Louisville Cop Casually Shoots NBC Reporter During Her Live Report

NBC reporter Kaitlin Rust was in the middle of a live report in downtown Louisville, Kentucky, when a policeman casually walked away from a group of officers and towards her on an uncrowded sidewalk, raised his gun, and shot her with either rubber bullets or pepper balls.

He also pointed his gun point blank at the cameraman (and viewer). As one story notes, "it defies belief that the person doing the shooting could not make out Rust's bright yellow vest and the professional camera equipment. And yet the barrage was prolonged, and paused for a reload."

Police firing pepper bullets at our local NBC affiliate news crew live on TV. pic.twitter.com/aGBzl4WAA4

— Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons (@GuthrieGF) May 30, 2020

Again. For the second time today, reporters doing their job professionally and not impeding police work are targeted by police officers. https://t.co/JkIHJcmSR5

— Ed O'Keefe (@edokeefe) May 30, 2020