The pig sees her, turns, aims, and shoots her almost point blank.
You know shits getting real when the cops will shoot at a blonde white girl.
I was watching Hasan being at the protests to get a sense of what is actually going on and a European left a comment on his video that succinctly put the US police into perspective.
As a European I don’t get how the police is just shooting rubber bullets instantly, why do they not have riot shields and water throwers and such, it seems so uncivilised.
And that pretty much sums up the cops in the US. They’re just uncivilized. Their idea of “deescalation” is escalation until you’re too incapacitated to fight back.
It’s called flirting. Or maybe he asked her out and she rejected him. It really could go both ways.
She certainly didn’t dodge a bullet with him.
Jokes aside, I hope she and Australia sue them into oblivion.
Then the poor LA taxpayers foot the bill while Rubber Rambo keeps his job and gets a free vacation.
Taxpayers are footing the bill regardless. That should never be a deterrent for holding the bad guys responsible for their behavior.
Im pointing out that it doesn’t hold the bad guys accountable. They are above the law, the only accountability they will get is bleeding to death on the streets. Or even smarter, bleeding to death in their bedroom or the bar the frequent.
Look I’m just as jaded, exhausted, and sick of this tyrannical bullshit as you are, but at the same time we’ve got to start somewhere. And if we can maybe make things (financially) uncomfortable for the people in charge, then so be it.
A foreign news organization is more likely able to make things uncomfortable than you or me.
We’ve got to start somewhere. We’ve got to start, and never stop.
We won’t. Our government is still trying to pretend that everything is fine and normal in the US despite winning the recent election in a massive landslide based partially on anti-Trumpism sentiment. I’d love to see Albo prove me wrong but I’m not holding my breath.
And a British one, too.
https://www.lbc.co.uk/world-news/los-angeles-protest-photographer-surgery/
Okay but also, fuck LBC, they’re a rightwing (and Zionist) mouthpiece
Sadden how much obrian dropped talking about it once they canned sangrita
Oh so it’s ok to selectively shoot journalists if you don’t agree with their ideology? I bet the other cop didn’t agree with that journalist’s. Case closed, following your logic.
I don’t think that’s what they meant. Ok -> acknowledgement that it’s shit that the journalist also got shot.
They’re two separate statements. I acknowledge that it’s beyond shitty for cops to be shooting anyone (especially journalists).
But also the news outlet in question is known to have shitty politics and therefore while this specific article is more or less accurate (and backed up by other sources) , they are far from a reliable source.
are they? all i know about LBC is what I’ve seen of James O’Brien and he seemed to be none of that. is he like a token liberal/socdem or something?
It’s a bit of a mix, generally considered centre right.
Your link also includes the full video of the Australian getting shot too. You should point that out as I’m sure others would like to see it.
Not my face, the other brown people’s face!
If you mix ammonia and bleach, and pump balloons full of it, when the balloons pop it releases some bad fumes
Bullet proof west with PRESS on it and a helmet/glasses. Trump made a war zone so it should be treated as a war zone.
I mean yes but its not a ‘lost bullet’. he willingly fired on her, and at that distance he could clearly fucking see she has a microphone and is in front of a professional news camera.
You’re assuming he’s even literate.
The media in the US is not on the side of democracy.
It was an Australian reporter.
Oh they are much better, ever hear about some guy called Murdoch?
Murdoch was Australian, he chose to be American
Besides the point.
And it was for legal reasons anyway
A good time to remind everybody that while rubber bullets are considered “non-lethal,” they can kill.
Back in 2004 a college student in Boston died from a bullet that missed its intended target, hit the ground and ricocheted into her eye.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Victoria_Snelgrove
So, while the shot certainly wasn’t warranted, IMO its worse because of what could have happened because this officer was taking a shot for fun.
That and the fact it’s directly attacking your civil rights to free speech and an unprovoked attack. So it’s definitely unconstitutional.
Even if less-lethal ammunition were risk free, that should still be a crime. Even in the ideal risk-free case, how is this any different from assault, if the cop came up behind a reporter swinging his baton. There was clearly no justifiable reason, it was clearly assault for fun or intimidation, and any reasonable person would know that.
It is a crime. Cops are effectively above the law.
There are some laws that even cops can’t ignore, such as the law of gravity when a brick is in the air.
I’d say Newton’s 1st is more applicable here
“non-lethal” Oh, boy! What an infuriating misnomer that is.
This is also a good time to remember nothing here in this context is “non-lethal”. All of these things (sand bags, tear gas, tasers, pepper spray, mace, rubber bullets, batons, shields, tactical holds, etc.) are accurately called “less lethal” because all of them can and will kill under certain circumstances, even when used by trained officers with good intentions. (I know. How often does that happen, right?) It doesn’t take much to cross that line between “not intending murder” and “actual fucking murder”, often something as simple as a common medical condition or simply falling while moving over hard ground like curbs and sidewalks. If a reporter is using the term “non-lethal” in the context of police brutality, that’s a pretty good sign that you are being lied to.
There’s a distance at which they stop being “less-lethal”. At 10 meters/30 feet they’re considered extremely dangerous. The “effective range” at which they’re generally considered less likely to penetrate is 20 to 30 meters (65 to 100 feet).
Lenses make estimating distance tricky, but based on the lines in the road, I don’t think she’s 20 meters away from that cop.
These journalists need body armor and helmets if they’re going to be that close to American Police. Back in 2011 an Iraq War vet named Scott Olsen was head shot at a distance of a few feet fracturing his skull and when some protestors tried to rescue him they flashbanged the rescue effort. It’s extremely unsafe to be that close to these guys.
Almost all " non-lethal" munitions are really “less lethal” and capable of killing someone if they get hit in the wrong area. They also easily maim. I saw a pellet from what are called “donkey balls” which are essentially clay-more mines filled with little rubber pellets bounce off a wall fast enough to go through someone’s cheek and exit out the other side of his mouth. TLDR You can really fuck someone up with that stuff. Cops think they are like nerf toys.
Those are the things the Jackass guys got shot with in the first movie. The company called it a “Stingmore” mine.
Way too many people are comfortable with utilizing anything referred to as a “mine” against unarmed civilians.
LAPD shot a protester in the head with rubber bullets and refused to call an ambulance for her as she lay there bleeding and concussed; another protester was trampled and concussed by mounted police; countless other protestors were beat over the head savagely with batons… and this is only what was on video.
It’s one thing to constantly talk about standing up to tyranny and defending your precious freedoms, owning guns especially for that long awaited moment when they can be revolutionary heroes.
Looks like Americans talk the talk but don’t walk the walk.The Americans who spout off about things like standing up to tyranny and how much they love having guns are not the same people participating in this protest. The government is actively supporting those people.
The protesters are the ones expecting the rule of law to eventually win, but also know how important it is to protest so that the rule of law continues to exist. It may not be as violent as you’re expecting, but it seems to me that they are walking the walk.
We haven’t done this in a while and we’re a little rusty, but that doesn’t mean we aren’t fighting.
The Americans who spout off about things like standing up to tyranny and how much they love having guns are not the same people participating in this protest
And this is part of the problem. Maybe we should be the people bitching about tyranny and loving guns.
Slow down there baud. With talk like that someone might mistake you for some kind of anarchist!
Well, it’s a good thing I’m on the anarchist Lemmy instance.
Guns is probably and mostly a typical right-wing fetish (despite Dem uniparty politicians doing nothing about it).
The freedom and revolutionary spirit talk is for sure bipartisan and typical American.I can tell you now the velvet gloves, following the little rules is not going to work.
You will get nothing if you don’t take it.And when have you done this before?
I can’t think of anything.Edit:
Wondering if you’ve been influenced by this rat here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/TheDeprogram/comments/1l7iqgl/stfu_lib_show_some_solidarity/
same protester that got trampled and concussed was the one shot in the head.
NYpd and lapd are probably the most corrupt out there. LAPD has actual gang affiliations, some with white supremcesists.
Rage against the machine lyrics are factually based.
Lots of police departments started as slaver patrols, Union busters, and right wing militia.
Portland’s police, for example, were originally a KKK militia.
Great time to also mention that Oregon was founded as a white supremacist state.
California should pass a ballot initiative making it legal for any random person to shoot police with less lethal munitions whenever they want. You should just be able to walk up to any cop, any time you want, and shoot them with a rubber bullet. If it’s good for the goose, it’s good for the gander.
Its only illegal if you get caught
While I detest violence in all forms, and respect peaceful protest and the power of the ballot box; it seems like the current administration is doing everything it can to disenfranchise the voters of this country, and preemptively using violence against peaceful protesters. I hope things don’t tip too far, because while Americans don’t riot like the French at the drop of a hat, there is an enormous amount of anger simmering among the working class people in this country, and I’d hate to see that erupt. If it does come to a head it will make the Paris riots like a sunny day on Lake Geneva.
Americans are packing more heat than the French. We won’t ever organize to shut down the country, but there will be more executions and attempted murders like the United Health CEO.
As people fall into despair most will rot away silently, but a minority will decide to take somebody with them.
america may have tons of guns, but when what’s probably the majority of them are owned by people who seemingly approve of what’s happening, will there ever be the necessary large scale resistance?
For what I and probably you want to happen? Almost certainly not.
For something to happen? I figure yes. I will be doing what I can to shape the future with peaceful protest.
I mean guns guns guns people talk about but IEDs won Iraq and can be made IN A CAVE WITH A BOX OF SCRAPS
I wouldn’t be surprised to find more of those in use in the US I. The coming years.
Yes, if Americans rise up, I think it’ll look a lot more like The Troubles than the first American Civil War. For one, because there aren’t clear, geographical divisions this time, and indeed, I would guess that guerilla tactics are going to be more effective than guns against a military with overwhelming conventional warfare capabilities.
Absolutely. The US military was tiny at the outbreak of the civil war, and a whole lot of the veterans of the Mexican American war were fighting for the South.
If violence escalates, and I think it might, it will look much more like the troubles than the American Civil war.
How about we organize instead? Make it a goal to go to the protest this weekend, meet one person whose sign you like, get their contact details and agree to meet up at the next protest. It’s that easy to get the ball rolling.
Protest would be more effective to effect change, and I will be doing my part in my city.
and mostly targeting blue counties too.
i hate how vague the term violence is, as it can mean so much as to make it useless.
protesting is a form of violence, it is meant to hurt the status quo. if the protests blocks a road or impedes trade and therefore there’s some economical violence in there too.
but there’s also violence in an unfair system that creates those protests. people are protesting ICE kidnapping and disappearing people with support of the state. that is a much worse violence than that being used in the protest.
and the “violent” police response, was violent, because he literally shot a reporter.
because the term is so vague, anti violence as a moral stance is meaningless.
A large part of that working class is fully captive to the corporate media narratives, and voted for Trump last November. They support this.
They less support this, than the lies they were fed. His disapproval polling is clear on that
And yet, zero self-awareness to try to connect the actions to the outcome. If those same lies were fed to them in the exact same way, they will continue to do the same stupid thing.
If they’re too busy worrying about where the next meal is coming from, can you blame them? I mean you can but surely that removes some of the blame
It does not. They are poor as shit because of who they vote for. Full stop.
Not really, the kind of people you’re talking about have been poor for at least a generation
Somebody should mirror that video somewhere that isn’t a nazi platform.
I’m not sure if I would call it a “non-nazi platform”, but here’s Youtube
Wider video here. Genuinely not sure what the fuck he was thinking.
Thinking? He’s a cop. He probably thought she wasn’t “in her place”, or was “disrespecting his authority”. Or he’s a psychopath…
I mean he clearly sees her all the way through the video. There’s no shouting or warning, or any sign he’s about to do that.
It’s like he’s got a quota of people to shoot. “Ooh, it’s 4pm, time to take somebody’s legs out with a baton round!”
Thx for better video. Just in case this goes on catbox too:
no valid video. Do I have something configured wrong?
Didn’t work for me either. Another commenter’s mirror worked for me, but if that doesn’t work either here’s a YouTube one.
Mine does that too, click the title link and it will open in a new window/tab with the video.
Cops FAIL hard when it matters. All the time.
Thats not a failure. You can see it raising its weapon to take a pot shot. It’s deliberately doing atrocities.
I mean they are failing at their jobs.
The purpose of a system is what it does.
This is how they’re trained though. Especially those departments who were trained by the idf
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/dec/08/us-police-agencies-idf-files-blueleaks
I see a lot about IDF training and its a factor but lets not fall into the trap of “israel’s fault!!”
American cops do plenty of their own homegrown atrocity training
Nope. Functioning as intended.
Zero justification, not a stray bullet etc, he literally aims and shoots at the camera, what in the fuck is going on over their?
The US spent the last 24 years spreading freedom and democracy in the Middle East, it ended up running out of it at home
You mean the democracy and freedom they were spreading finally reached home.
That boomerang will break your jaw. Too bad nobody cared as long as the violence we inflicted never came home. It always does though.
I do care.
I’m sending ✨ thoughts and prayers ✨
can’t have eyes on the situation. it goes away faster the less people see it
I know what you mean but it’s very counterproductive to shoot someone while they’re on air though. Seems like a pretty sure way to get more eyes than anything. Not that this pig is smart enough for that kind of critical thinking.
I was being facetious, cops have all the incentive to drive away cameras but I want them there. But yes, luckily this pig did it while already on camera like the dumb fuck he is
Wait until you find out the entire history of usa…
A fascist take over of the government is what’s happening here. This is pretty on brand for that sort of event.
Have they identified the cop that commited this assault?
Of course not. They’re above the law.
The fuck is boring about someone being shot?
Shooting (and killing) journalists is an everyday occurence in Israel.
I have to admit, I didn’t understand the boring part of the community (or sub back on reddit for that matter) name until reading this comment.
This wasn’t a “stray round.” That shot was deliberate and that pig knew exactly what he was aiming at.
I’m so glad that it was completely caught on camera so there’s no wriggling out of it. It was deliberate at close range.
US officials have some answering to do to us.
Though, we all know we won’t get shit, as their vassals.
Maybe we’ll do some more war crimes on their behalf, you know, as a treat. Then lock up the whistleblower 👍👍👍
The dude literally waited until he was on camera to take the shot. Not only did he know exactly what he was aiming at, he wanted to be seen doing it.
LA cops are notorious assholes. He could hardly wait to get home and pull it up the clip and show everybody: “Hey everybody! Look what Daddy did at work today! I shot an unarmed journalist for doing her job! Funny, right?”
Guaranteed he’s emailing the clip to everyone he knows.
Isn’t this assault?
he’s a cop, so he’s definitely not going to face consequences
