BROCKTON — On June 2, 2020, Barbatt Jocelyn scrolled through his Twitter feed to find Brockton was trending worldwide. Upon a closer look, a protest was taking place outside of the Brockton police station. Being in Florida at the time, the Brockton resident decided to virtually put himself where the protesters were, video chatting with a protester who was there outside the police station. The Enterprise, which had photographers and reporters on the ground on June 2, reported that a calm, optimistic mood prevailed at a city-supported rally that afternoon at West Middle School. But tensions escalated in the evening at a separate event, when protesters gathered outside police headquarters, culminating in a violent confrontation, with bottles and other objects being thrown at police and police deploying tear gas and flash-bang grenades, followed by vandalism in the downtown area.