9News US Correspondent Lauren Tomasi hit by rubber bullet during Los Angeles protests

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• DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  The article says, “caught in the crossfire”. They were afraid to report what can be seen clearly, the cop aimed at her with purpose.

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  • eureka@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    haha they edited that line out afterwards. I guess someone realised the protesters weren’t shooting rubber bullets.

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• DemBoSain@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

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  • RyanDownyJr@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Always pleasant to see a spicy Robert Evans tweet in the wild.

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  • Bosht@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Jesus what a piece of shit

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• zorflieg@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Bro just flat out pops her one for gigs.

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• Absaroka@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Something like 9 reporters have been shot with rubber bullets.

  After watching this video, it doesn’t feel like they’re accidents.

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  • themeatbridge@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    It’s weird anyone is acting like this wasn’t intentional. It’s on film.

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• roguetrick@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  A single shot, pointed directly at the reporter. What a terrible accident.

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• njm1314@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Hit by the rubber bullets. All on their own it seems from that title

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  • Ersatz86@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Agreed. What a weird way to phrase “Member of Press Deliberately Shot by Stasi for Lol’s”.

    Media raising the passive voice to an art form.

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    • eureka@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      So blatant that an aussie satire article called that out.

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• RedSeries@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Ugh.

  “hit by rubber bullet”

  You mean deliberately aimed at while reporting and not causing a disturbance of any kind and then fucking shot at, right? You mean intentionally targeted and shot at for no reason, right? You mean assaulted because police are fascist pigs, right?

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  • stinerman@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    The cop did that because he knows there is no accountability for doing so. He thought it’d be cool, so he did it.

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    • eureka@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      He thought it’d be cool, so he did it.

      Don’t get me wrong, they do think it’s funny and laugh about it, but this is not just a prank or joke. It’s intentionally terrorising people who bring cameras to expose their actions. We saw the same targeting of the press during BLM.

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  • eureka@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Oh no no no, they were *checks original copy of the article* “caught in the crossfire”.

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• MemmingenFan923@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Shooting unarmed(!) journalists is a big no no no.

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  • jonne@infosec.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    There were no consequences for the cops that did it during the 2020 protests, so why would this time be different?

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    • DoubleSpace@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      The cops are hopeful that they won’t have to go another 5 years without regularly shooting journalists and women in the back for fun.

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• DmMacniel@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  now its on file, America has turned into a fascist terrorist regime.

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  • somethingsomethingidk@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Has been for awhile friend. Look up the Kent State massacre. The MOVE bombing. Trail of Tears.

    It’s always been this way.

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    • DmMacniel@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      i mean yeah sure, but its now so in your face that even right wingers have to recognize this… right?

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• homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  “This incident serves as a stark reminder of the inherent dangers journalists can face while reporting from the frontlines of protests, underscoring the importance of their role in providing vital information.”

  Man, why don’t you just thank the friggin’ cop.

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• P00ptart@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  This is too short of a gif. The longer video shows true intent.

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  • zero_gravitas@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Yeah, when I posted this the extended longer video appeared at the top of the page on load. They’ve since added more videos, so now the footage of the reporter being shot with a rubber bullet is video 3 (or there’s just the YouTube link in the post body which is better quality anyway).

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    • P00ptart@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      No worries, at this point most of us who care have seen it dozens of times already. But it is just so weird that they do that stuff after the fact. I mean, unless it’s an updated, live thing. I get that, but why split a video into a bunch of short gifs? Is there a modern psych thing that says it’s easier to take in or something?

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• No1@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Journalist AND foreign?

  Surprised that’s not worth 2 shots at least!

  /s just in case it wasn’t obvious…

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