Two cars of armed white guys want to break into a store. The store owners and a few neighbourhood people (not white) confront them. There is a standoff. A TV reporter (covering the scene live) says the white looters are "arguing about why they are not being allowed to break into the place".This is one of the most absolutely insane moments I've ever seen on live television. pic.twitter.com/Uvzig8YGSa— Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) June 2, 2020
Police arrive – and immediately pull out their guns and start harassing the black store owners and residents, shoving them against a wall, telling them to get on the ground, demanding identification. The cops are accosting any dark-skinned person nearby. A dark-skinned young man, a member of the TV crew, is asked for ID.
The reporter tries several times to get the cops to focus on the now-departed looters. The cops have zero interest in listening to anyone. One cop tells the reporter to point out the store owners. She does. The cop says, "We're putting those in handcuffs right now."
Here is a captioned version of the video! Check out @ProtestAccess for more CC and transcribed BLM movement videos! pic.twitter.com/lrqVN5N2Q0— flowerboi 🌸 (@Zach_Adkins13) June 2, 2020
No hesitation from the cops, immediately just handcuff anyone who is black.— Cool Emu (@JBanger5) June 2, 2020
Hard to tell if it's racism compounded incompetence or incompetence compounded by racism.— J☀️el (@jwitmer) June 2, 2020
The cops don't even want to listen. They're not even interested in listening.— Edna K. #WearYourDamnMask (@EdnaK_) June 2, 2020
Video after video that I’ve seen on Twitter today makes it look like there was never a police officer trained for a single day. They look clueless and totally discombobulated— m.terry (@mterry49er) June 2, 2020
WOW. it's like what the protesters have been saying...................— rachel belmont (@infrarae) June 2, 2020
The US police force can't make good decisions, full stop. I've personally witness perfectly peaceful situations escalated by police who come storming in and start agitating everyone without asking a single question. If you can't handle the stress, don't take the job.— Katie Chen (@8apixel) June 2, 2020
it took some neurosurgical precision by Fox News to edit out all the police mistakes from this video, but they achieved it https://t.co/aOx8qnQI7y
— Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) June 2, 2020
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It strikes me that Fox "news" should be renamed The Amy Cooper Network ......
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