Protests have taken place all across the country over the weekend following the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin and for the past three or four days we’ve seen several wild videos pop up on social media from those demonstrations.
On Saturday night, this video of a man who appeared to be minding his own business getting grabbed and dragged by a Las Vegas police officer went viral when it was shared by popular twitter account Las Vegas Locally.
What the hell? pic.twitter.com/zbAuvkjJJV
— Las Vegas Locally 🌴 (@LasVegasLocally) May 31, 2020
The man was eventually released from jail and began answering questions about the incident on Twitter.
https://twitter.com/Shapuku/status/1267217544898678785
The man in the video claims he didn’t say anything to the officer and he was just walking to his car.
Nothing till he pounced on me lol then I said I was walking to my car and nothing
— Gemini BLM (@Shapuku) June 1, 2020
They were yelling disburse that's it. They didn't make a curfew that I knew of anyway
— Gemini BLM (@Shapuku) June 1, 2020
Distruption of peace but there's so many ppl that got brought in they're probably just gonna drop it
— Gemini BLM (@Shapuku) June 1, 2020
Ziptied me and put me in a van for 2 hrs, then in a cell for 12 more hrs. For a good cause so it was def worth it
— Gemini BLM (@Shapuku) June 1, 2020
"Disruption of peace" ironically lol
— Gemini BLM (@Shapuku) May 31, 2020
The man says he’s considering taking the officer to court following the incident but hasn’t been able to identify the officer as of yet.
Best pics I could get of his face. Couldn't get the badge number unfortunately pic.twitter.com/IXBErZt2ts
— Gemini BLM (@Shapuku) June 1, 2020
Yes I would extremely appreciate that. Thank you for being there and sharing what's going on in our city. Both vids if possible in case it turns into a case. Do you think I'd have a decent case?
— Gemini BLM (@Shapuku) June 1, 2020