“A day after they lynched that boy, they raised a blue line banner.” A man called out the raising of a pro-police flag at the Brooklyn Center Police station this week, as protesters gathered outside #BrooklynCenter#DaunteWright#BrooklynCenterPolice
Singing of Jayanthi Kyle’s “Hand in Hand”, as the crowd put cell phone lights in the air outside the police station #BrooklynCenter
Flowers are laid over a banner reading “Justice for Daunte Wright”, as speeches were given outside the station #BrooklynCenter#DaunteWright
A heavy National Guard presence out behind the fence of the Brooklyn Center Police Department, as curfew approached and crowds remained in the streets #NationalGuard
Crowd control munitions fired off as night fell and the police presence outside the station increased #BrooklynCenter
Interesting arrangement here - A line of press along the concrete barricades as police behind them fire off flash bangs and smoke bombs against a wall of umbrellas outside the station #BrooklynCenter
Emergency alerts go off as police pushed forward over a vigil set up on the Justice for Daunte Wright banner. They then make announcements for media to vacate #BrooklynCenter#DaunteWright
CNN out at the front lines as an unlawful assembly was declared in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota. More flash bangs fired off at the crowd outside the station #BrooklynCenter
Lines of Minnesota State Troopers pushed the crowd north as they started to clear the area in front of the Brooklyn Center Police station #BrooklynCenter#Minnesota
Fireworks launched as crowds were dispersed into residential areas near the Brooklyn Center Police station this Tuesday night #BrooklynCenter#Minnesota
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Just got assaulted attempting to cover an anti-eviction march in Detroit this afternoon. A member of the protest ‘security’ ran up, grabbed my camera and forced me against a building #Detroit#DetroitProtests
A man wearing an Antifa pin committed the first assault during the march. Camera stopped a few times while he attempted to steal it. Eventually, others in the group urged him aside to release me from against the building. #Detroit#Antifa#DetroitProtests
“You’re not f***ing welcome here.” A man wearing a Press patch then accosts me and tries to force me to leave, as the crowd marched through Greektown in Detroit #Detroit#DetroitProtests
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Many have asked me about this photo, and why I was out there in Kenosha in front of that gunman filming with no body armor or protection. It’s true, I’ve been going out to these scenes with little to no protection due to lack of funds. These things are not easy to cover- (thread)
I’ve lost close to $5000 over the last 2 months across multiple coverages. Robbed by a group of 6 masked men w/ guns in Portland for my equipment last month, car windows smashed & additional equipment stolen in Kenosha. Between that & just getting out to these scenes, big deficit
If you’ve appreciated the coverage so far & would like to help me in continuing this journey with actual protection, reporting the unbiased truth from the ground, I do have a Venmo, Cash App & PayPal for support - bgonthescene for all of those. I love y’all for sticking with me
A young man was shot with a projectile by police outside the precinct as a small group of protesters re-convened on the site after the last dispersal #Portland#PortlandProtests
Medics tended to his wounds for a few minutes before police came back to see him #Portland#PortlandProtests
Police returned a few minutes later, initially stating they wanted to give the man medical treatment but then informing the driver of this car that he is under arrest. Here’s the full interaction (Part 1/2) #PortlandProtest#Portland
I am LIVID at Instagram & Facebook. They refuse to take down copyrighted content stolen from me, often reposted to verified accounts like @SaintHoax and @BandManKevo, who apparently can’t come up with their own content and have to keep jacking mine
Every one of these videos is an original that I filmed and posted to Twitter. At no point did any of these accounts reach out to ask permission or try to give credit. They stole & reposted as their own with no shame.
Yet even though I am NARRATING every one of these videos, and it is physically impossible to find a higher quality or earlier post of them anywhere online, Facebook/Instagram refuse to believe I am the rights holder and won’t take action.