The pig sees her, turns, aims, and shoots her almost point blank.

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    Have they identified the cop that commited this assault?

    Of course not. They’re above the law.

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    Imagine if you were the security guard at literally anywhere and did this. Not only would you be fired. You would likely not work security ever again. Also, you’d face criminal charges. I get cops have more responsibility than a security guard at the mall. But the video evidence shows us a clear psychopath that wouldn’t qualify for a security guard position. Will there be punishment? Maybe an investigation? Not really. American police are not police any more. They’re the SS. And they will shoot kids dead for looking in the wrong direction. We are far beyond the point of no return.

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      Private security here! Spent eight years as a guard before moving up to corporate level.

      I think about this daily. How an armed guard could get not only fired, but potentially blacklisted from the entire industry (at least locally) for pulling their gun at the “wrong” time. If I were on duty and shot a journalist with a rubber bullet on fucking TV….its just inconceivable. If I were a manager and got a call that one of my guards did this, I can’t even imagine, I’d have to Japanese-train-conductor myself live on the 5pm news after reading a 20 page apology. There aren’t responses strong enough in my repertoire for something like that.

      Cops just do it and saunter on to their next abomination.

      Like it or not, private security have ten times the liability, accountability, damn near any metric you wanna use, that police do. We get fired (or removed from contracts at client request) for tiny shit daily. A guard being caught burping by a dickish client manager could lose a contract worth millions and dozens of people their jobs.

      There are enough bad apples in our industry that I can’t really argue against the leeriness, ridicule, etc, from the public. I get it; there are a lot of IRL Paul Blarts out there. It means the industry needs to raise standards…meh, I’m getting off topic here.

      You’re entirely correct, and I’m glad to see this pointed out. Police get away with shit that would get any guard super-extra-mecha fired, whether it’s a highly trained armed guard working a federal contract or an unarmed kid making $9 an hour to sit in an empty parking lot.

      From both sides of the fence, this is not how this should be working.

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        the difference is police, are enabled the govt to do this. and the police union, really a gang can strongarm a city by refusing to do thier job.

        as a side bonus, it preferentially chooses conservatives and social rejects as a hiring preference.

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    If you mix ammonia and bleach, and pump balloons full of it, when the balloons pop it releases some bad fumes

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    I think Trump dreams of a civil war. That will be the perfect excuse to hurry the slow dictatorship takeover.

    That is slowly happening anyway, while people are still having wet dreams of democracy.

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      I think Trump dreams of a civil war

      then let’s have one. let’s make it go sideways for him. we can’t back down from aggression. that’s living in fear. i want to see this end in a way that sends a dire warning for all future fascists, sociopaths, and idiots.

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    Bullet proof west with PRESS on it and a helmet/glasses. Trump made a war zone so it should be treated as a war zone.

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    There’s zip about this in the Australian TV news this morning. One of their own and they still don’t have the balls.

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      Sure, that’s why the goddamn prime minister is now weighing in. Because it’s so hidden.

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      Channel 9 reported it as her being “caught in the crossfire”, as if she got hit in a gun battle between protesters and cops or something

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        Especially since you can see the cop in question pointing his weapon directly at her and her news crew.

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          Generally, that’s the direction guns fire ;)

          The part I find damning is that if you watch more of the video, that cop was absolutely watching her for a long time, and knew FOR SURE she was there and was press.

          Besides just being a psycho pig or something similarly fucked up, the only reason I think that he could have done that is there was a car turning onto the road where she was and he wanted her to gtfo of the road. But even then, that’s fucked up.

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    This wasn’t a “stray round.” That shot was deliberate and that pig knew exactly what he was aiming at.

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      I’m so glad that it was completely caught on camera so there’s no wriggling out of it. It was deliberate at close range.

      US officials have some answering to do to us.

      Though, we all know we won’t get shit, as their vassals.

      Maybe we’ll do some more war crimes on their behalf, you know, as a treat. Then lock up the whistleblower 👍👍👍

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      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.

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        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.

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    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.

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      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.

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      NYpd and lapd are probably the most corrupt out there. LAPD has actual gang affiliations, some with white supremcesists.

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        Rage against the machine lyrics are factually based.

        Lots of police departments started as slaver patrols, Union busters, and right wing militia.

        Portland’s police, for example, were originally a KKK militia.

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      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.

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        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.

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          Guns is probably and mostly a typical right-wing fetish (despite Dem uniparty politicians doing nothing about it).
          The freedom and revolutionary spirit talk is for sure bipartisan and typical American.

          I can tell you now the velvet gloves, following the little rules is not going to work.
          You will get nothing if you don’t take it.

          And when have you done this before?
          I can’t think of anything.

          Edit:
          Wondering if you’ve been influenced by this rat here:
          https://www.reddit.com/r/TheDeprogram/comments/1l7iqgl/stfu_lib_show_some_solidarity/

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          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

          And this is part of the problem. Maybe we should be the people bitching about tyranny and loving guns.

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    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.

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      Americans are packing more heat than the French. We won’t ever organize to shut down the country, but there will be more executions and attempted murders like the United Health CEO.

      As people fall into despair most will rot away silently, but a minority will decide to take somebody with them.

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        How about we organize instead? Make it a goal to go to the protest this weekend, meet one person whose sign you like, get their contact details and agree to meet up at the next protest. It’s that easy to get the ball rolling.

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          Protest would be more effective to effect change, and I will be doing my part in my city.

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        america may have tons of guns, but when what’s probably the majority of them are owned by people who seemingly approve of what’s happening, will there ever be the necessary large scale resistance?

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          For what I and probably you want to happen? Almost certainly not.

          For something to happen? I figure yes. I will be doing what I can to shape the future with peaceful protest.

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          I mean guns guns guns people talk about but IEDs won Iraq and can be made IN A CAVE WITH A BOX OF SCRAPS

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            Yes, if Americans rise up, I think it’ll look a lot more like The Troubles than the first American Civil War. For one, because there aren’t clear, geographical divisions this time, and indeed, I would guess that guerilla tactics are going to be more effective than guns against a military with overwhelming conventional warfare capabilities.

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              Absolutely. The US military was tiny at the outbreak of the civil war, and a whole lot of the veterans of the Mexican American war were fighting for the South.

              If violence escalates, and I think it might, it will look much more like the troubles than the American Civil war.

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      A large part of that working class is fully captive to the corporate media narratives, and voted for Trump last November. They support this.

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        They less support this, than the lies they were fed. His disapproval polling is clear on that

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          And yet, zero self-awareness to try to connect the actions to the outcome. If those same lies were fed to them in the exact same way, they will continue to do the same stupid thing.

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            If they’re too busy worrying about where the next meal is coming from, can you blame them? I mean you can but surely that removes some of the blame

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      i hate how vague the term violence is, as it can mean so much as to make it useless.

      protesting is a form of violence, it is meant to hurt the status quo. if the protests blocks a road or impedes trade and therefore there’s some economical violence in there too.

      but there’s also violence in an unfair system that creates those protests. people are protesting ICE kidnapping and disappearing people with support of the state. that is a much worse violence than that being used in the protest.

      and the “violent” police response, was violent, because he literally shot a reporter.

      because the term is so vague, anti violence as a moral stance is meaningless.

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      LAPD has right to defend themselves. she is lucky it was a rubber bullet.

      IDF would have shot her in the head then bombed her house and kids school (with them in it).

      well maybe in a few years, israel certainly are facing no consequences for a live streamed genocide. the same ultra rich scum are funding both, so they will certainly implement it here after successful trials abroad.

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          Is it? That’s exactly the kind of rhetoric used to defend Israel, and bombing schools with kids in them is exactly what they do. American police train with the IDF. That kind of brutality we (ETA: as in “the U.S.” broadly) support abroad comes home eventually.

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    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.

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    A good time to remind everybody that while rubber bullets are considered “non-lethal,” they can kill.

    Back in 2004 a college student in Boston died from a bullet that missed its intended target, hit the ground and ricocheted into her eye.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Victoria_Snelgrove

    So, while the shot certainly wasn’t warranted, IMO its worse because of what could have happened because this officer was taking a shot for fun.

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      Even if less-lethal ammunition were risk free, that should still be a crime. Even in the ideal risk-free case, how is this any different from assault, if the cop came up behind a reporter swinging his baton. There was clearly no justifiable reason, it was clearly assault for fun or intimidation, and any reasonable person would know that.

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      “non-lethal” Oh, boy! What an infuriating misnomer that is.

      This is also a good time to remember nothing here in this context is “non-lethal”. All of these things (sand bags, tear gas, tasers, pepper spray, mace, rubber bullets, batons, shields, tactical holds, etc.) are accurately called “less lethal” because all of them can and will kill under certain circumstances, even when used by trained officers with good intentions. (I know. How often does that happen, right?) It doesn’t take much to cross that line between “not intending murder” and “actual fucking murder”, often something as simple as a common medical condition or simply falling while moving over hard ground like curbs and sidewalks. If a reporter is using the term “non-lethal” in the context of police brutality, that’s a pretty good sign that you are being lied to.

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      Almost all " non-lethal" munitions are really “less lethal” and capable of killing someone if they get hit in the wrong area. They also easily maim. I saw a pellet from what are called “donkey balls” which are essentially clay-more mines filled with little rubber pellets bounce off a wall fast enough to go through someone’s cheek and exit out the other side of his mouth. TLDR You can really fuck someone up with that stuff. Cops think they are like nerf toys.

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        Those are the things the Jackass guys got shot with in the first movie. The company called it a “Stingmore” mine.

        Way too many people are comfortable with utilizing anything referred to as a “mine” against unarmed civilians.

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      That and the fact it’s directly attacking your civil rights to free speech and an unprovoked attack. So it’s definitely unconstitutional.

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      There’s a distance at which they stop being “less-lethal”. At 10 meters/30 feet they’re considered extremely dangerous. The “effective range” at which they’re generally considered less likely to penetrate is 20 to 30 meters (65 to 100 feet).

      Lenses make estimating distance tricky, but based on the lines in the road, I don’t think she’s 20 meters away from that cop.

      These journalists need body armor and helmets if they’re going to be that close to American Police. Back in 2011 an Iraq War vet named Scott Olsen was head shot at a distance of a few feet fracturing his skull and when some protestors tried to rescue him they flashbanged the rescue effort. It’s extremely unsafe to be that close to these guys.

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      It’s called flirting. Or maybe he asked her out and she rejected him. It really could go both ways.

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            Then the poor LA taxpayers foot the bill while Rubber Rambo keeps his job and gets a free vacation.

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              Taxpayers are footing the bill regardless. That should never be a deterrent for holding the bad guys responsible for their behavior.

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                Im pointing out that it doesn’t hold the bad guys accountable. They are above the law, the only accountability they will get is bleeding to death on the streets. Or even smarter, bleeding to death in their bedroom or the bar the frequent.

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                  Look I’m just as jaded, exhausted, and sick of this tyrannical bullshit as you are, but at the same time we’ve got to start somewhere. And if we can maybe make things (financially) uncomfortable for the people in charge, then so be it.

                  A foreign news organization is more likely able to make things uncomfortable than you or me.

                  We’ve got to start somewhere. We’ve got to start, and never stop.

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            We won’t. Our government is still trying to pretend that everything is fine and normal in the US despite winning the recent election in a massive landslide based partially on anti-Trumpism sentiment. I’d love to see Albo prove me wrong but I’m not holding my breath.

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      Your link also includes the full video of the Australian getting shot too. You should point that out as I’m sure others would like to see it.

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        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.

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          They’re two separate statements. I acknowledge that it’s beyond shitty for cops to be shooting anyone (especially journalists).

          But also the news outlet in question is known to have shitty politics and therefore while this specific article is more or less accurate (and backed up by other sources) , they are far from a reliable source.

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        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?