The actor rode around Chicago on Saturday night and claimed officers hit his bike with batons for filming footage of a burning vehicle.<\/b>
\nThe death of George Floyd in Minnesota last week sparked nationwide outrage and protests in a number of American cities. One of those cities is Chicago, where actor John Cusack shared video from on Saturday that highlighted the aftermath of protests that turned violent between police officers and those protesting police brutality against people of color.
Floyd\u2019s death in police custody came after video footage showed an officer kneeling on his neck for nearly nine minutes despite protests that he couldn\u2019t breathe. Subsequent protests have ranged from peaceful demonstrations to those that veer toward vandalism and destruction of property as police forces try to disperse protesters using force, violence which has been captured on video and shared online.
Cusack shared video late Saturday night of an incident in which police officers shoved him while he was filming a burning vehicle from a clash between protesters and law enforcement. It started with Cusack riding his bike around Chicago to survey the scene.
Ugly pic.twitter.com\/FWQoC07xBb
John Cusack (@johncusack) May 31, 2020
Later, Cusack expressed frustration with his own encounter with law enforcement, claiming his bike was hit with police batons and ordered to leave, footage he captured and shared on Twitter.
Cops didn\u2019t like me filming the burning car so they came at me with batons. Hitting my bike. Ahhm herea the audio pic.twitter.com\/tfaOoVCw5v
\u2014 John Cusack (@johncusack) May 31, 2020
In another tweet, Cusack took a picture of the \u201cpeace officers\u201d he claimed used batons on him.
These were some of the peace officers \u2013 who gently tuned up my bike with their batons- pic.twitter.com\/atMf8VaV6l
\u2014 John Cusack (@johncusack) May 31, 2020<\/p>\n