Submitted by Luke on Tue, 10/01/2019 - 16:55
On the 1st of October, protesters from the DC Abolition Coalition (prison abolition) locked themselves to ladders blocking all the vehicle driveways into or out of the Dept of Justice. Police used power tools recklessly and shook ladders while cutting them out of the 9th st side of the lockdown. They also threatened to knock out an African-American woman on top of one of the ladders.
Video: police use reckless tactics to remove locked-down protesters 7 min 42 sec
Cops recklessly push and pull on one of the locked down defenders. This made the ladders rock dangerously