Moment black cop punches BLM protester who lunged at him and called him a ‘pig’

A cop was caught on video punching a protester attending a rally in opposition to police violence (Footage: Youtube/alchemicalmedia)

A black Pennsylvania police officer was caught on digicam punching a Black Lives Matter protester to the bottom throughout a rally in opposition to police violence.

The officer, recognized by the Pittsburgh Metropolis Paper as Seth Taylor, was captured on video confronting a protester throughout a rally on Saturday within the Pittsburgh suburb of Wilkinsburg.

Officers had approached the group, declaring the rally an illegal meeting, when chaos ensued. Video shared on-line exhibits the handful of about 20 protestors screaming at officers. Police then tried to apprehend a girl who was backing away whereas shouting obscenities.

A second lady, recognized as Vuestro Merced, was pushed ahead after which tried to intervene when Taylor swiftly punched her within the face.

Video of the chaotic second confirmed a muzzled police canine being held again from Merced, who will be heard screaming: ‘You’re a f**king pig!’ She was then led away in handcuffs.

One other lady will be heard screaming on the officers making arrests, saying that ‘that is what folks do to combat for black folks, and that is what these pigs do on the street.’ Each of the cops making arrests have been black.

Merced was later launched from police custody, although it’s unclear whether or not any costs have been made in opposition to her.

The group of about 20 folks had been gathered on April 16 to demand justice for Jim Rogers, a black man who died in October 2021 lower than a day after Pittsburgh Police used a Taser on him eight occasions.

Organizers of the ‘Justice for Jim Rogers’ rally advised Pittsburgh’s Motion Information 4 that they weren't concerned with partaking with police or the narrative dividing ‘so-called good protesters from so-called dangerous ones.’

‘Anyone on the bottom on the march as we speak, who has to expertise the police assault us, or at the moment are viewing it by it’s being shared on the press or social media can see clearly that those that wield violence are the police,’ the group mentioned.

The Wilkinsburg Police Division has declined to touch upon the incident.

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