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Police arrested him on May 30 in Brooklyn and detained him in a crowded cell with 14 demonstrators for around 2 hours. Omid is not alone: across the United States, police have targeted street medics with the same brutality used against those protesting the institution\u2019s systemic racism.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EOn June 2 in Asheville, North Carolina, local police in anti-riot gear barged into a line of street medics trying to protect a triage station they had set up in an alley away from the main protest. \u201cWe were standing at the opening of the alley, our hands over our heads, chanting that we were medics,\u201d one of the volunteers told me. \u201cInstead of talking to us, [the police] grabbed us by the shoulders, shoved us down the street, and told us to leave if we don\u2019t want to be arrested.\u201d The police then proceeded to destroy US$700 of medical supplies at the station, the volunteer said.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EOn May 31, in Austin, Texas, police fired a less-lethal impact projectile at a group of protesters, hitting Justin Howell, a 20-year-old Texas State University student, in the head. \u201cHe dropped dead weight to the ground and there was a lot of blood. We thought he was dead,\u201d a witness told me. Police later\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2020\/06\/07\/us\/austin-texas-police-bean-bag-20-year-old-injured\/index.html\u0022\u003Eclaimed\u003C\/a\u003E their intended target was someone standing near Howell who had thrown a plastic bottle and a backpack at the police.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EAfter Howell lay on the ground with a fractured skull, the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/watch\/live\/?v=837245516684462\u0026amp;ref=watch_permalink\u0022\u003Epolice chief announced\u003C\/a\u003E, a police officer directed protesters to bring the wounded young man over to the nearby police headquarters so that he could receive medical attention. 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