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Video shows one NYPD officer shoving, and then another tasing, a non-violent counter-protestor at the Blue Lives Matter rally this evening in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn.
The protestor's name is Robert Bolden and he was arrested and suffered a dislocated shoulder as a result of this police brutality.

He is still in police custody.

The police officers are from the 68th precinct in Brooklyn. The badge number for the one who tases Mr. Bolden appears to be 12391, but the video is blurry.
While police arrested and attacked Mr. Bolden, and other counter-protestors, they reportedly ignored numerous acts of violence by the people who were marching as part of the Blue Lives Matter rally against the counter-protestors.
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Rebecca Kavanagh
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CW: Police violence

Phoenix police officers shot and killed a man sitting inside his own car parked inside his own driveway yesterday.

The man's name was James Garcia. #JusticeforJames

Police say there had been an assault reported at the address where they killed Mr. Garcia a week ago.

They say they were responding to a 911 call that the person who had committed that prior assault had returned to the address with a knife. azcentral.com/story/news/loc…
They then say in looking for that person they encountered Mr. Garcia in his own car parked in his own driveway and ordered him out of the car. They claim he refused and displayed a gun and they then shot and killed him.
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Rebecca Kavanagh
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So, Albert Watkins, the lawyer representing the gun-wielding St Louis couple, may have been drunk on @CuomoPrimeTime tonight (as many have suggested).

But he would also appear to be a profoundly disturbed person. Which would fit, given who he is representing here.
Watkins founded and is senior counsel at St. Louis-based firm, Kodner Watkins. His bio says he is "self-centered, egotistical, and a self-proclaimed expert in all matters," able to "garner favorable media attention for even the most disgraced clients." kwklaw.net/albert-watkins
His website lists some of what I guess he regards as his most important victories. Who he chooses to represent, no surprise. How he describes the cases, something else. These are direct quotes.
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Rebecca Kavanagh
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BREAKING: NYPD officers killed a man in his Queens basement last night.

George Zapantis went into cardiac arrest after being repeatedly tased by cops responding to a 911 call by a neighbor.

The neighbor reportedly has a history of harassing Mr. Zapantis.
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That neighbor called 911 and falsely reported that Mr. Zapantis had a gun.

When Mr. Zapantis was being tased, he reportedly clapped.
Police claim that Mr. Zapantis threatened them with a samurai sword.

But Mr. Zapantis's upstairs neighbors (not the ones who called the police) say he was not threatening anyone with the sword, but was playing with it dressed as a gladiator in the basement when police burst in.
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