June 12, 2020 Austin, Texas The day after Austin Police Department Chief Brian Manley announced that the department would no longer perform chokeholds or neck restraints, an officer detaining 19-year-old Jarrid Cornell knelt on his neck while he was already pinned to the ground by two other officers.[286]
June 12, 2020 Beverly Hills, California Police used tear gas and sponge-tipped bullets on protesters after an unlawful assembly was declared.[287]
June 12, 2020 East Meadow, New York As a protester walked surrounded by multiple officers, one of the officers stopped abruptly, causing the protester to bump into them. The swarm of officers then pulled the protester to the ground and placed him under arrest.[288]
June 13, 2020 Las Vegas, Nevada Police arrested multiple legal observers. One legal observer claimed police threw her to the ground.[289]
June 13, 2020 Richmond, Virginia A police vehicle hit several protesters near the Robert E. Lee statue on Monument Avenue.[290]
June 15, 2020 Louisville, Kentucky Police shot at a courthouse security guard as he filmed protests from inside the building.[291]
June 16, 2020 Portland, Oregon An officer hit a theft suspect with an unmarked police van during a protest. The officer was later indicted.[292]
June 18, 2020 Compton, California Sheriff’s deputies used flash bangs on protesters while clearing them from the rally.[293]
June 18, 2020 Raleigh, North Carolina Police dragged a teenager to the ground and zip-tied her after she was falsely accused of assaulting an officer. A police motorcycle ran over the teenager’s foot prior to the incident. In 2022 a settlement was reached between the girl and the city of Raleigh in a lawsuit.[294]
June 21, 2020 Columbus, Ohio A double-amputee was sprayed by police.[295]
June 25, 2020 Portland, Oregon A woman sued the Portland Police Bureau for firing a rubber ball distraction device at her.[232]
June 26, 2020 Portland, Oregon An officer was filmed knocking several people to the ground after emerging from behind a police line.[232]
June 27, 2020 Tempe, Arizona Police pepper sprayed protesters and tackled three demonstrators.[296]
June 28, 2020 Aurora, Colorado Police used pepper spray to disperse a violin vigil for Elijah McClain.[297]
June 28, 2020 Detroit, Michigan A police SUV drove through a crowd of protesters. Multiple people were injured.[298]
June 28, 2020 Nashville, Tennessee A State Trooper was seen shoving a protester climbing an eight-foot wall.[299]
July 1, 2020 Des Moines, Iowa Police arrested several people, including Indira Sheumaker. In June 2022 two officers sued Sheumaker—who had since been elected to city council—and other protesters, accusing them of assaulting officers and putting one in a chokehold. Sheumaker later countersued, accusing officers of putting her in a chokehold and shoving her.[300]
July 1, 2020 Miami, Florida An officer grabbed a woman’s breast as she was arrested.[301]
July 5, 2020 Milwaukee, Wisconsin As a photographer tracking a protest march passed the Old German Beer Hall restaurant, an off-duty police officer and his wife objected to being photographed, threw beer into the crowd, and fought the group of protesters, resulting in property damage, concussions, and charges of battery and misconduct.[302]
July 5, 2020 West Haven, Connecticut After a woman drove through a crowd of protesters, police attempted to disperse the crowd, and one man was tackled from behind, tasered, and maced. According to hospital records the man has a fracture in his spine following the incident.[303]
July 11, 2020 Lexington, Kentucky Police put a man in a chokehold and threw him to the ground. The man filed a lawsuit but a judge dismissed it in 2022.[304]
July 12, 2020 Portland, Oregon Federal officers shot a protester in the head with an impact munition.[305]
July 15, 2020 Portland, Oregon In two separate incidents federal law enforcement agents grabbed protesters and forced them into unmarked vans. Both of the protesters were later released.[232]
July 18, 2020 Portland, Oregon Federal officers were filmed beating Navy veteran Chris David with batons and spraying him with pepper spray. David says he walked over to the officers to talk to them.[306]
July 18, 2020 Portland, Oregon Police threw a man to the ground. When the man attempted to get up, officers knocked him to the ground again. The man filed a lawsuit that was later settled by the city.[307]
July 21, 2020 Portland, Oregon The chair of Lewis & Clark College’s history department was hit in the head with an impact munition and tear gassed.[308]
July 27, 2020 Overland Park, Kansas Police pulled a man to the ground and arrested several people.[309]
July 25, 2020 Anaheim, California A police cruiser hit a protester and drove away. The Anaheim Police Department claimed the cruiser hit the man by accident and that the officer drove away because of approaching protesters.[310]
July 25, 2020 Hoover, Alabama During a protest police arrested a chaplain. Video showed an officer putting his forearm on the back of the chaplain’s neck while arresting him.[311]
July 28, 2020 New York City, New York Police were filmed taking a protester into an unmarked police van. The protester was later released.[312]
July 29, 2020 Springfield, Oregon Police dragged a man on the ground and hit him in the head as he was being restrained.[313]
August 8, 2020 Stamford, Connecticut An officer was filmed grabbing a protester from behind. Other officers were filmed throwing a photographer to the ground and shoving a woman on her knees.[314]
August 10, 2020 Nashville, Tennessee A state trooper forcibly ripped a protester’s face mask off. The trooper was later charged with and pleaded no contest to assault.[315]
August 12, 2020 Tampa, Florida A Black Lives Matter activist was hospitalized after police kneeled on her shoulder.[316]
August 14, 2020 Portland, Oregon An officer with a nightstick knocked a woman down. The woman later filed a lawsuit.[317]
August 18, 2020 Portland, Oregon An officer hit a protester in the head with a baton. The officer was later indicted for fourth-degree assault.[318]
August 26, 2020 Madison, Wisconsin A Dane County Sheriff’s Deputy fired tear gas at protesters as they left a protest. According to the Dane County Sheriff, Madison Police did not authorize the use of tear gas.[319]
August 31, 2020 Portland, Oregon A police officer broke ahead of a police line and tackled a protester who was running away, before repeatedly punching them.[320]
September 5, 2020 Portland, Oregon Police used tear gas at a protest. When a homeowner told police gas had seeped into his house, where his son and son’s friend were, another officer struck the homeowner in the back of the head with a baton.[321]
September 23, 2020 Laramie, Wyoming A police sergeant hit a protester with her vehicle.[322]
September 23, 2020 Portland, Oregon An officer shoved a protester to the ground from behind. In 2022 the district attorney announced charges would not be filed against the officer.[323]
September 24, 2020 Seattle, Washington A police officer was filmed pushing his bicycle over the head of a protester lying on the street.[324]
October 24, 2020 Ithaca, New York Police pepper sprayed and arrested several protesters outside the police station.[325]
October 29, 2020 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Video footage showed a slow-moving SUV being surrounded by police. Officers with batons surrounded the vehicle, broke its windows, pulled its driver and a passenger, Rickia Young and her teenage nephew, from the car, threw them onto the ground, and then pulled Young’s 2-year-old son from the backseat. Young had to be taken to the hospital for injuries sustained in the arrest and was later released without charges. The Fraternal Order of Police posted a photo of a policewoman holding Young’s son to Twitter and Facebook, claiming that the child had been found wandering the streets and that they were protecting him. The posts were later deleted.[326] The city settled out of court for $2 million in September 2021.[327] One of the officers was later fired and charged with assault, but was acquitted by a jury in 2023.[328][329][330]
URGH, that was a pain. But please if you find a list of police casualties during these protests/riots I would love to see them since I can not find them. Oh and if you want to say they stopped the riots, the buildings still burned while the police watched.
URGH, that was a pain. But please if you find a list of police casualties during these protests/riots I would love to see them since I can not find them. Oh and if you want to say they stopped the riots, the buildings still burned while the police watched.