The police is arresting, shooting, and macing journalists.
They are driving tanks into cities and escalating.
They're getting recorded and they don't care.
Defund the police. Disarm them. Drop qualified immunity.
They are driving tanks into cities and escalating.
They're getting recorded and they don't care.
Defund the police. Disarm them. Drop qualified immunity.
A black CNN reporter was arrested after identifying himself while filming on a highway that was blocked by police and protesters.
An MSNBC live crew is shot at and cornered by police as they yell "press press press press" and "don't shoot".
A van of armed police raids a VICE reporter out of the blue. He yells "press" and raises credentials. They say "I don't care", force him to the ground and pepper-spray him.
A photographer reporting from Minneapolis lost an eye to a rubber bullet fired at face level.
State Police and National Guard fire rubber bullets into a peaceful crowd, hit an MSNBC reporter.
Rubber bullets fired at a CBS camera crew standing nowhere near protesters with credentials and cameras visible.
NYPD arrested a HuffPost senior reporter on assignment, with a large press badge around his neck. The publisher took to Twitter to demand his release.
A black CNN correspondent live: "wherever you want us, we'll get out of your way, just let us know and we've got you". Police holding batons, with no one else around: "you're under arrest".
A cop walks over to a local TV camera crew in hi-vis, live, and aims and shoot them directly with rubber bullets. No commotion around them.
I know it can feel inconceivable, but observe reality: the police do not serve people and democracy. They have too many expensive weapons. Defund them.
Oh yes, and this. Enough with the police unions. They are not exploited workers, they are agents of government force.
They are invested with power to use force, they should not be allowed to organize it independently of the elected government.
They are invested with power to use force, they should not be allowed to organize it independently of the elected government.
Under qualified immunity cops can't be sued for violating people's rights unless another cop has been sued successfully before for the same thing.
See the catch-22? Call your representative in support of this bill.
See the catch-22? Call your representative in support of this bill.
Here's a police union using their police power and access over a citizen to score political points.
There's a reason the military doesn't have unions. Lethal force agents can't be allowed to organize undemocratically.
Disband it. Fire them all.
There's a reason the military doesn't have unions. Lethal force agents can't be allowed to organize undemocratically.
Disband it. Fire them all.
