It’s fine, I’m sure the “Justice” Department will make this right.
The Los Angeles Police Department shot an Australian reporter with a rubber bullet while she was live on TV. Zero provocation.
Submitted 3 weeks ago by destructdisc@lemmy.world to aboringdystopia@lemmy.world
https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/1931885158648672256/vid/avc1/1080x1920/bTGc2atY6r5auqle.mp4
Comments
Etterra@discuss.online 2 weeks ago
isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
SOAD’s “Deer Dance” plays in my head a little too often these days.
finitebanjo@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
My favorite thing about SOAD is they opposed police brutality AND Tankies.
goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org 2 weeks ago
Ummmmm about that
klay1@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Even if the shot were accidental -> still not acceptable.
Marleyinoc@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Shitty piggy.
Yeller_king@reddthat.com 2 weeks ago
The fuck is boring about someone being shot?
Diabolo96@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Shooting (and killing) journalists is an everyday occurence in Israel.
Kolanaki@pawb.social 2 weeks ago
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.
ikidd@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Have they identified the cop that commited this assault?
Of course not. They’re above the law.
technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
This will not be covered by the MSM.
Imagine if a cop was rubber bulleted tho. It would be even more endless copaganda…
What dat fascist culture do.
Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks ago
This will not be covered by the MSM.
Coverage seems pretty okay so far
…cnn.com/…/nine-news-reporter-la-hit-rubber-bulle…
www.bbc.com/news/videos/c98p008kxn1o
independent.co.uk/…/lapd-lauren-tomasi-australian…
thehill.com/…/5340014-australian-reporter-hit-rub…
JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Yeah, not even the captured media is going to sit on one of their own being shot.
OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
But my arguments sound so good when I get to make things up…
procapra@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
no valid video. Do I have something configured wrong?
Syrc@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
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.
pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Mine does that too, click the title link and it will open in a new window/tab with the video.
Ileftreddit@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
If you mix ammonia and bleach, and pump balloons full of it, when the balloons pop it releases some bad fumes
Saryn@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Not my face, the other brown people’s face!
Vandals_handle@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
🌍 🧑🚀 🔫🐷
Sibbo@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
Nice meme.
Mediocre_Bard@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Only a matter of time before someone shoots back.
finitebanjo@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Damn, maybe it really should have been the greens after all.
NJSpradlin@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
echo_dream_nomad@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
Point Blank: The distance between a gun and a target such that it requires minimal effort in aiming it. In particular no allowance needs to be made for effects of gravity, target movement or wind in aiming the projectile.
You are correct, it wasn’t “almost point blank”, because it is absolutely point blank.
destructdisc@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Judging by their relative sizes in the screengrab and with some quick back-of-the-envelope math, the cop is about 5 meters away from her. That’s pretty fucking close to point blank, no?
curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Not close, it is point blank.
SomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nz 2 weeks ago
IIRC ‘point blank’ means no need to adjust for bullet drop due to gravity. This is well within that.
ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Honestly I assumed that it was a lot closer than that too, by that definition since I have a 50-200yd zero on my rifle, that’d mean anything out to 200yd is technically “point blank” which kinda seems like not how the phrase is usually used.
SaltSong@startrek.website 2 weeks ago
I’m curious to know what you think “point blank” means.
Sciaphobia@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
I’ll admit that before reading this comment thread I probably would have said that point blank is so close you could basically reach out and touch, or nearly touch, the target.
I do hope, however, that I would look it up before contesting how it was used.
match@pawb.social 2 weeks ago
RAW for Point Blank Shot in 5e has it within 5 feet
TargaryenTKE@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I think you’re confusing feet with yards. That’s like 10 yards max
ramenbelly@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
10 yards max
Empricorn@feddit.nl 2 weeks ago
“20-30 yards”!? I’m assuming you’re in the US as well, so you should know yards better than that. But I’m not going to quibble over exact distance. He shot a reporter! Not in the midst of defending himself. He was standing, then raised his rifle, aimed, and deliberately fired on an uninvolved member of the media obviously covering the situation with a microphone. THAT’S the issue.