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Police Brutality Caught On Camera: 22 Videos That Explain Why Black Lives Matter

Tear gas, pepper spray, batons and brute force used against law-abiding citizens.

Hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets over the past week to protest the police killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Sean Reed, Ahmaud Arbery and hundreds of other Black men and women at the hands of police. 

The ongoing protests in 75 American cities, took a chaotic turn this weekend as police were recorded tear-gassing protesters in Minneapolis, driving NYPD vehicles through crowds in Brooklyn, spraying men and women with rubber bullets in Los Angeles and tasering a Black couple in Atlanta trying to make it to their home.

As tensions rose during protests, one thing became very clear: in many cases, things remained non-violent until police showed up. 

Here are 22 videos from around the country showing police attacking peaceful protestors, citizens minding their own business and some of the nations most recent incidents that have happened in the midst of Black Lives Matter Movement. 

BET has been covering every angle of George Floyd’s death in police custody, other social justice cases and the subsequent aftermath and protests. For our continuing coverage, click here.

  1. Police Officer Coughs On Bystander

  2. Trumbull, Connecticut

  3. Officers Pin Down Black Girl And Punch Her In The Torso

  4. Ottawa County, Ohio

  5. Clayton County, Georgia

  6. Washington, D.C.

  7. Sarasota, Florida

  8. Asheville, North Carolina

  9. Indianapolis, Indiana

  10. New York, New York

  11. Fort Lauderdale, Florida

  12. Orlando, Florida

  13. Los Angeles, California

  14. Denver, Colorado

  15. Chicago, Illinois

  16. ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA

  17. MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA

  18. louisville, kentucky

  19. NEW YORK, NEW YORK

  20. HOUSTON, TEXAS

  21. ATLANTA, GEORGIA

  22. LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA

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