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News :: Human Rights : Police and Prisons : Race |
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Protest in Solidarity with George Floyd Attacked by Police |
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by Boston IMC |
30 May 2020
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Mainstream media is reporting that police pepper sprayed protesters outside the District D4 police station on Harrison Ave. yesterday. The protest was against the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police. |
The march, organized by Mass Action Against Police Brutality, began in Peters Park, and moved to the nearby police station. WBZ claims that only a few protesters remained there, while the rest kept marching - but fails to say where they went. WBUR's piece says that the protest simply went from the park to the police station.
WBZ shows a picture of a woman getting her face washed with milk, a common remedy for pepper spray. A short video of the encounter from WCVB shows protesters scattering from police, with some rubbing their faces and closing their eyes.
WBUR quotes a police spokesperson saying that 10 protesters were arrested and one other issued a summons. WBZ says only that "It is unclear if anybody was injured or if any arrests were made." despite a video posted on the Twitter feed of their own reporter, Nick Emmons, showing a motionless protester being carried away by three cops. |
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