▲ 481 ▼ Cop deliberately shoot a less lethal round into an Australian reporter. (babka.social) submitted 1 year ago by mesamunefire@piefed.social to c/california@lemmy.world 30 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] drolex@sopuli.xyz 25 points 1 year ago (3 children) Sorry I might not be up-to-date with the fash parlance, but is 'less lethal' some sort of official nomenclature? "It's OK you're not quite dead, it was a less lethal bullet to your head, ahah. OwO" I am amazed by the times. permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] scbasteve7@lemm.ee 33 points 1 year ago (1 child) I think all non-lethal weapons had the name changed to less than lethal about 5-10 years ago. Turns out if you shoot a rubber bullet at someone's head and it kills them, the weapon manufacturer can be open to liability. So now it's less than lethal. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Mirshe@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago Less lethal, not less than. TASER wound up in a big lawsuit after a guy died from cardiac arrest being hit by one, so most manufacturers changed it to "less than", but then a couple more people died from being hit with beanbag/baton/rubber rounds, so now they're marketed as "less lethal" because legally they can't say "this can't kill people" in their marketing when it absolutely can. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Clepsydrae@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago Princess Bride beat them to the punch decades ago. The suspect was rendered only mostly dead when long-distance kinetic interaction was applied in an officer-involved pacification tool activation. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago They used to call it “non-lethal” which was a copaganda lie. After being called out they changed their words instead of their behavior. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] scbasteve7@lemm.ee 33 points 1 year ago (1 child) I think all non-lethal weapons had the name changed to less than lethal about 5-10 years ago. Turns out if you shoot a rubber bullet at someone's head and it kills them, the weapon manufacturer can be open to liability. So now it's less than lethal. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Mirshe@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago Less lethal, not less than. TASER wound up in a big lawsuit after a guy died from cardiac arrest being hit by one, so most manufacturers changed it to "less than", but then a couple more people died from being hit with beanbag/baton/rubber rounds, so now they're marketed as "less lethal" because legally they can't say "this can't kill people" in their marketing when it absolutely can. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Mirshe@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago Less lethal, not less than. TASER wound up in a big lawsuit after a guy died from cardiac arrest being hit by one, so most manufacturers changed it to "less than", but then a couple more people died from being hit with beanbag/baton/rubber rounds, so now they're marketed as "less lethal" because legally they can't say "this can't kill people" in their marketing when it absolutely can. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Clepsydrae@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago Princess Bride beat them to the punch decades ago. The suspect was rendered only mostly dead when long-distance kinetic interaction was applied in an officer-involved pacification tool activation. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago They used to call it “non-lethal” which was a copaganda lie. After being called out they changed their words instead of their behavior. permalink fedilink source parent