evidence: There have been numerous reports and videos of aggressive police actions using physical force including "batons, tear gas, pepper spray and rubber bullets on protesters, bystanders and journalists, often without warning or seemingly unprovoked".[265] These incidents have provoked "growing concern that aggressive law enforcement tactics intended to impose order were instead inflaming tensions".[265] The police responded that such tactics are necessary to prevent vandalism and arson, and that police officers themselves have been assaulted with thrown rocks and water bottles.[265] Amnesty International issued a press release on May 31, 2021, calling for the police to end excessive militarized responses to the protests.[266][267] A project by ProPublica compiled 68 videos during the George Floyd protests of police officers who used what appeared to researchers to be excessive levels of force. By a year later, police departments had disciplined 10 officers in connection to those captured on video.[268] [...] - ^ "Comparison between Capitol siege, BLM protests is denounced". Associated Press. January 14, 2021. Retrieved February 23, 2021. [...] - ^ Julie Watson (January 14, 2021). "Comparison between Capitol siege, BLM protests is denounced". Associated Press.