Fearless Grandma REFUSES To Be Arrested
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIh6YLbAfjE
#police #arrests #civilrights #policeBrutality #ACAB #FTP #cops #oklahoma #trafficstop #taser #lesslethal

#Police use of #rubberBullets and other #projectiles against #peaceful #protesters has #increased #worldwide , leading to many #injuries and even #death , #AmnestyInternational said on Tuesday.

The group has called for tighter #international #regulation of the trade and use of such equipment, often known as "#lessLethal " #weapons .

https://www.dw.com/en/amnesty-says-police-use-of-rubber-bullets-on-the-rise/a-64976310

A grand jury indicted 21 Austin police officers on criminal charges stemming from the 2020 protests.

Read why these criminal charges are an anomaly
https://rubberbullets.longlead.com/chapter/austin-police-indicted-2020-protests

#SocialJustice #longform #LongReads #journalism #AustinPD #PoliceReform #LessLethal

Blinded by a foam-tipped bullet while covering the protests following George Floyd's 2020 killing, Linda Tirado sued the Minneapolis PD.

A grueling, endless trial prep prolonged and worsened her pain.

Ultimately, Tirado settled.

Read her story. https://buff.ly/3Ptp54K

#Journalism #longform #SocialJustice #PoliceReform #RubberBullets #LawEnforcement #LessLethal

My first experience with #SmoothOn mold making. I tried making a 10-round #VKS magazine and made a mess! I'll try again later.

#LessLethal

https://vero.co/erikatea/7d-FB2phz6Rv1RjwJrb3V6xp

Colleagues @humanrightswatch report that #police "used apparently excessive force" to disperse people #protesting the #APEC summit in #Thailand. Police used #batons and #KineticImpactProjectiles to disperse the #protesters, injuring one protester in the eye.
https://bit.ly/3UXrQ0gd

#LessLethal projectiles should *never* be aimed at the head because of the likelihood of severe, life-changing injuries such as this.

Thousands around Fenway Park flooded the streets, and the atmosphere shifted from party to melee. People broke windows. They threw garbage cans. They set the streets on fire.

Boston police declared an "unlawful assembly" and tried to disperse the crowd with smoke rounds deployed from a 40mm launcher.

One person was dead — shot by police wielding "#lesslethal" pepper ball guns. (2/8)

Photo:
Darren McCollester / Getty

Thousands around Fenway Park flooded the streets, and the atmosphere shifted from party to melee. People broke windows. They threw garbage cans. They set the streets on fire.

Boston police declared an "unlawful assembly" and tried to disperse the crowd with smoke rounds deployed from a 40mm launcher.

One person was dead — shot by police wielding "#lesslethal" pepper ball guns. (2/8)

Photo:
Darren McCollester / Getty

Analysis of videos shows protesters with serious injuries consistent with proximity to exploding #stun grenades. These #LessLethal weapons should *not* be used in the #policing of #protests. As the UN Guidance on #LessLethal Weapons notes: "the use of pyrotechnic flash-bang grenades directly against a person would be unlawful”: https://www.ohchr.org/en/publications/policy-and-methodological-publications/united-nations-human-rights-guidance-less

#lesslethal
«On entend souvent : oui mais il vaut mieux ça que des armes plus dangereuses de la lacrymo plutôt qu’un flash ball et un flash ball que des balles réelles, sauf qu’en fait c’est le contraire. Plusieurs chercheurs ont documenté que le flash ball a remplacé la matraque et la lacrymo le dialogue, la mise à distance et la dissuasion statique.» Bon point, à retenir.

https://www.franceinter.fr/emissions/en-toute-subjectivite/en-toute-subjectivite-du-mardi-07-juin-2022