calling them “rubber bullets” or “foam projectiles” is incredibly misleading
they should be considered “rubber coated” at best
the core is still a slug of metal, so all the coating does is reduce the penetrative capability
the trauma inflicted is still arm-, rib- or skull-fracturingly massive
imagine being beaten half to death with a rubber-coated hammer. do you care that it was rubber coated?
But see, this way instead of killing you outright, they're just torturing and maiming and mutilating you so it takes YEARS to die, and that way they can say "oopsie" and pretend it's not murder.
The more "less" lethal a thing is, the more impunity they feel to aim it wherever the hell they please, as often as they please.
@ptoothfish 100%
I remember the first time I saw a rubber bullet up close, from someone who brought one back from a protest
It was huge and heavy
the size of a can of campbell’s soup
I couldn’t imagine the force it would exert on a limb or head
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