Comment on The Los Angeles Police Department shot an Australian reporter with a rubber bullet while she was live on TV. Zero provocation.

NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• destructdisc@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Channel 9 reported it as her being “caught in the crossfire”, as if she got hit in a gun battle between protesters and cops or something

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  • Mirshe@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Especially since you can see the cop in question pointing his weapon directly at her and her news crew.

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    • SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Generally, that’s the direction guns fire ;)

      The part I find damning is that if you watch more of the video, that cop was absolutely watching her for a long time, and knew FOR SURE she was there and was press.

      Besides just being a psycho pig or something similarly fucked up, the only reason I think that he could have done that is there was a car turning onto the road where she was and he wanted her to gtfo of the road. But even then, that’s fucked up.

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  • FlyingCircus@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Mainstream media is complicit with Trump’s fascism. Which is to be expected with capitalists.

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• Taleya@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Sure, that’s why the goddamn prime minister is now weighing in. Because it’s so hidden.

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• propitiouspanda@lemmy.cafe ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  The oligarchies are working together.

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• JackFrostNCola@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  A lot of Australian news corps are are owned by Rupert Murdoch. I feel this explains enough.

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• But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I’m a Canadian and I seem to be more furious about this than many Australians.

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