:cool-zone: end this fucking blight of a country. love and power to the people who head out to protest tonight.

don't watch this if you value your sanity.

  • PurrLure [she/her]
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    2 years ago

    Watched all the videos. :doomjak:

    They have different times and perspectives. Here's what happened along with some personal speculation.

    • Video 1 is a cop cam of Tyre getting violently yanked out of the car and getting tazed and pepper sprayed before running for his dear life. Piece of shit cops are pissed afterwards because their aim was bad so some of it ends up being friendly fire. In later videos it becomes clear this was at least part of the motivation for killing him as they complain about him running after the beating.
    • Video 2 is a private owned camera that got a top down view of the main beating and is probably the main footage that led to the cops being arrested before the footage was even made public.
    • Video 3 is a cop that either forgot to turn his camera off or thought he was far enough from the beating for the footage not to be useful. It shows part of the beating from slightly closer than video 2 when the cop isn't looking elsewhere.
    • Video 4 is a cop actively participating in the beating but covers his camera manually during the beating. You can still hear Tyre crying for his life while the cops keep yelling lies about Tyre not putting his hands back (At this point in video 2 there's already multiple cops on top of him.) I think it's safe to assume this was going to be part of their cover story. The footage continues after Tyre is in critical condition as the cops flash lights at Tyre's broken body, joke, complain about their minor injuries and come up with excuses as it becomes clear just how far their beatings went to backup on the scene.

    Let me know if I got anything wrong and I can edit my comment. Also there are protests happening tonight and will continue this weekend being streamed, which I am currently watching to calm down a little.