A thread on how NYPD broke up tonight& #39;s protest in Flatbush, Brooklyn.

You& #39;ll see:

— Forceful treatment of protesters & press who were already following orders to "move back"
— Multiple NYPD tackling a seriously injured person
— The aftermath of teargas

It started like this:

She was shoved into an MTA bus multiple times—then had a message for the NYPD:

"Beat me. You wanna beat me so bad? Beat me, bitch. I& #39;m finna die for my people."

Was intro’d to the phenomena of cops pushing you *directly into* other cops—so *they* would get mad and rough you up in turn.

I& #39;ve seen this in other vids. 1st time IRL.

I laugh a bit afterwards https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😬" title="Grimacing face" aria-label="Emoji: Grimacing face"> not ideal response! But in the moment, was exasperated at how obvious it all was

Backstory:

When I first arrived, saw a cameraguy in bad pain. Said his foot is broken & phone is dead. Lives nearby w wife & 2 kids.

Lent him my charger, he calls a friend. I supported his full body weight to help him to a pickup spot & left.

Thought that was it. 20 min later:

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👆" title="Up pointing backhand index" aria-label="Emoji: Up pointing backhand index">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👆" title="Up pointing backhand index" aria-label="Emoji: Up pointing backhand index">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👆" title="Up pointing backhand index" aria-label="Emoji: Up pointing backhand index"> What gets me about that situation is the first officer I speak with *understands* me. He backs off.

Listen to him: "Oh oh oh..." Great!

But more officers rush in—batons in hand—and shove the guy off barrier & kick it from under him. He shrieks in pain. His name is Allen.

If you made it to the end of the last clip, you& #39;ve been introduced to this woman who seems to have been tear-gassed.

People try water spraying her face with water. It doesn& #39;t help.

She needs milk of magnesia to quell the burning.

This guy, James, happened to be riding his bike home from a date. (Remember those?)

He was at a protest last night, and was prepared: he had milk of magnesia in his backpack.

Please watch till the end of this clip, though, to see the care and compassion of her friend.

Damn.