thisfroJun 8, 2025
Broadwaybabyto

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
Jun 8, 2025 at 9:42pmWeb
Show threadNosirrahSec 🏴‍☠️ guillotine enthusiastJun 8, 2025
@broadwaybabyto keep in mind, they're "less than lethal" and that distinction matters.
Show threaddraNgNonJun 9, 2025

@NosirrahSec

no it does not

@broadwaybabyto

Show threadNosirrahSec 🏴‍☠️ guillotine enthusiastJun 9, 2025

@draNgNon @broadwaybabyto Uhhh, calling it "non-lethal" when it is indeed 100%, factually, documented as potentially lethal is exactly the distinction that matters.

I mean, but do go off...

EDIT: I WAS MISTAKEN AND THEY DID NOT MEAN WHAT I THOUGHT THEY MEANT

Show threadBroadwaybabytoJun 9, 2025
@NosirrahSec thank you! I’ve edited the post to reflect that because as you said it’s an important point.
Show threadrobloblawJun 9, 2025

@NosirrahSec @broadwaybabyto
The term is 'less lethal' for bean bag rounds or tasers. It means they will kill people hit by them less often than bullets.

And that's only if they are used per manufacturer instructions. Police often aim 'less lethal' munitions at protesters heads, in an attempt to kill or maim them in a deniable way.

And 'non lethal' munitions can be used to murder protesters. A tear gas canister can be fired into the ground at close range to bounce up at head height.

Show threadLukefromDCJun 8, 2025

@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,

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.

Show threadJoe HeafnerJun 8, 2025
@broadwaybabyto @msbellows I only hope there's a "good guy with a gun" there.
Show threadIvey Janette McClellandJun 8, 2025

@broadwaybabyto And this is why people are going incognito to cover the protests.

And why the networks aren't exactly sending reporters to TALK to residents.

1965 all over again. When the media had to send in Black reporters from NYC to cover the first LA rebellion,or use backroom people as reporters for fear of being attacked.

Show threadProcrvstinvtionJun 8, 2025
@broadwaybabyto it was non lethal rounds that caused those 4(?) people to lose one of their eyes during the George Floyd protests
Show threadKathmanduJun 8, 2025

@Procrvstinvtion @broadwaybabyto

One was the journalist Linda Tirado, I remember.

She said even with "non-lethal" rounds, the police are SUPPOSED to fire at the ground in front of someone, and let the bullet bounce up into them. Because a direct hit still carries too much force.
In those protests, the police were violating policy by shooting directly at people. Sounds like ICE is doing that again now.

Show threadcwicseolfor (has moved!)Jun 9, 2025
@Kathmandu @Procrvstinvtion @broadwaybabyto I’ve been pleased to hear some TV reporters adopting the framing of “less-lethal” rounds (many years late to their literal job, but hey!), as nonlethal is a bit optimistic and there’s suggestion that framing makes both LEOs and the public more cavalier about their use.
Show threadharmoneJun 8, 2025
@broadwaybabyto You mean "a sometimes less than lethal round". They are not 100 percent non-lethal which makes it incorrect to call them that.
Show threadCuriousJun 8, 2025
@broadwaybabyto from afar the firing on non violent protesters and targeting / suppression of journalists whilst ceasing people on the street and deporting without due process would appear the rule of law has fallen.
Is it not the point of congress to safeguard this eventuality and step in?
Respect to those resisting
Show threadAaronJun 9, 2025
@curiously @broadwaybabyto We cannot count on those in power to defend their constituents. They have abandoned us
Show threadViolet MadderJun 9, 2025

@curiously @broadwaybabyto

When genocides and ecocide are running wildly unchecked as a bunch of oligarchs smash the whole world like spoiled children who don't know how to not break their toys, yeah it's pretty safe to conclude that rule of law, rules-based international order and so on is all a really terrible joke.

Show threadAlgoCompSynth by znmeb 🇺🇦Jun 8, 2025
@broadwaybabyto I expect to see articles of impeachment filed tomorrow against the Secretary of Homeland Security.
Show threadAlgoCompSynth by znmeb 🇺🇦Jun 8, 2025

@broadwaybabyto ""Non-lethal rounds" still have enough momentum to cause serious injury. All "crowd control" tactics are dangerous, and deployment of them against peaceful protestors and journalists is a crime.

I expect to see articles of impeachment filed tomorrow against the Secretary of Homeland Security.

Show threadMOVED to: @[email protected]Jun 9, 2025
@broadwaybabyto

I want to know --- Are great again?

Was King James Rule, what you all were aiming for?
Show threadAaronJun 9, 2025
@Linux @broadwaybabyto Define "you all". Because if I'm included, the answer is hell no, eff this.
Show threadMOVED to: @[email protected]Jun 9, 2025
@hosford42 @broadwaybabyto

Sorry, perhaps it was poorly worded -- The question was aimed at anyone who could read the post (in the thread), who may or could have voted for Donald Trump. But not for anyone individual specific, in general.
Show threadJim JonesJun 9, 2025

@broadwaybabyto during the BLM protests police shot a journalist I used to follow. It too was a "less-lethal" round; sandbag, I think. They shot her in the eye and blinded her.

They aimed at her face. She was clearly press.

Show threadJoe Brockmeier (@jzb)Jun 9, 2025

@GreatBigTable @broadwaybabyto Linda Torado. She also has a traumatic brain injury which has apparently led to early dementia. She was reported to be placed in hospice last year.

https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/journalist-linda-tirado-minneapolis-police-dying-hospice-care/

Journalist shot by Minneapolis police during 2020 protests dying from injuries

Linda Tirado was in Minneapolis from out of state covering the protests and rioting when police shot her in the face with a rubber bullet, also known as a "less-lethal" round.

Show threadJim JonesJun 9, 2025
@jzb @broadwaybabyto Thanks for the pull. I lost track of her when I left Twitter. It is so infuriating that this happened to her.
Show threadJoe Brockmeier (@jzb)Jun 9, 2025

@GreatBigTable @broadwaybabyto It is. I exchanged tweets with her a few times on Twitter long ago - she struck me as an independent-minded, fair, and unique voice. I really valued her perspective.

No one should be blinded, or worse, simply for turning up at a protest. It's made all the worse by the fact that nothing has changed as a result. No accountability, and little more than a few cursory mentions by the press--and but for the grace of God, it could be any mainstream reporter.

Show threadflamingoredJun 9, 2025
@jzb @GreatBigTable @broadwaybabyto that's serious. I hope perpetrators are being held accountable
Show threadBroadwaybabytoJun 9, 2025
@GreatBigTable this is all so awful. I’ve edited the post to say “less lethal” since non lethal is clearly minimizing garbage.
Show threadYes, *that* dawn personJun 9, 2025
@GreatBigTable @broadwaybabyto @beadsland https://lindatirado.substack.com/p/that-time-i-sold-bespoke-merchandise
That time I sold bespoke merchandise to pay for a head scan

Hey there, you!

Stories From The Rail
Show threada fish named dog ✡️♾️Jun 9, 2025
@broadwaybabyto So this is what it feels like to watch your country slide--well, these days more careen -- into autocracy.
Show threadDark Phoenix 🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱🇵🇦🇵🇸🏳️‍🌈Jun 9, 2025
@broadwaybabyto she was on camera when she was shot.
Show threadDark Phoenix 🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱🇵🇦🇵🇸🏳️‍🌈Jun 9, 2025
@broadwaybabyto sorry, different journalist. The video I saw was a woman.
Show threadJeffandthekidJun 9, 2025
@broadwaybabyto TRUMP wants chaos everywhere
Show threadFeloniousPunkJun 9, 2025

@broadwaybabyto Did you see the Australian journalist that was shot?

https://kolektiva.social/@slackbastard/114651219176212053

slackbastard (@[email protected])

Attached: 4 images She was comin' right for him, obviously.

kolektiva.social
Show threadPeter BrownJun 9, 2025
@FeloniousPunk @broadwaybabyto they are taking lessons from the Israeli Army.
Show threadToni AittoniemiJun 9, 2025
@broadwaybabyto Mask off. Pretense of civility is low.
Show threadRonnieJun 9, 2025
@broadwaybabyto
That's at least two now https://www.9news.com.au/world/los-angeles-protests-national-guard-troops-arrive-in-la-on-donald-trumps-orders-to-quell-immigration-protests/0e451581-493c-46fc-b426-ee220f6a29fc
Protests intensify in Los Angeles after Trump deploys hundreds of National Guard troops

<p>Law enforcement used tear gas, rubber bullets, and flash bangs to control the crowd.</p>

9News
Show threadSepia FanJun 9, 2025

@broadwaybabyto

Britischer Fotojournalist #NickStern bei Protesten in #LosAngeles angeschossen

"Ich mache bis etwa 21 Uhr unbehelligt Fotos. Ich ging über die Straße, als ich einen heftigen Schmerz in meinem Bein spürte. Ich ertastete einen Knoten an der Rückseite des Beins."

"Leute kamen zu Hilfe … Ein Sanitäter schnitt mir die Kleider auf. In meinem Bein war etwas, das sich anfühlte wie ein fünf Zentimeter großes Loch, aus dem Muskeln heraushingen, während Blut an meinem Bein herablief."

🔝

Show threadChookMother 🇦🇺🦘Jun 9, 2025

@broadwaybabyto And not just any journalist. An AUSTRALIAN journalist. Elbows up, Australia!

#Australia

Show threadBroadwaybabytoJun 9, 2025
@anne_twain I think they’ve actually shot two then! Because this article was about a British male journalist, but I’ve also seen the video of the Australian woman!
Show threadShadSterlingJun 9, 2025

@broadwaybabyto I guess that makes two journalists shot with “less lethal” “rubber” bullets. I hope the Australian’s injuries are less severe

https://m.ai6yr.org/@ai6yr/114650907107818289

AI6YR Ben (@[email protected])

Cops nailed an Australian reporter live on camera with a rubber bullet, in case you're wondering if Australians are going to want to visit the US anytime soon. (probably deliberately, they are not supposed to randomly fire into the crowd but pick a target who they deem a threat) (Update: video plainly shows the nearest cop deciding to nail the reporter in the leg with "nonlethal" (less lethal) ammo, on camera) https://www.9news.com.au/world/los-angeles-protests-national-guard-troops-arrive-in-la-on-donald-trumps-orders-to-quell-immigration-protests/0e451581-493c-46fc-b426-ee220f6a29fc #tourism #LosAngeles #civilunrest

AI6YR's Mastodon
Show threadKevin Karhan Jun 9, 2025

@broadwaybabyto sadly nothing new. #Militarized #Cops in the #USA love to shoot #Journalists and threaten them with violence, cuz #PressFreedom doesn't exist there...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN8ISwuiX68 video via @dw_innovation / #DWnews

Minneapolis police shoot at, threaten to arrest DW reporter | DW News

YouTube
Show threadGatekeeper..Jun 9, 2025
@broadwaybabyto
Same shit Israel does. The reporters of their corruption will be the first to go.
Show threadUrzlJun 10, 2025
@broadwaybabyto We need to be talking a lot more about Linda Tirado.