The murder of George Floyd sparked a nationwide protest to end racial injustice. The protests have been going on every day for over a week – and yet, police brutality continues to happen daily. A new online database has compiled a list of over 430 videos that show police brutally beating Black Lives Matter protestors.
Lawyer T. Greg Doucette and mathematician Jason Miller have placed these clips into a public Google Sheet entitled “GeorgeFloyd Protest – police brutality videos on Twitter.” It contains links to over 430 videos of police violence committed in cities across the United States.
“[The videos] come in from a variety of spots, but the vast majority are sent via DM. I’ve got nearly 1,000 unopened DMs at this point plus ppl I’ve already talked with sending me more,” Doucette told Vice News.
According to Vice News, Doucette has verified the time and place of each video to make sure he doesn’t re-circulate old footage from years ago.
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All the footage is from the protests that started over a week ago.
The importance of cataloging such videos is that they counter police narratives about police being provoked into violence or lies about protestors being injured after “tripping” or “resisting arrest.”
“I’m a political “anti-state” conservative, and police brutality angers me on a visceral level,” Doucette said. “People need to understand that what they’re seeing now is *normal.* It happens several times a week, every week, every year, for years now. It’s not a one-off; it’s cultural rot and flagrant lawlessness.”
You can check out the database HERE.
