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An Australian journalist was shot with what’s been reported as a rubber bullet while covering immigration protests in LA. 9News US correspondent Lauren Tomasi was hit in the leg by a non-lethal round fired by an officer in riot gear. Footage shows the officer turn toward the cameras before firing.

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Although we need police , the profession ( I say that loosely) attracts some rather unsavoury characters . Willing to obey orders is a two edged sword . This idiot who shot the unarmed woman is the ugly side of police

Someone on this platform just had to have one of those "rubber bullets" surgically removed from their leg yesterday. At point-blank range they can fracture skulls and kill instantly. There is no such thing as non-lethal ammunition. Even a blank round can end a life.

Even the market that sells these rounds to law enforcement cannot legally call these "non-lethal". They legally have to call them "less lethal" because they are still perfectly capable of ending life, and they have done so numerous times over the years.

The photojournalist Plastic Jesus was shot with a real gun by an ICE officer literally yesterday. For taking pictures of the atrocities they are committing he was shot in the leg.

It's ok. Her and the rest of the mainstream media will continue to be stenographers for the police and say shit like "SO FAR the protest has been PEACEFUL" lol MSM might as well let the cops write their articles for them now. Maybe she can write one about why she was wrong to be at a protest!

By mid-summer I think we’ll see what Hollywood screenwriters call the inciting incident that kicks off the rest of the plot. It will be horrible enough to trigger an inevitable national convulsion. Then, tough choices will have to be made by the military and by Guard units, especially in Blue states

TRUMP DID THIS!!! CIRCULATE IT FAR AND WIDE! It is all over the Australian news and social media. TRUMP and his dysfunctional unqualified administration is a danger to democracy, the American people, the constitution, civil liberties, peace, due process and the FREE PRESS! IMPEACH NOW!

Disgusting. That dum-dum who shot her doesn’t even realize how he’s being used for an overall unjust cause. This administration is provoking trouble for a reason. And the dum-dum who shot the journalist is a tool.

Incel male cop(MC) to partnered female cop(FC): That Australian reporter's got a nice ass. How should I approach her? FC, rolling eyes: This again? I don't fucking know! Maybe don't shoot her in the ass? BANG FC: Idiot. MC: What? I hit her in the leg.

9News confirmed Tomasi and her crew are safe, calling the incident a reminder of the risks journalists face on the frontlines of protests. Protests erupted over President Trump’s immigration crackdown. Trump has deployed the National Guard, despite opposition from California governor Gavin Newsom.

Here it is everybody. The western propaganda machine has admitted it's wrong that the cop shot the reporter. For anyone else though, this article would be Copaganda of the highest order with favorites like "What were they doing there in the first place?" and "Cop saw water bottle, feared for life"

Those are meant to hit the ground and ricochet, losing momentum. That’s how they’re trained. It’s not how they’re used in real life. They aim and fire directly at people w a huge piece of dense rubber that breaks teeth, bones or eyes. Safety of the person, my ass. LA violence enforcement are sick bs

This wasn’t the protest injuring her. It was a cop that intentionally targeted her. That is assault… it doesn’t matter what’s happening in the background. That cop needs to be in jail now.

Not only did this man aim, and shoot a member of the press deliberately. But you shot a person with the back. This is the type of cowards that ICE "employees." I really wish that the press would look harder into who these people really are.

Why use vertical video for this, when the originally shot 16:9 makes it a LOT clearer that the officer sees her, knows exactly what she's doing and decides to shoot her anyway? This version makes that far less clear because you only see him at the last second.

It's completely and totally disgusting what they're doing to journalists--to everyone--by invading VERY, VERY peaceful cities and then, when the American People have peaceful protests, these invaders--calling themselves "ICE"--go around shooting, probably hiring actors, I assume, to set fires...

It's definitely time for the World Cup and Olympics to go to Plan B. A dictator who is salivating over the idea of instilling martial law is not the place for celebrating world competition in sports. Escalation is gaining speed.

A lot of lawsuits were paid out by cities during George Floyd protests because of excessive force by LEO using rubber bullets causing serious injury to bystanders. Expect that to happen again based on videos I’ve seen so far.

Those are meant to hit the ground and ricochet, losing momentum. That’s how they’re trained. It’s not how they’re used in real life. They aim and fire directly at people w a huge piece of dense rubber that breaks teeth, bones or eyes. Safety of the person, my ass. LA violence enforcement are sick bs

Those are meant to hit the ground and ricochet, losing momentum. That’s how they’re trained. It’s not how they’re used in real life. They aim and fire directly at people w a huge piece of dense rubber that breaks teeth, bones or eyes. Safety of the person, my ass. LA violence enforcement are sick bs

Less-than-lethal not “non-lethal” Rubber rounds WILL kill you if shot directly at you. Any instance of police firing less-than-lethal rounds directly at someone is them trying to kill that person

Dumbass, if police or anyone uses live rounds a civil war will break out. They’re using what they have available to them to maintain the status quo AND hurt workers