▲ 1035 ▼ Shooting an unarmed woman who was just trying to walk home: just LAPD things (files.catbox.moe) submitted 1 year ago* by destructdisc@lemmy.world to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world 137 comments fedilink hide all child comments It was a "rubber" bullet, but still. Source
[–] ryedaft@sh.itjust.works 45 points 1 year ago (3 children) Do they think they are using paintball guns? What's going on? permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] jonne@infosec.pub 79 points 1 year ago No cop has ever been held accountable for whatever bullshit they pull when they're in riot gear. They're basically anonymous and the worst that will happen is a civil settlement with the city (which won't even come out of the police budget!). permalink fedilink source parent [–] sanpo@sopuli.xyz 25 points 1 year ago (1 child) It's not like paintball doesn't hurt a lot from this range either... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Lyra_Lycan@lemmy.blahaj.zone 34 points 1 year ago* (1 child) Have you seen the damage caused by their bullets? It's like using frozen paintballs, at the high end of allowed PSI, but the size of a golf ball. LA civilians rn are under hostile armed force. They need an armed* resistance to take out the members of the police that do not act as police. They do not get punished. They just get deployed again. *I know this is difficult. Non lethal weapons are harder to obtain than lethals, and the moment the resistance use lead is the moment the invading army do too. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago “Less lethal” as in “lethal less often [than bullets].” Remember that there is no such thing as a “non lethal” weapon and these blackshirts are casually gambling with other peoples lives permalink fedilink source parent [–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 18 points 1 year ago Psychopaths want to bully and hurt people (especially "the libs" protesting), and there's no consequences for them. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jonne@infosec.pub 79 points 1 year ago No cop has ever been held accountable for whatever bullshit they pull when they're in riot gear. They're basically anonymous and the worst that will happen is a civil settlement with the city (which won't even come out of the police budget!). permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sanpo@sopuli.xyz 25 points 1 year ago (1 child) It's not like paintball doesn't hurt a lot from this range either... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Lyra_Lycan@lemmy.blahaj.zone 34 points 1 year ago* (1 child) Have you seen the damage caused by their bullets? It's like using frozen paintballs, at the high end of allowed PSI, but the size of a golf ball. LA civilians rn are under hostile armed force. They need an armed* resistance to take out the members of the police that do not act as police. They do not get punished. They just get deployed again. *I know this is difficult. Non lethal weapons are harder to obtain than lethals, and the moment the resistance use lead is the moment the invading army do too. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago “Less lethal” as in “lethal less often [than bullets].” Remember that there is no such thing as a “non lethal” weapon and these blackshirts are casually gambling with other peoples lives permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Lyra_Lycan@lemmy.blahaj.zone 34 points 1 year ago* (1 child) Have you seen the damage caused by their bullets? It's like using frozen paintballs, at the high end of allowed PSI, but the size of a golf ball. LA civilians rn are under hostile armed force. They need an armed* resistance to take out the members of the police that do not act as police. They do not get punished. They just get deployed again. *I know this is difficult. Non lethal weapons are harder to obtain than lethals, and the moment the resistance use lead is the moment the invading army do too. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago “Less lethal” as in “lethal less often [than bullets].” Remember that there is no such thing as a “non lethal” weapon and these blackshirts are casually gambling with other peoples lives permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago “Less lethal” as in “lethal less often [than bullets].” Remember that there is no such thing as a “non lethal” weapon and these blackshirts are casually gambling with other peoples lives permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 18 points 1 year ago Psychopaths want to bully and hurt people (especially "the libs" protesting), and there's no consequences for them. permalink fedilink source parent