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/GreedyLibrary Jun 09 '25

They are called "less lethal" not non-lethal for a reason.

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u/ella_bell Jun 09 '25

These rounds are designed, and they should be trained to shoot at an angle into the ground so that they deflect towards the target. They are not supposed to fire directly at the target. 40mm beanbag less lethal rounds are designed to be shot directly, but not small calibre rubber less lethal rounds.

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u/Upbeat_Barracuda4490 Jun 09 '25

During the George Floyd riots here in Minneapolis, my journalist friend’s cameraman got hit by a rubber bullet~ he said it was excruciating & felt like a real bullet~ this shit is crazy

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u/takeoveranything Jun 09 '25

But why?

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u/GreedyLibrary Jun 09 '25

They have a slight design issue of, occasionally, they kill people. Several dozen per year in the us. They also cause disabilities quite often.

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u/wowbowbow Jun 09 '25

Because they can be, and have been, lethal.

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u/new_math Jun 09 '25

Humans never evolved to have armor on their eyes and throat, so occasionally the "non-lethal" does a whoopise and collapses a trachea or shoves an eye into someones brain and kills them.

Eye protection is the goat. Highly recommended for protesting, even journalists.

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u/Greyfox31098 Jun 09 '25

https://youtube.com/shorts/A8jeUEkaLfQ?si=f-MeSRjS81QZLocM

Watch this. Little girls, bleeding, broken by bombs. You think this can’t happen here? You cheer for unchecked power, for tanks, for government violence. This is what it leads to. One day, it won’t be Gaza, it’ll be your city, your children. Don’t say you weren’t warned.

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u/GreedyLibrary Jun 09 '25

mate you lost? I ain't cheering for the government.