The pig sees her, turns, aims, and shoots her almost point blank.
C’mon, the camera was coming straight for him!
the cop probably mistook that
acorncamera for a rocket launcher that you carry on your shoulders. they had legitimate reason to feel threatened.
While I detest violence in all forms, and respect peaceful protest and the power of the ballot box; it seems like the current administration is doing everything it can to disenfranchise the voters of this country, and preemptively using violence against peaceful protesters. I hope things don’t tip too far, because while Americans don’t riot like the French at the drop of a hat, there is an enormous amount of anger simmering among the working class people in this country, and I’d hate to see that erupt. If it does come to a head it will make the Paris riots like a sunny day on Lake Geneva.
This wasn’t a “stray round.” That shot was deliberate and that pig knew exactly what he was aiming at.
The dude literally waited until he was on camera to take the shot. Not only did he know exactly what he was aiming at, he wanted to be seen doing it.
LA cops are notorious assholes. He could hardly wait to get home and pull it up the clip and show everybody: “Hey everybody! Look what Daddy did at work today! I shot an unarmed journalist for doing her job! Funny, right?”
Guaranteed he’s emailing the clip to everyone he knows.
If DFAT still don’t update their travel advice after this…
That police officer is POS and knew exactly where he was aiming.
That police officer is POS
they all are
ACAB, notice how none of the officers next to this asshat did anything. They’re all bastards.
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no valid video. Do I have something configured wrong?
Even if the shot were accidental -> still not acceptable.
And a British one, too.
https://www.lbc.co.uk/world-news/los-angeles-protest-photographer-surgery/
Okay but also, fuck LBC, they’re a rightwing (and Zionist) mouthpiece
Oh so it’s ok to selectively shoot journalists if you don’t agree with their ideology? I bet the other cop didn’t agree with that journalist’s. Case closed, following your logic.
are they? all i know about LBC is what I’ve seen of James O’Brien and he seemed to be none of that. is he like a token liberal/socdem or something?
It’s a bit of a mix, generally considered centre right.
Sadden how much obrian dropped talking about it once they canned sangrita
The fuck is boring about someone being shot?
Shooting (and killing) journalists is an everyday occurence in Israel.
I have to admit, I didn’t understand the boring part of the community (or sub back on reddit for that matter) name until reading this comment.
People killed by the german police in 2024 (record year): 22 People killed by the police in the united states in 2022: 1176 Well i guess we only have 1/4 of the population so 50 times the number of deaths is normal is to be expected.
roughly 13 times the german record if you adjust for population. still fucked.
Based on my American public school education, math checks out!
LAPD shot a protester in the head with rubber bullets and refused to call an ambulance for her as she lay there bleeding and concussed; another protester was trampled and concussed by mounted police; countless other protestors were beat over the head savagely with batons… and this is only what was on video.
It’s one thing to constantly talk about standing up to tyranny and defending your precious freedoms, owning guns especially for that long awaited moment when they can be revolutionary heroes.
Looks like Americans talk the talk but don’t walk the walk.The Americans who spout off about things like standing up to tyranny and how much they love having guns are not the same people participating in this protest. The government is actively supporting those people.
The protesters are the ones expecting the rule of law to eventually win, but also know how important it is to protest so that the rule of law continues to exist. It may not be as violent as you’re expecting, but it seems to me that they are walking the walk.
We haven’t done this in a while and we’re a little rusty, but that doesn’t mean we aren’t fighting.
same protester that got trampled and concussed was the one shot in the head.
California should pass a ballot initiative making it legal for any random person to shoot police with less lethal munitions whenever they want. You should just be able to walk up to any cop, any time you want, and shoot them with a rubber bullet. If it’s good for the goose, it’s good for the gander.
Its only illegal if you get caught
SOAD’s “Deer Dance” plays in my head a little too often these days.
My favorite thing about SOAD is they opposed police brutality AND Tankies.
How the fuck are you in SOAD and playing songs AGAINST the Bush Administration directly and playing a whole tour of protest shows, and all in supporting Occupy Wall Street and then you are like “well the Fascist has some excellent points and the trains run on time” (just for clarification, “the trains ran on time” was a Italian fascist propaganda talking point after the end of WWII, and it was never true, not literally and not figurative, the Italian fascists let trains run quite late compared to other governments, and them failing at getting even the military in order was a thing they were famous for. Fascist governments are often total cluster fucks of infighting and failure that can only be relied upon to start wars, kill people, and make the rich MUCH richer while everyone else is just trying to survive, and the absolute lie that the boarder was somehow in crisis under Biden is absurd, and is sold without any counter argument all over major news of any level, no Biden wasn’t letting rapists target white women on the boarder, he kept all of Trumps Immigration system in place, abuse and all.)
anyway. I can hate the drummer. I can like Motley Crue and hate the lead singer AND drummer! this isn’t a problem. the creative forces in the band would never fall for this bullshit.
The band still stands for those things. The drummer is just an asshole. The lyrical meaning of their songs hasn’t changed.
It’s fine, I’m sure the “Justice” Department will make this right.
Surely that guy will now be fired and charged with assault? This was completely unwarranted.
Surely that guy will now be
firedput on paid administrative leave andcharged with assaultgiven a lucrative job hosting a podcast?Practically guaranteed.
Careful, hosting a podcast makes one a strong contender for federal law enforcement leadership.
Best I can do is 3 day suspension with pay, and it’ll be cleared from his record next year.
