The Los Angeles Police Department shot an Australian reporter with a rubber bullet while she was live on TV. Zero provocation.

https://lemmy.world/post/31070616

The Los Angeles Police Department shot an Australian reporter with a rubber bullet while she was live on TV. Zero provocation. - Lemmy.World

The pig sees her, turns, aims, and shoots her almost point blank. [https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/2ba080c4-baf5-403d-85ef-fd3871b2b2bd.jpeg]

Somebody should mirror that video somewhere that isn’t a nazi platform.

Wider video here. Genuinely not sure what the fuck he was thinking.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/c98p008kxn1o

LA protests: Australian journalist hit by 'rubber bullet'

Channel Nine's Lauren Tomasi appeared to be hit by a non-lethal round as she reported from the scene.

BBC News
Thinking? He’s a cop. He probably thought she wasn’t “in her place”, or was “disrespecting his authority”. Or he’s a psychopath…

I mean he clearly sees her all the way through the video. There’s no shouting or warning, or any sign he’s about to do that.

It’s like he’s got a quota of people to shoot. “Ooh, it’s 4pm, time to take somebody’s legs out with a baton round!”