Insane Footage Of Protestors Being Arrested

Forget the politics of this for a moment — just watch it as a piece of cinema and it’s pretty amazing. The camera swoops and dives. It’s like gonzo Martin Scorcese vérité. I think the weird warping you see is caused by applying some anti-shake software as a post process. But watch…

Okay, here’s what this is. They weren’t ‘trying to get a job’. They were blocking trucks.

Four protesters were arrested - one of whom was pepper-sprayed - near Johns Hopkins Hospital after police say they refused to follow officers’ orders and shoved officers who attempted to disperse them.

Anthony Guglielmi, the Police Department’s chief spokesman, said the protesters locked arms and refused to allow trucks to enter a construction site at the intersection of Rutland Avenue and Eager Street. Police said organizers told protesters over a megaphone to stand their ground as police ordered them to move to a “safe location.

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  1. That weird warping is so annoying, its on the stabilize motion setting in after effects. Oh love the camera movement, I was screaming for a trombone shot, this is going to be used for my training on how not to shoot uncontrolled action.

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