800352301056
- https://twitter.com/RicoReporting/status/1314735865919307777
- https://twitter.com/BenJordan3/status/1314735112060309509
- https://twitter.com/arson_ist/status/1314933427968389121
- https://www.wisn.com/article/police-use-tear-gas-to-disperse-protesters-in-wauwatosa/34333420#
Footage was taken at the intersection of N 70th Street and W North Avenue in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. Officers in a passing car yell at an individual on the sidewalk to go inside. The officer clarifies that the filmer is exempt, as "ACLU is fine." The officer then proceeds to arrest the individual on the sidewalk, flipping the individual over his knee, and kneeling on his back. Several officers come to aid in making the arrest. Officers continue to tell the individual to stop resisting, though the individual is pinned to the ground.
It is unclear if the individual was related to a protest, but they appear to be wearing a bathrobe, which might suggest they are not prepared for a protest.
tags: arrest, bystander, knee
id: wa-wauwatosa-5
geolocation: 43.0607428, -88.0019335
Links
- https://www.instagram.com/tv/CGsFmGdn80E/
- https://twitter.com/greg_doucette/status/1319746640480210946
- https://twitter.com/Fascist_Fighter/status/1319696152606904321
A small group of protesters were marching through a Wauwatosa neighborhood when they were confronted by police. Police tackled tackled a protester off a bike and arrested them.
Prior to the arrest, police were already blocking off the streets and redirecting traffic.
Police then fired smoke at the crowd, causing them to dissipate.
tags: arrest, protester, tackle
id: wa-wauwatosa-4
geolocation: 43.0625506, -87.9957363
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