not_IO@lemmy.blahaj.zone to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-211 days agoLAPD deliberately shoots Australian Journalist from behind with rubber bullet as they report LA Protests livelitter.catbox.moevideomessage-square14linkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up10arrow-down1videoLAPD deliberately shoots Australian Journalist from behind with rubber bullet as they report LA Protests livelitter.catbox.moenot_IO@lemmy.blahaj.zone to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-211 days agomessage-square14linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareAbsaroka@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·10 days agoA good time to remind everybody that while rubber bullets are considered “non-lethal,” they can kill. Back in 2004 a college student in Boston died from a bullet that missed its intended target, hit the ground and ricocheted into her eye. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Victoria_Snelgrove So, while the shot certainly wasn’t warranted, IMO its worse because of what could have happened because this officer was taking a shot for fun.
A good time to remind everybody that while rubber bullets are considered “non-lethal,” they can kill.
Back in 2004 a college student in Boston died from a bullet that missed its intended target, hit the ground and ricocheted into her eye.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Victoria_Snelgrove
So, while the shot certainly wasn’t warranted, IMO its worse because of what could have happened because this officer was taking a shot for fun.