Comment on Shooting an unarmed woman who was just trying to walk home: just LAPD things

• threeganzi@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I think you’re thinking of tear gas rounds. Trying to bounce rubber bullets sounds less predictable. But yeah, don’t shoot this close, especially not at a peaceful citizen.

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  • NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Nah, it’s the non lethal rounds they fire, but it sounds like there are newer ones.

    Originally, they were intended to be bounced off the ground.

    Looks like LAPD now use some that are intended to be bounced off the ground now, and some that are meant to be fired directly at the target.

    www.reuters.com/graphics/…/zdpxalxkyvx/

    In fact, the LAPD does not use rubber bullets, the department told Reuters.

    Instead, the LAPD uses foam rounds, a condensed sponge projectile that resembles a hard Nerf ball.

    One version, which has a plastic body with a hard foam nose, is fired from a 40mm launcher and is usually aimed directly at a target.

    A second version, fired from a 37mm launcher, disperses five foam baton rounds toward the ground in front of a hostile crowd once an unlawful assembly has been declared, before bouncing up into the crowd. It is not to be fired directly at individuals, the LAPD said.

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    • threeganzi@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Ah, didn’t know that. Thank you for educating me.

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      • NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        I thought they were all supposed to be at the ground as well, so I learned too!

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    • mcv@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Wait, so LAPD is armed with nerf guns?

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      • NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        I would bet money they used that language to make them seem less dangerous than they are.

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