I wish so badly I could edit the title to more accurately reflect what happened. “Police shoot reporter in the back.”

  • smayonak@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    You can see the cop aims low. His intent was to harass and drive away. A real chud.

    There have been cases of reporters getting hit with plastic or less-lethal rounds in the head… With a helmet on… And being brain damaged for life.

    The reporter must be made of steel because she laughs it off but those rounds can blind or break bones.

    • sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      23 hours ago

      She’s laughing it off because she is relatively young, in good shape, has media training… and is in all likelihood currently in shock, flooded with adrenaline.

      Within 6 hours she will have a bruise the diameter of a soccer ball, and she almost certainly has a or multiple fractured bones, though they are likely hairline, fissure or impacted partial fractures, not complete breaks.

      EDIT: Reporter must be made of steel you say?