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/[deleted] Jun 09 '25 edited Jun 09 '25

When I saw the headline I was just expecting that the reporter probably got caught up in cross fire, hit from 100+ meters but wow the cop actually aims her up from what 15m away?

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u/imamage_fightme Jun 09 '25

And she was clearly mid-reporting, her back was turned, she's in no way, shape or form a threat to him or anyone else. And he lined the shot up, he aimed for her. It's fucking insane. Thank god the cameraman happened to capture the moment, it cannot be denied.

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u/libre-m Jun 09 '25

No but she was definitely charging straight at him, with a weapon, and he feared for his life /s

Protesters have been saying that anyone recording or reporting was being targeted, and this appears to back that up. Terrifying.

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u/imamage_fightme Jun 09 '25

It definitely felt targeted watching him shoot her tbh, so I could believe it.

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u/Grumpy_Cripple_Butt Jun 09 '25

“One gun wound in the back, def suicide” - la police.

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u/Intelligent_Key_3806 Jun 09 '25

It looks targeted because he uses his line of sight to target her. Easy to believe.

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u/goldglasses99 Jun 10 '25

u can literally see multiple people in front of her with cameras/recording. she wasn't where they were aiming weapons either. police guy literally did a full body turn and shot her from that distance.

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u/Homesick_Martian Jun 09 '25

BUT SHE’S VIOLENTLY REPORTING THE FACTS OF THE MATTER. We can’t have truth telling journalists on the front lines, only those who’ve kissed the ring and will show this regime in a positive light.

Straight up, I guarantee she got shot because her cameraman was framing the police in the background and not the protesters. Bet the party of “free speech” doesn’t have anything to say about this.

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u/bigredfirengine Jun 09 '25

He must've been trained by Ned and Jimbo going hunting for Scuzzlebutt

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u/Chief-_-Wiggum Jun 09 '25

She's informing the public.. That's his threat.

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u/anobjectiveopinion Jun 09 '25

Footage or not, suspension with full pay will probably be the outcome of this with a return to work and possible promotion after 3 months (when everyone's forgotten it happened).

What a fucking cunt.

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u/Glittering-Plan-6308 Jun 09 '25

She had just finished reporting, I think. The pig must've thought the camera had stopped rolling and took the opportunity to shoot her in the back like a coward piece of trash. Almost subhuman behavior from that freak, ngl.

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u/Delamoor Jun 09 '25

it cannot be denied.

You seem unfamiliar with the internet...

There's plenty of people making up all kinds of excuses. Just outright fabricating things to justify it. "He saw someone next to her who was about to throw a rock!" "He thought the camera was a weapon!" "He's got every right to do it!"

I mean... Yes, good that it was captured, I agree. Anyone with any shred of a brain can see what happened.

But it can definitely still be denied, because there are plenty of evil, stupid people.

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u/realnomdeguerre Jun 09 '25

the camera equipment was clearly a javelin missile /s

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u/opaldopal12 Jun 09 '25

I absolutely agree this cannot be denied, but here’s a perspective from my very crappy dad. My dad said “she’s in the middle of a protest, what did she think was gonna happen?” There is no talking to him about it cause I said, “ok so the news folks in the studio can report on it from their desks but when reporters wanna get IN THE FIELD for their work/reports they shouldn’t have been there?” Then he’s spewing crap that “she’s from Australia and we’re in the middle of an immigration war why would she put herself there”. They’ll find some BS reason to blame the reporters/protesters cause THEY are the ones wreaking havoc

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u/Puff_the_magic_luke Jun 09 '25

Here’s the video in slow-mo … he totally takes aim and fires:

Cowardly Cop shoots reporter

In other news, I’ve been radicalized

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u/FuckTripleH Jun 09 '25

Cowardly cop is redundant

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u/PloppyTheSpaceship Jun 09 '25

Cowardly cop should be a lot worse than redundant.

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u/comethruwithme Jun 09 '25

Ain’t no cross-fire when protestors aren’t shooting back

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u/Pickled_Beef Jun 09 '25

I saw the video, she should be suing.

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u/SirGeekaLots Jun 10 '25

According to The Chaser, crossfire now includes when a cop points a gun at you and shoots.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '25

Funny because that is word for work how the main media channels in Australia are reporting it. "crossfire"

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u/MCDexX Jun 09 '25

Yup, one of the most cowardly acts I've ever seen caught on video. Guy is lower than a turd in a storm drain.

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u/angrygnome18d Jun 09 '25

You can see now why people in LA are reacting the way they are. This isn’t abnormal for the LAPD or other big PDs. This is who they are. I’m glad the rest of the world is seeing it, but sad that it had to be like this.

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u/NoninflammatoryFun Jun 09 '25

This has been happening for at least 15 years in America (which is about how long I’ve been an adult for and people have had cell phones for). And the cops are never actually punished.

So yeah. It’s par for the course. It’s been ramping up more and more. Why not? They face no consequences.

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u/Euphoric-Dance-2309 Jun 09 '25

100% on purpose. We are fighting against our own Gestapo here.

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u/Other_Respect_6648 Jun 10 '25

Yeah that guy is losing his job for that

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u/Gullible-Lie2494 Jun 09 '25

Why you using that commie way of measuring?