Caught on camera, police explode in rage and violence across the US

Black Lives Matter Holds Protest In Los Angeles After Death Of George Floyd Photo by David McNew/Getty Images

“US cities face toll of violent protests,” says a headline at the top of Fox News. “Fury in the streets as protests spread across the US,” says The New York Times. “Fire and fury spread across the US,” says The Washington Post. “Wave of rage and anguish sweeps dozens of US cities,” says CNN. But whose rage? Whose fury? Whose violence?

Here’s another: ABC local news in Utah runs a graphic saying “violent protests in Salt Lake City.” In the background of the video, police knock an elderly man with a cane to the ground. He was simply standing near a bus stop.

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source https://www.theverge.com/2020/5/31/21276044/police-violence-protest-george-floyd

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