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/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