In numerous instances, police officers are escalating peaceful protests through the use of tear gassing, rubber and foam bullets (which can still injure and blind protestors).
This page compiles examples of police escalating violence against peaceful protestors, and includes links to additional reporting.
There is a Github repository for Police Brutality During the 2020 George Floyd Protests, organized by location
"Activists Create Public Online Spreadsheet of Police Violence Videos", published by Slate on June 6, 2020. The spreadsheet is here.
Many of the videos above have been compiled from Greg Doucette's Twitter thread. Doucette is a former computer scientist and is now a criminal defense attorney.
Slate has compiled situations where police across the US escalated violence against protestors:
Chad Loder also compiled a Twitter thread of examples of violence against protestors and journalists, including videos for all of them.
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<aside> 💡 Note that, while many news articles describe the police as shooting 'rubber bullets', these bullets have a metal core jacketed in rubber. Many protestors have been severely injured (with at least one woman permanently blinded—see the page on police violence against journalists) from them. (Twitter)
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<aside> 📢 In certain areas, the police have begun using Long Range Acoustic Devices (LRAD), also referred to as "sound cannons", which were originally developed for military use. The *Miami Herald* has a description of how they work.
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