I’d argue this isn’t internal US news considering an international reporter was shot. TWO international reporters shot in a single day. I also wish so badly I could edit the title to more accurately reflect what happened. “Police shoot reporter in the back.”
I love the dichotomy of calling them riots and then the only people causing any chaos or harm are the police.
Edit: Specifically calling out the news video that autoplays on their site.
I wish we’d stop allowing them to be referred to as “rubber bullets”, which sounds sorta safe.
These things are metal slugs that break bones and rupture organs. They can crush your skull and kill you outright:
Tomasi was left sore but otherwise unharmed.
I’ll keep repeating this because I think it’s important
Wear safety glasses
Not sunglasses, or shades or prescription glasses
Wear actual industrial rated workers safety glasses.
If you get those shots in your face, you’re going to lose an eye or both eyes. Safety glasses are designed for this kind of stuff and they actually work. It will stop those projectiles from damaging your eyes.
Cops all over the world are known to purposefully shoot people’s faces and heads. After the fact they will just argue that it didn’t happen, it was accidental, it was chaotic, it was dangerous, etc, etc … it won’t matter after the fact if you lose an eye or end up completely blind.
Wear safety glasses, they’re easy to find and easy to use.
A good idea, but safety glasses will only protect you from shrapnel, not slugs to the face.
If they’re firing slugs that can break through industry rated safety glasses … those same slugs can break through your skull.
If they’re using munitions like that … then they’re using lethal rounds and no safety glasses will help.
“Hit” huh? Were rubber bullets just flying around randomly? The word we need here is “shot”.
A 9News reporter has been caught in the crossfire of chaotic protests that have engulfed parts of Los Angeles.
Looks to me like the guy turned and intentionally shot her completely unprovoked. I can’t tell what was happening In front of her though if she was really in crossfire.
100% what happened. The uncropped video is plain as fucking day. He looks back and forth around the area and the second that she’s turned and the camera looks around, he just fucking shoots her. Only way he could argue anything was thinking the camera was a gun. The giant bulky shoulder camera. If so, then dude doesn’t deserve the ability to drive a CAR, never mind work in law enforcement.
Dozens and dozens of journalists were shot this way during the first Trump regime after the George Floyd protests.
You dare show people unhappy at Dearest Leader?
grats to channel 9! this must be huge for them
top story on the guardian and brisbanetimes.com.au and smh!
She’s just lucky she didn’t end up like Nick Stern. A british photojournalist that was also shot today with “non-lethal rounds”.
“People came over to help and got me on the curb. A medic was called, who cut off my clothes. In my leg was what felt like a five centimeter hole with muscle hanging out of it and blood all down my leg. The medic put a tourniquet on it, and a journalist I was with took me to ER. It hurt so much that I thought they might be firing live rounds,” he said. “I’ve been with non lethal rounds before. They hurt like hell but generally don’t break the skin. But the blood made me think it was a live round.”
Dude had to go into emergency surgery.
*less-lethal. People can and do die from getting hit by rubber and clay bullets and beanbag rounds.
