This video documents police brutality in Kansas City against Black Lives Matter demonstrators in two different protests, in contrast to the mainstream media depiction of what happened. KCPD used their horses to assault demonstrators, resulting in a bloodied and broken toe of one individual. There were instances of KCPD officers making obscene gestures toward demonstrators and throwing water bottles at the group as they attempted to exercise their First Amendment right to free speech. That night, there were four arrests. One woman, a U.S. Iraq and Afghanistan war veteran, was arrested and physically abused by KCPD officers while attempting to use a crosswalk to cross at the intersection of Broadway Boulevard and Westport Road. The abuse resulted in soreness, stiffness, and bruises that lasted for days after the arrest. Despite the fact that a Kansas City Star photographer was among those arrested that night, local media reported that the demonstration was “mostly peaceful,” besides the people who were arrested. It must be made clear that every single person arrested that night was demonstrating peacefully.
Posted on: Thu, 08 Jan 2015 01:28:33 +0000
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