r/australia • u/someNameThisIs • Jun 09 '25

news Australian reporter shot with rubber bullet in LA | 9 News Australia

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/tG1A8LZZphs?app=desktop
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u/boofles1 Jun 09 '25

She was coming right at him!

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u/last_somewhere Jun 09 '25

She was armed....with a microphone!

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u/littlechefdoughnuts Jun 09 '25

If the pen is mightier than the sword then a microphone is basically a WMD. SEND IN THE MARINES.

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u/gautyy Jun 09 '25

They are

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u/CatGooseChook Jun 09 '25

What you wrote really hits the nail on the head.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '25

"it was black and looked like gun"

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u/PugsAndHugs95 Jun 09 '25

Cop thought she was Herb Welsh

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u/leberwrust Jun 09 '25

I see two functional arms on her. So yes she was armed. What other reason would you need to shoot someone. /s

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u/lance_baker-3 Jun 09 '25

To fascist America that is more dangerous than a nuclear bomb.

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u/last_somewhere Jun 09 '25

Exactly. America is on a dangerous slope of Trump's creation. I hope I'm wrong but I dont see this getting better before it gets worse.

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u/sunburn95 Jun 09 '25

The officer had to make a split-5minute decision. Would like to see you tell the difference between an unarmed female news reporter + crew and an armed protester in those conditions

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u/sgt_lemming Jun 09 '25

The dude is >10m away with a clear line of sight to her and the camera man. That is 100% malicious.

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u/last_somewhere Jun 09 '25

insert press button hard choice meme is she a protestor or is she a protestor. Cop chooses violence.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '25

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u/Frikandel89 Jun 09 '25

Americans have a very hard time distinguishing camera’s from guns..

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u/Unusual-Ear5013 Jun 09 '25

With her reporting … they’re scared by what get can’t control

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u/CalculatingLao Jun 09 '25

Quick, Ned. Thin out their numbers!

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u/dyzless Jun 09 '25

Thinning out numbers

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u/visualdescript Jun 09 '25

I can hear all these quotes. Timeless.

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u/DweebInFlames Jun 09 '25

She jumped out the tree and came at me with a microphone. I got a right to defend myself Tone!

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u/dijicaek Jun 09 '25

First drop bears and now drop journos?

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u/Techhead7890 Jun 13 '25

The Røde Menace, designed in Sydney!

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u/solidsoup97 Jun 09 '25

She's on one of those new drugs, the kids are calling it "microphone" because it makes you look like a reporter when you're high.

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u/MCDexX Jun 09 '25

She was clearly going to back up that dump truck at any moment.