Grenades filled with rubber pellets and other so-called ‘less lethal’ munitions have been increasingly deployed, despite being linked to serious injuries and even deaths
There is a reason to have them, for SWAT (or whatever regional equivalent). They are useful for non-lethal assault of violent targets. If, for example, some terrorists decide to take some hostages, that’s where they should be used.
They should not be bringing them to a protest though. That’s not the place for them, and the officers should be fired and the department investigated for misconduct.
this is nuts. its and explosive and a hard casing outside of the rubber. I mean even with out the casing it would be dangerous but with it its crazy dangerous. I mean I would not want to be shot with a shotgun that was full of hard plastic bits.
I can’t be the only person to find it a bit mental that police have grenades, right?
There is a reason to have them, for SWAT (or whatever regional equivalent). They are useful for non-lethal assault of violent targets. If, for example, some terrorists decide to take some hostages, that’s where they should be used.
They should not be bringing them to a protest though. That’s not the place for them, and the officers should be fired and the department investigated for misconduct.
Sounds like a great way to turn a protest into a fucking violent riot
this is nuts. its and explosive and a hard casing outside of the rubber. I mean even with out the casing it would be dangerous but with it its crazy dangerous. I mean I would not want to be shot with a shotgun that was full of hard plastic bits.