“People came over to help and got me on the curb. A medic was called, who cut off my clothes. In my leg was what felt like a five centimeter hole with muscle hanging out of it and blood all down my leg. The medic put a tourniquet on it, and a journalist I was with took me to ER.”
This is America.
That’s what I meant in the description by two journalists in a single day.
This article is about Nick Stern, a british photojournalist, who was shot with a non-lethal round and had to have emergency surgery.
There is another article, with live video footage, of a cop in riot gear, completely unprovoked, shooting an Australian reporter in the back with a rubber bullet. Luckily for her, she was fine. Just sore. But make no mistake, that round at that distance could have caused considerably worse injuries or even killed her.
Less lethal. That terminology is important.
Especially shooting her in the back. Great way to get a wheelchair for life.