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

[-] hornedfiend@sopuli.xyz 24 points 4 months ago

I think Trump dreams of a civil war. That will be the perfect excuse to hurry the slow dictatorship takeover.

That is slowly happening anyway, while people are still having wet dreams of democracy.

[-] RizzoTheSmall@lemm.ee 22 points 4 months ago

We will have no video evidence of our obvious fascism, thank you!

[-] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 21 points 4 months ago

That police officer is POS and knew exactly where he was aiming.

[-] MisterFrog@lemmy.world 16 points 4 months ago

If DFAT still don't update their travel advice after this...

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[-] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 15 points 4 months ago

Fuck 12

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[-] destructdisc@lemmy.world 27 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Judging by their relative sizes in the screengrab and with some quick back-of-the-envelope math, the cop shot her from about 5 meters away. That's pretty fucking close to point blank, no?

[-] curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 23 points 4 months ago

Not close, it is point blank.

[-] SomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nz 26 points 4 months ago

IIRC 'point blank' means no need to adjust for bullet drop due to gravity. This is well within that.

[-] SaltSong@startrek.website 20 points 4 months ago

I'm curious to know what you think "point blank" means.

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[-] ramenbelly@lemmy.zip 18 points 4 months ago

10 yards max

[-] TargaryenTKE@lemmy.world 17 points 4 months ago

20-30 yards

I think you're confusing feet with yards. That's like 10 yards max

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[-] klay1@lemmy.world 11 points 4 months ago

Even if the shot were accidental -> still not acceptable.

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