John Cusack posts a video from a George Floyd protest; says, 'They came at me with batons'

Recently, American actor John Cusack claimed that officers of Chicago Police charged at him with batons as he was recording a video of a burning car amid protests and riots in city in wake of George Floyd's death. On Saturday, that is May 31, John Cusack shared a video of alleged incident. Later, John Cusack clarified to one of his followers that Chicago authorities did t assault him. 

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In video, a person, likely to be a police officer, can be heard angrily yelling at John Cusack to move along, followed by sound of metal being slammed. Though video is hazy and does t clearly show action, Cusack alleged that police can be heard striking his bicycle with batons. As video progressed actor is heard saying, "Alright, alright,". Adding a caption to video, he wrote, "Cops didn’t like me filming burning car so y came at me with batons. Hitting my bike. Ahhm here’s audio". video has been watched for more than 3M times on Twitter. Meanwhile, 10k Twitter users have shared it.

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As soon as  video of John Cusack went online fans and followers started assuming that Chocago Police assaulted him. Clarifying confusion, he replied to one of his followers. In his reply, John Cusack wrote, "y didn’t assault me- keep it in perspective and I should t be headline or story important thing is anger & pain out re& how hair trigger it feels". He furr added, "I’m of importance / I was just a witness to what was happening in Chicsgo - didn’t see press out at all".

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George Floyd's death

It is reported that George Floyd, a 46-year-old African American man, died in Minneapolis on Monday while he was being restrained by police. Video foot of incident that went viral on social media platforms, showed an officer kneeling on Floyd’s neck as he gasped for breath. Reportedly, death triggered protests in various parts of US, including in California, New York, Ohio and Colorado.

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