Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Police</span></a> deploy <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FlashBang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FlashBang</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/grenades" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>grenades</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RubberBullets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RubberBullets</span></a> on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LA</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/protesters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protesters</span></a></p><p>Police began <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/shooting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shooting</span></a> flash-bangs & rubber bullets, then turned to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TearGas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TearGas</span></a>, after ordering a crowd to disperse following a demonstration outside the federal bldg late Sat afternoon.<br>
The gathering there was separate from the local <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NoKings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoKings</span></a> event held earlier as part of nationwide rallies to push back against <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> & the policies of his admin on a host of issues.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RightToProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RightToProtest</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/06/14/los-angeles-protesters-police-clash/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/nation/2025</span><span class="invisible">/06/14/los-angeles-protesters-police-clash/</span></a></p>
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DoomsdaysCW<p>How to Stay Safe <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Protesting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Protesting</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a> — and What to Expect From <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Cops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cops</span></a> in Your City</p><p>Do police in your city use <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TearGas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TearGas</span></a> or <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RubberBullets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RubberBullets</span></a>? Repression tactics from Seattle to Chicago, plus how to prepare.</p><p>by Akela Lacy<br>June 14 2025, 7:00 a.m. </p><p>Excerpt: “The key really no matter where you are or what you’re doing is situational awareness,” said Mickey H. Osterreicher, general counsel to the National Press Photographers Association. “When you start to see officers on bikes encircling you, you need to have probably thought of this before, but certainly at that point, look for a place to exit.”</p><p><a href="https://theintercept.com/2025/06/14/ice-police-brutality-protests-la-nyc/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theintercept.com/2025/06/14/ic</span><span class="invisible">e-police-brutality-protests-la-nyc/</span></a></p><p>Archived version:<br><a href="https://archive.ph/iidZ9#selection-555.9-587.38" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archive.ph/iidZ9#selection-555</span><span class="invisible">.9-587.38</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resistance</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resist</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoKingsEvents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoKingsEvents</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ResistFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ResistFascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ResistICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ResistICE</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AuthoritarianRule" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AuthoritarianRule</span></a></p>
beSpacific<p>>1 dozen <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/journalists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalists</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/injured" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>injured</span></a> or roughed up while covering protests against <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> raids in <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/LA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LA</span></a>, leading press <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/freedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freedom</span></a> groups to question whether <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> enforcement has been deliberately targeting reporters on the story. Journalists have been pelted w <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/rubberbullets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rubberbullets</span></a> or <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/pepperspray" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pepperspray</span></a>, including an Australian TV reporter struck while doing a live shot and a New York Post reporter left with a giant welt on his forehead after taking a direct hit. <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/CNN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CNN</span></a> <a href="https://apnews.com/article/immigration-protests-los-angeles-media-4b9b062785bde9428a3155812fd092decrew" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/immigration</span><span class="invisible">-protests-los-angeles-media-4b9b062785bde9428a3155812fd092decrew</span></a> briefly detained</p>
Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://zeroes.ca/@maggiejk" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>maggiejk</span></a></span> Also, let's not forget the slow death of Linda Tirado, a journalist. <br>One can't help but notice the fascists keep targeting women with their violence...</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Tirado" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Ti</span><span class="invisible">rado</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RubberBullets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RubberBullets</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LindaTirado" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LindaTirado</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USPOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPOL</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Misogyny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Misogyny</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Patriachy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Patriachy</span></a></p>
John :au: :60: :05: :12: :GP:<p>A study published in 2017 found that 3% of people hit by <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/rubberbullets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rubberbullets</span></a> <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/died" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>died</span></a> of the injury. 15% of the 1,984 people studied were <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/permanently" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>permanently</span></a> <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/injured" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>injured</span></a> by the rubber bullets.</p><p>Rubber bullets should be used only to control “an extremely dangerous crowd,” said Brian Higgins, a former police chief of Bergen County, New Jersey.</p><p>“Shooting them into open crowds is reckless & dangerous,” said Dr. Lazzaro, a professor & expert in eye trauma at NYU Langone Health <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/at-close-range-police-fire-rubber-bullets-that-can-maim-or-kill-protesters" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">pbs.org/newshour/health/at-clo</span><span class="invisible">se-range-police-fire-rubber-bullets-that-can-maim-or-kill-protesters</span></a></p>
Touaregtweet<p>2/2 They even target journalists. Peaceful protesting, my ass ...</p><p><a href="https://au.news.yahoo.com/unbelievable-video-shows-aussie-reporter-shot-in-the-leg-by-police-during-la-unrest-042055514.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">au.news.yahoo.com/unbelievable</span><span class="invisible">-video-shows-aussie-reporter-shot-in-the-leg-by-police-during-la-unrest-042055514.html</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LosAngeles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LosAngeles</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protest</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/violence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>violence</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>police</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/teargass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>teargass</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rubberbullets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rubberbullets</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NationalGuard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalGuard</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FuckTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FuckTrump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/impeachTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>impeachTrump</span></a></p>
Unofficial PetaPixel Bot<p>Photographer and Reporter Shot by Rubber Bullets During LA Protests <a href="https://petapixel.com/2025/06/09/photographer-and-reporter-shot-by-rubber-bullets-during-la-protests/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">petapixel.com/2025/06/09/photo</span><span class="invisible">grapher-and-reporter-shot-by-rubber-bullets-during-la-protests/</span></a> <a href="https://toot.earth/tags/pressphotographer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pressphotographer</span></a> <a href="https://toot.earth/tags/nationalguard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nationalguard</span></a> <a href="https://toot.earth/tags/rubberbullets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rubberbullets</span></a> <a href="https://toot.earth/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> <a href="https://toot.earth/tags/losangeles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>losangeles</span></a> <a href="https://toot.earth/tags/protests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protests</span></a> <a href="https://toot.earth/tags/riots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>riots</span></a> <a href="https://toot.earth/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://toot.earth/tags/lapd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lapd</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Video via Reuters</p><p>There are more press members than <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/protesters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protesters</span></a>. The protesters are nowhere near the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalGuard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalGuard</span></a> physically. Yet <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RubberBullets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RubberBullets</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TearGas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TearGas</span></a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FlashBang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FlashBang</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/grenades" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>grenades</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/new-ice-protests-planned-trump-sends-national-guard-california-2025-06-08/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/world/us/new-ice-p</span><span class="invisible">rotests-planned-trump-sends-national-guard-california-2025-06-08/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Title10" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Title10</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PosseComitatusAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PosseComitatusAct</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UseOfForce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UseOfForce</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RulesOfEngagement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RulesOfEngagement</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Proportionality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Proportionality</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RightToProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RightToProtest</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreedomOfAssembly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreedomOfAssembly</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tyranny</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Gestapo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gestapo</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AmericanAutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanAutocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LosAngeles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LosAngeles</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>California</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USTroops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USTroops</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>On Saturday, law enforcement officers used <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FlashBang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FlashBang</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/grenades" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>grenades</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TearGas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TearGas</span></a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RubberBullets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RubberBullets</span></a> as they clashed with <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/protesters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protesters</span></a> who came to the area in Paramount, which had been rumored to be the site of an <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> operation.</p><p>There were hundreds of protesters when the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/demonstrations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>demonstrations</span></a> peaked during the day, but their numbers dwindled in the evening. Several dozen were still protesting at 6PM.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RightToProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RightToProtest</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreedomOfAssembly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreedomOfAssembly</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tyranny</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Gestapo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gestapo</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UCLA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UCLA</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Protesters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Protesters</span></a> Sue <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Cops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cops</span></a> for Shooting Them in the Head With <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RubberBullets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RubberBullets</span></a></p><p>Protesters were being attacked by a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProIsrael" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProIsrael</span></a> mob when cops showed up and fired at them with rubber bullets — whose use is restricted by law.</p><p>Akela Lacy<br>May 5 2025</p><p>Police conspired to violently attacks anti-genocide protesters at the University of California, Los Angeles last year, according to a suit filed last week in Los Angeles Superior Court. <br>At the height of the school’s encampment against Israel’s war on Gaza last spring, one of hundreds across the country, a mob of pro-Israel protesters attacked pro-Palestine protesters for more than four hours. On the night of April 30, 2024, police stood by and watched as counter-protesters aimed and shot fireworks, sprayed chemical agents, harassed, and sexually assaulted pro-Palestine protesters, students and faculty alleged last month in a separate, ongoing lawsuit. <br>Related<br>NYU Demands Law Students Renounce Protests or Be Barred from Sitting Final Exams<br>The day after the melee, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, UCLA administrators, and seven different law enforcement agencies laid plans to dismantle the school’s encampment for good. <br>UCLA invited multiple outside police forces to campus to clear the encampments on May 1. More than 700 police officers from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, the Los Angeles Police Department, California Highway Patrol, the University of California Police Department, and private security were on campus the night of the raid. </p><p>Protesters are now suing the state of California, which oversees California Highway Patrol, and the city of Los Angeles, which oversees the LAPD, for violence against the demonstrations. The police fired more than 50 rounds of rubber bullets at protesters, striking several people in the head; some of the injuries sent demonstrators to the hospital.</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://theintercept.com/2025/05/05/ucla-gaza-protesters-sue-cops-rubber-bullets/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theintercept.com/2025/05/05/uc</span><span class="invisible">la-gaza-protesters-sue-cops-rubber-bullets/</span></a></p><p>Archived version:<br><a href="https://archive.ph/j4Duj" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.ph/j4Duj</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ACAB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ACAB</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SilencingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SilencingDissent</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreePalestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreePalestine</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Crimethinc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Crimethinc</span></a>: A <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Demonstrator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Demonstrator</span></a>’s Guide to Understanding <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RiotMunitions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RiotMunitions</span></a> </p><p>And How to Defend against Them<br>2021-01-04 </p><p>"<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ImpactMunitions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ImpactMunitions</span></a></p><p>Police fire a wide range of blunt force projectiles from a variety of weapons. Manufacturers and police departments sometimes call these 'Blunt Impact Projectiles' (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BIPs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BIPs</span></a>) or 'Kinetic Impact Projectiles' (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KIPs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KIPs</span></a>). <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RubberBullets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RubberBullets</span></a> are only one of many variants. They vary in size, force, composition, delivery methods, and lethality.</p><p>"The sales pitches that manufacturers make to law enforcement agencies emphasize the ability to obtain compliance from subjects via projected force with minimal risk of injury or death. All of the academic studies—not to mention our lived experience—show that neither of these claims is correct: impact munitions regularly <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/maim" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>maim</span></a> and kill <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/protestors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protestors</span></a> and they rarely succeed at breaking up demonstrations. They’re even less effective at stopping social movements. Often, when one of us loses an eye or suffers a fractured skull, more people come out to the streets.</p><p>"Some of the more common impact munitions include baton rounds, large plastic, foam, gel, or even wooden <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/projectiles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>projectiles</span></a> that are fired from a multi-launcher or occasionally a shotgun; rubber bullets, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MetalProjectiles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MetalProjectiles</span></a> coated in rubber or PVC; <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BeanBagRounds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BeanBagRounds</span></a>, woven bags filled with either silica or lead, usually fired from shotguns; <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Pepperballs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pepperballs</span></a>, which are essentially paintballs filled with pepper spray; <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FN303" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FN303</span></a> rounds, a combination of pepper-balls and regular impact munitions; rubber balls, which are rubber or plastic or foam pellets packed into grenades to explode like shrapnel or shotgun shot; and, of course, the venerable <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GasCanister" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GasCanister</span></a> (bearing chemical agents or smoke), which is not designed to be fired directly at protestors—but regularly is.</p><p>"Contrary to popular supposition, most modern impact munitions are designed for 'direct fire' rather than 'skip fire.' Direct fire munitions are for shooting directly at individuals, while skip fire projectiles are designed to be skipped off the ground into the crowd. Tear gas canisters are generally intended for skip firing at close range or firing at a 25-30 degree arc into the air for maximum range; they are not rated for direct fire. Some styles of baton rounds that split into multiple projectiles are designed for skip fire to distribute the projectiles more widely, while others are designed to be fired over the heads of protesters in order to rain chemicals down. Full-size wooden baton rounds and some rubber bullets seem to be designed for skip fire as well, but in general, skip fire is less accurate and less common.</p><p>"Baton rounds, stinger grenades, and beanbags hurt. They injure people. Occasionally, they maim or—even more rarely—kill people. Yet of all the tools used by the police, they are some of the least effective at stopping demonstrations. Unlike a cop within mêlée range, a baton round cannot arrest you. Unlike a cloud of gas, it can’t force you to disperse. Ranged impact weapons rely primarily on pain compliance. While this may work on individuals, pain alone usually cannot force a resolute crowd to comply. Standing around getting shot at isn’t always the right move. But the effects of impact munitions can be mitigated by protective equipment including shields, armor, helmets, goggles, barricades, and even umbrellas. Impact weapons rely on fear above all—and through mental preparation and mutual support, we can defend ourselves from fear. We can choose not to comply with fear."</p><p>Learn more:<br><a href="https://crimethinc.com/2021/01/04/a-demonstrators-guide-to-understanding-riot-munitions-and-how-to-defend-against-them" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">crimethinc.com/2021/01/04/a-de</span><span class="invisible">monstrators-guide-to-understanding-riot-munitions-and-how-to-defend-against-them</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resistance</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Protests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Protests</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Demonstrations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Demonstrations</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtestSafely" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProtestSafely</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BePrepared" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BePrepared</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ArmedPoliceDrones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArmedPoliceDrones</span></a> Are Coming</p><p>Feb. 15, 2022 by Anthony Accurso (originally published in Reason . com)</p><p>"It’s not just hobbyists who are exploiting the near-endless potential of unmanned aerial vehicles (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UAVs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UAVs</span></a> or '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/drones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>drones</span></a>'). Law enforcement from all over the country—most especially federal agencies—are using, or making plans to use, drones to conduct <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surveillance</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/subdue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>subdue</span></a> suspects.</p><p>"Americans first became widely aware of drone use by the government in the form of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PredatorUAVs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PredatorUAVs</span></a> deployed for intelligence and offensive purposes, almost exclusively in the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MiddleEast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MiddleEast</span></a> against 'terrorists.'</p><p>"But drone technology has come a long way in the last two decades, with drones getting smaller and being able to carry more added weight than before.</p><p>"These advances have allowed them to become the perfect platform upon which law enforcement builds its surveillance programs. Drones can carry sensors for GPS, radar, lidar, range-finding, magnetic fields, chemical and biological sniffers, and, of course, increasingly high-resolution cameras. Federal agencies often attach cell-site simulators to drones—calling them 'dirtboxes' in this use case—to collect digital and cellular data from all unsuspecting citizens in a particular area, not just suspects.</p><p>"Further electronics and software innovations have made these sensors more efficient and capable than ever. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PredatorDrones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PredatorDrones</span></a> operated by Customs and Border Protection (“<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CBP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CBP</span></a>”) are known to use a system called Vehicle and Dismount Exploitation Radar ('<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/VADER" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VADER</span></a>'). VADER implements synthetic aperture radar, a tech trick that uses an aircraft’s motion to minimize the size of the antenna needed to create a high-res map of an area. By comparing these maps moment-by-moment, it creates a 'real-time ground moving target indicator' through 'detecting Doppler shift that moving objects produce in radar return signals.' Like the apex predator in Jurassic Park, these Predators rely on movement to 'see.'</p><p>"A company called <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PersistentSurveillanceSystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PersistentSurveillanceSystems</span></a> has been operating a similar program, under contract by the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Baltimore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Baltimore</span></a> olice Department ('BPD'), that uses software to construct a real-time image from photos captured by aircraft-mounted cameras. BPD can then track the (outdoor) movement of every pedestrian or vehicle in a 32-square-mile area. This is ostensibly to track fleeing criminals or generate leads after a crime has occurred.</p><p>"While only sensors have been attached to domestic drones so far, the addition of weapons systems appears to be coming. In 2015, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NorthDakota" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NorthDakota</span></a> passed a law allowing police to equip drones with <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TearGas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TearGas</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RubberBullets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RubberBullets</span></a>. Also, documents uncovered by the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ElectronicFrontierFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElectronicFrontierFoundation</span></a> show the CBP has suggested adding 'non-lethal weapons designed to immobilize' people to their drones.</p><p>"Laws have always lagged behind the constant march of technology, but the rapid development of drones and drone-mounted surveillance systems is set to pilot America into an omnipresent surveillance state where any and all outdoor activity—and maybe indoor ones if we get wall or roof penetrating sensors—is persistently monitored by police."</p><p><a href="https://www.criminallegalnews.org/news/2022/feb/15/armed-police-drones-are-coming/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">criminallegalnews.org/news/202</span><span class="invisible">2/feb/15/armed-police-drones-are-coming/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PredatorClassDrone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PredatorClassDrone</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ArmedDrones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArmedDrones</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PoliceDrones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PoliceDrones</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DroneWeaponization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DroneWeaponization</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MilitaryState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MilitaryState</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ACAB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ACAB</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GlobalPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GlobalPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Orwell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Orwell</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NineteenEightyFour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NineteenEightyFour</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SilencingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SilencingDissent</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Autocracy</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surveillance</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SurveillanceState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SurveillanceState</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PoliceState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PoliceState</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WeaponizedDrones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WeaponizedDrones</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Arizona" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arizona</span></a>'s Universities are Instruments of War</p><p>The United States provides more than 70% of the funds and weapons used for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WarCrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WarCrimes</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>genocide</span></a> in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palestine</span></a>. Arizona universities are a backbone of the war industry.</p><p>by Brenda Norrell, Censored News, Oct. 31, 2024 </p><p>TUCSON, Arizona -- "When Arizona's largest universities slammed down on Palestine supporters, it was obvious they were hiding something. What they were hiding was the fact that they are thriving on war dollars. </p><p>"The most obvious is Raytheon Missiles located at the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UniversityOfArizona" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UniversityOfArizona</span></a>'s Tech Park in Tucson. The less obvious are the millions in grants and contracts that both the University of Arizona and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ArizonaStateUniversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArizonaStateUniversity</span></a> receive for technology, including cyber technology, artificial intelligence and robotics. </p><p>"While slamming down on <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Palestinian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palestinian</span></a> support -- and shooting them with <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RubberBullets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RubberBullets</span></a> in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Tucson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tucson</span></a> and denying some graduation at <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ASU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ASU</span></a> in the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PhoenixValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PhoenixValley</span></a> -- both universities were heading up a national coalition of U.S. universities to support Israel, after the genocide was underway. </p><p>"Arizona State University in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Tempe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tempe</span></a>, in the Phoenix Valley, has gone to the extreme to silence voices in support of Palestine. Besides forbidding pro-Palestine rallies, its harsh crackdown on encampments has resulted in 62 Palestine supporters now facing charges."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/10/arizonas-universities-are-instruments.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/10</span><span class="invisible">/arizonas-universities-are-instruments.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CeasefireNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CeasefireNow</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreePalestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreePalestine</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WarProfiteers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WarProfiteers</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WarIsBigBusiness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WarIsBigBusiness</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Raytheon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Raytheon</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RaytheonKills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RaytheonKills</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RTX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RTX</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BloodMoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BloodMoney</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Divest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Divest</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WeaponsManufacturers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WeaponsManufacturers</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BibiIsAWarCriminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BibiIsAWarCriminal</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IsraelWarCrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IsraelWarCrimes</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ReaderSupportedNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReaderSupportedNews</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SilencingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SilencingDissent</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Genocide</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>I saw smoke from footage of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HamiltonHall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HamiltonHall</span></a>. This explains what was going on... The police were using FLASH GRENADES on the protestors!</p><p>From '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FlashBangs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FlashBangs</span></a>' To '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RubberBullets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RubberBullets</span></a>': The Very Real Risks of '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RiotControl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RiotControl</span></a> Agents'</p><p>June 6, 202010:29 AM ET<br>By Will Stone, Carrie Feibel</p><p>"How dangerous are "flash-bang" <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/grenades" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>grenades</span></a>?</p><p>Flash bangs are explosives that are intended to stun and disorient people. "All you are trying to do is make a loud noise and a bright light," says Mesloh, who compares the explosion to that of an M-80 firecracker. Flash bangs are designed to temporarily blind or deafen people. But in rare circumstances, they can cause serious injuries (like blowing off fingers or hands) or even death. That may happen when the police officers make an error throwing the devices, and injure themselves. You are also at risk if a flash-grenade explodes near glass or gravel, creating a dangerous spray of tiny sharp fragments. Also, flash bangs can start fires." </p><p><a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/06/06/871423767/from-flash-bangs-to-rubber-bullets-the-very-real-risks-of-riot-control-agents" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">npr.org/sections/health-shots/</span><span class="invisible">2020/06/06/871423767/from-flash-bangs-to-rubber-bullets-the-very-real-risks-of-riot-control-agents</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ColumbiaUniversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ColumbiaUniversity</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Protests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Protests</span></a></p>
Emeritus Prof Christopher May<p>Its going to come to no surprise that in <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/London" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>London</span></a> over the last six years the only events where the Metropolitan <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Police</span></a> sought (and gained) clearance for the (potential) use of baton rounds on crowds were those events which were 'black-led'.</p><p>Now to be fair they have not actually been used, but the policing of black-led events included the deployment of what are sometimes called <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/rubberbullets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rubberbullets</span></a>; </p><p>Its hard to see how this isn't further proof of institutional <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>racism</span></a> (?)<br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/aug/06/met-police-baton-rounds-black-led-events-foi-reveals" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/a</span><span class="invisible">ug/06/met-police-baton-rounds-black-led-events-foi-reveals</span></a></p>
PhoenixSerenity<p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Police</span></a> use of <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/rubberBullets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rubberBullets</span></a> and other <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/projectiles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>projectiles</span></a> against <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/peaceful" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>peaceful</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/protesters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protesters</span></a> has <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/increased" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>increased</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/worldwide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>worldwide</span></a> , leading to many <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/injuries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>injuries</span></a> and even <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/death" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>death</span></a> , <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/AmnestyInternational" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmnestyInternational</span></a> said on Tuesday.</p><p>The group has called for tighter <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/international" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>international</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/regulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>regulation</span></a> of the trade and use of such equipment, often known as "<a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/lessLethal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lessLethal</span></a> " <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/weapons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>weapons</span></a> .</p><p><a href="https://www.dw.com/en/amnesty-says-police-use-of-rubber-bullets-on-the-rise/a-64976310" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">dw.com/en/amnesty-says-police-</span><span class="invisible">use-of-rubber-bullets-on-the-rise/a-64976310</span></a></p>
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