INDIANAPOLIS OFFICERS ASSAULT BLACK MAN

Police violence against Black people in the US just never ends. This video shows a recent incident when an Indianapolis officer shoots 25-year-old Devin Hunt, a Black man, with an air launcher, reportedly laden with chemical irritants, then slams him to the pavement.

The police say Hunt was arrested after officers came to break up a fight between him and another person. However, Hunt disputes that, saying there’d only been an exchange of words. He says the confrontation had long ended by the time police got involved.

While Hunt survived his brush with police brutality, many others have lost their lives. In 2020, the police k*lling of George Floyd (1973-2020) sparked the largest nationwide uprising in US history.

Police brutality is a long-standing and widespread problem in the US - and disproportionately affects Black people.

This is made clear by data published by Mapping Police Violence. According to the non-profit organisation, in 2024, US police killed 1,374 people, of whom 339 were Black (around 25%). This is a significantly larger share than that of Black people in the US population (around 14%). They also found that Black people were 2.8 times more likely to be k*lled by police than White individuals.

Video credit: Mikishia Watson/James Fletcher (Facebook)