BroadwaybabytoJun 8, 2025

ICE shot a journalist in the leg. A journalist.

They’re shooting people who are there to cover the protests as an essential part of the freedom of the press and the right to free speech.

It was apparently a “less lethal” round (ie rubber bullets) yet emergency surgery is required.

This regime has already silenced so many journalists.

Kicked them out of the Oval Office and filled it with “friendlies” (ie propagandists).

These are dark times:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/08/la-protests-photographer-hit-by-non-lethal-rounds

#uspol #fascism #authoritarianism #ice #abolishice

British photojournalist hit by non-lethal rounds during Los Angeles protests

Nick Stern to undergo surgery for wound sustained during the standoff between police and anti-Ice protesters

The Guardian
Show threadLukefromDC

@broadwaybabyto This round did more damage than a pistol bullet is seems, acting rather like a shotgun slug. Must have been very close range. Most rounds of this type specify a minimum range within which they are not to be used due to excessive energy and exactly this behavior.

If this round was intentionally fired from too close, this is awful close to crossing the live fire threshold, a red line if their ever was one,

Jun 8, 2025 at 10:24pmWeb
Show threadJulesceltJun 8, 2025

@LukefromDC @broadwaybabyto I just found out that the amount of grains (gun powder) in those "non-lethal" rubber bullets can be increased to give them more velocity and thus greater distance to shoot from and cause physical injury and/or death.

I'm just totally disgusted by this admin and law enforcement in general.