ORLANDO, Fla. – As George Floyd protests continue to rock downtown Orlando night after night, new body camera videos released by the Orlando Police Department provide an inside look at the occasionally violent confrontations between officers and demonstrators.
On Thursday, the department released a batch of videos from Saturday, Sunday and Tuesday -- all nights when officers reported using tear gas to disperse the crowds.
Although thousands have gathered to express their outrage over the death of Floyd, a black man who died after a white officer pinned his knee to his neck, the protests across Central Florida have primarily remained peaceful with authorities saying that the violent acts and instances of looting and vandalism typically occur