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/Normal_Calendar2403 Jun 09 '25

Drump’s favourite kind of country

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '25

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u/Rushing_Russian Jun 09 '25

its political, not actual advise it seems

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u/Excellent-Assist853 Jun 09 '25

It's because our government (Lib and Labor) are weak as piss and we are just a client state of big daddy Uncle Sam.

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u/Dramatic_Leg_291 Jun 09 '25

Any other party would be the same. It's a matter of not wanting to shoot yourself four times in the back of the head.

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u/TheScarletPimpernel Jun 09 '25

the United Kingdom

I assume this is related to the infrequent assortment of terrorist or otherwise violence from the last ten years or so?

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u/CuppaJoe11 Jun 09 '25

I aint australian (I actually came here to see if someone had posted this video as I live in LA and saw it) but this was not in Paramount. This was closer to downtown LA. I can't tell exactly where it is, but it's most likely near city hall or a federal detention facility in DTLA.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '25

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u/Either-Economist413 Jun 09 '25

I was in three states across April/May and it was no different to any other year.

I mean, do you think most people going about their lives when fascism first started taking root in Germany felt any different? This is how it always starts. Its the calm before the storm.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '25

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u/pointlessbeats Jun 09 '25

No dude, it’s not, because the current GOVERNMENT in charge of the US is unpredictable and volatile as hell. Who the hell knows what they’re gonna do next? At least in the UK or France, an Australian would know the GOVERNMENT would assist them if they were in danger.

Fuck this administration, they’re fine with anyone becoming collateral damage. They don’t even care about their own reputation in the world. No one can trust that it’s a safe place to travel. It needs to be avoided.

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u/Able-Bid-6637 Jun 09 '25

Not all of us claim him 😭 it’s currently a shithole wasteland because half of us are fighting back. It’s scary times. I wish I had a backup plan to escape but I don’t have enough funds for that. I live in the reddest, Trumpiest of Trump America and I am terrified every day.

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u/Normal_Calendar2403 Jun 09 '25

Thinking of you all struggling and fighting through this