LAPD shoots protester at close range using "rubber bullets."

[Nevilledog]

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Leah McElrath 🏳️‍🌈
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LAPD shoots protester at close range using “rubber bullets.”

She is saying “Don’t shoot” with her hands in the air.

“Rubber bullets” are METAL coated with rubber and are meant to be shot toward the ground in order to bounce up and stop crowd advancement.


2:36 PM · Jul 17, 2021

[3Hotdogs]

1. What'daya figure? Two weeks of desk duty

or a week of paid leave while it gets investigated?

[MurrayDelph]

2. The problem with all of these theoretically non-lethal weapons

is that it allows the bullies on the force* to use them for coercion and punishment.






*redundant?

[Dial H For Hero]

4. The term "less lethal" is the current nomenclature, and appropriately so.

[Dial H For Hero]

3. The term "rubber bullet" is frequently misused. The officer in question is using a "bean bag"

gun (note the green stock in the video):

http://lapd-assets.lapdonline.org/assets/pdf/bean%20bag.pdf

These are explicitly designed to be fired at individuals. Here's what they shoot:



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bean_bag_round

It's a fabric bag filled with #9 lead shot, traveling around 200 to 300 fps. It won't penetrate the skin, but the impact is extraordinarily painful.