Police Erupt in Violence Nationwide

The ongoing protests following the killing of George Floyd were caught up in violence again on Saturday, as police all over the country teargassed protestors, drove vehicles through crowds, opened fire with non-lethal rounds on journalists or people on their own property, and in at least one instance, pushed over an elderly man who was walking away with a cane. Here are some of the ways law enforcement officers escalated the national unrest.

Share widely: National guard and MPD sweeping our residential street. Shooting paint canisters at us on our own front porch. Yelling "light em up" #JusticeForGeorgeFloyd #JusticeForGeorge #BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/bW48imyt55

- Tanya Kerssen (@tkerssen) May 31, 2020

Here is the overhead... pic.twitter.com/US6Qqhkz3O

- Rob Bennett @ 🏡 (@rob_bennett) May 31, 2020

Police just raided the gas station we were sheltering at. After shouting press multiple times and raising my press card in the air, I was thrown to the ground. Then another cop came up and peppered sprayed me in the face while I was being held down. pic.twitter.com/23EkZIMAFC

- Michael Anthony Adams (@MichaelAdams317) May 31, 2020

This is @RyanFaircloth, a reporter with the @StarTribune. He says he was trying to get home when police shot out his window.

He is bleeding but seems ok. pic.twitter.com/LYH0h7c4hf

- Jared Goyette (@JaredGoyette) May 31, 2020

Cops didn't like me filming the burning car so they came at me with batons. Hitting my bike.
Ahhm here's the audio pic.twitter.com/tfaOoVCw5v "

- John Cusack (@johncusack) May 31, 2020

I cannot believe what I just witnessed. They pulled up onto the square with a police siren on and did this. #Louisville pic.twitter.com/65o2lgZCJh

- Natalie Neysa Alund (@nataliealund) May 30, 2020

This boy had his hands up when an NYPD ofcr pulled his mask down and pepper sprayed him. ⁦@NYPDShea⁩? Mayor ⁦@BilldeBlasio⁩? pic.twitter.com/YtXDOoVckA

- Sherrilyn Ifill (@Sifill_LDF) May 31, 2020

Minnesota State Patrol just fired tear gas at reporters and photographers at point blank range. pic.twitter.com/r7X6J7LKo8

- Molly Hennessy-Fiske (@mollyhf) May 31, 2020

Here is a 38 photo sequence of what happen this morning with Joyce Beatty, Shannon Hardin, Kevin Boyce, protesters and Columbus Police. pic.twitter.com/ZZEd6MfJCh

- Kyle Robertson (@KRobPhoto) May 30, 2020