Previously unseen body camera footage from the Boston Police Department shows officers attacking protesters and bragging about assaulting them.
Read my exclusive report at @theappeal:
https://theappeal.org/bodycam-video-shows-mob-mentality-of-boston-police-who-responded-to-george-floyd-protests-lawyer-says/
Read my exclusive report at @theappeal:
https://theappeal.org/bodycam-video-shows-mob-mentality-of-boston-police-who-responded-to-george-floyd-protests-lawyer-says/
Boston Police officers attack and pepper spray demonstrators with impunity repeatedly in these exclusive body cam videos.
DA Rachel Rollins says her office is looking into the behavior revealed in my exclusive report for @theappeal: https://theappeal.org/bodycam-video-shows-mob-mentality-of-boston-police-who-responded-to-george-floyd-protests-lawyer-says/
DA Rachel Rollins says her office is looking into the behavior revealed in my exclusive report for @theappeal: https://theappeal.org/bodycam-video-shows-mob-mentality-of-boston-police-who-responded-to-george-floyd-protests-lawyer-says/
One Boston cop appears to pocket a stolen tie given to him by a commanding officer. The Boston Police Department declined to comment, citing an ongoing IA investigation sparked by the video I sent them.
Read the report at @theappeal:
https://theappeal.org/bodycam-video-shows-mob-mentality-of-boston-police-who-responded-to-george-floyd-protests-lawyer-says/
Read the report at @theappeal:
https://theappeal.org/bodycam-video-shows-mob-mentality-of-boston-police-who-responded-to-george-floyd-protests-lawyer-says/
More to come. Watch the above videos and more—provided by @carltonwilliams—in the story here: https://theappeal.org/bodycam-video-shows-mob-mentality-of-boston-police-who-responded-to-george-floyd-protests-lawyer-says/
"This is not law enforcement. That's not what they're doing."
— @carltonwilliams
Read the report at @theappeal:
https://theappeal.org/bodycam-video-shows-mob-mentality-of-boston-police-who-responded-to-george-floyd-protests-lawyer-says/
— @carltonwilliams
Read the report at @theappeal:
https://theappeal.org/bodycam-video-shows-mob-mentality-of-boston-police-who-responded-to-george-floyd-protests-lawyer-says/
“This individual appears to be taking pleasure in the fact that this happened or is gloating. I’m a member of law enforcement now as an elected district attorney, and I’m not proud of that when I see that."
— @DARollins
Read the report:
https://theappeal.org/bodycam-video-shows-mob-mentality-of-boston-police-who-responded-to-george-floyd-protests-lawyer-says/
— @DARollins
Read the report:
https://theappeal.org/bodycam-video-shows-mob-mentality-of-boston-police-who-responded-to-george-floyd-protests-lawyer-says/
Compilation of footage here:
“The inexcusable actions of officers in these disturbing videos make painfully clear why our communities are standing up, speaking out and demanding decisive action to combat public health crisis that is police brutality in our nation.”
— @AyannaPressley https://theappeal.org/bodycam-video-shows-mob-mentality-of-boston-police-who-responded-to-george-floyd-protests-lawyer-says/
— @AyannaPressley https://theappeal.org/bodycam-video-shows-mob-mentality-of-boston-police-who-responded-to-george-floyd-protests-lawyer-says/
Boston City Councilor Andrea Campbell demands Walsh sign police legislation in wake of my reporting for @theappeal:
https://theappeal.org/bodycam-video-shows-mob-mentality-of-boston-police-who-responded-to-george-floyd-protests-lawyer-says/
https://theappeal.org/bodycam-video-shows-mob-mentality-of-boston-police-who-responded-to-george-floyd-protests-lawyer-says/