Rubber Bullets

⚠️Imagine a disease that kills anyone hit with 3% CFR and 15% permanent disability. Is it #COVID19? No... RUBBER BULLETS!

📌A 2017 study found 3% of people hit by rubber bullets died of the injury. And 15% were permanently maimed. #GeorgeFloyd https://t.co/h25S5W0WKb

— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) June 3, 2020

U.S. police using rubber bullets at protests is a potential human rights violation, says a UN rights expert.

She told @washingtonpost use of such weapons doesn't seem proportional to security needs and can cause death or disability: "Less-lethal does not mean nonlethal." pic.twitter.com/5GCC19z1TE

— AJ+ (@ajplus) June 2, 2020

Cops are using rubber bullets incorrectly in order to inflict more damage on people. These psychos need to be prosecuted. pic.twitter.com/5H7wgukRxz

— Bosmer Battlemage 🌹🏴 (@LeftistProle) June 2, 2020

Rubber bullets aren't actually rubber -- they're bullets with a thin rubber coating around them. They're not meant to be shot directly at people. When police target people's faces, it can result in serious injury and even death. They're not "non-lethal". https://t.co/ysLuoCKaDd

— Pittsburgh Green Left 🌻🥑 (@PghGreenLeft) June 3, 2020

Rubber bullet injuries!! pic.twitter.com/hq7Z0xMhDs

— black lives matter✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽✊🏼✊🏻 (@a_n_cf) June 4, 2020

Cops shot me in the head at the #LosAngelesProtest with rubber bullets while I had my hands up in the air. My brain is now bleeding and getting worse. Keep fighting. pic.twitter.com/3ovzmIlJnd

— Iz (@LowkeySinistra) May 31, 2020

1/ What do you think?#rubberbullets some examples:
Photojournalist, Linda Tirado is now blind in her left eye. pic.twitter.com/ekOuFkspIZ

— Gramma Jules 😷🏡😷 (@pawz12_oh) June 2, 2020

Hello here’s my healing boob in cute colors thanks to the @LAPDHQ + the rubber bullet they aimed at my chest..or maybe they aimed at my head but missed ?? We won’t ever know(:
- This is the only injury I’ve seen from these protests that isn’t major damage pic.twitter.com/hdr9otMoWd

— Cass (@CassidySalv) June 3, 2020

Walking home with groceries and the Dallas police hit her where they aimed, in the head. #rubberbullets pic.twitter.com/UWusSmxBmN

— TexasMom (@akkcrystal36) June 2, 2020

INDIANAPOLIS: Several police officers arrest a group of nonviolent young women.

They cops single out the one Black girl, shooting her multiple times point-blank with a pellet gun and savagely beating her in the legs with their batons.

Her friend screams “WHY HER? WHY HER?” pic.twitter.com/acCtw9BwQR

— Chad Loder (@chadloder) June 2, 2020

[The preceding video with the point-blank teargas canister to the face was apparently the @DCPoliceDept]

DENVER: Police shot the son of 7X MLB All Star @DaleMurphy3 in the face with a rubber bullet during a peaceful protest.

He was wearing goggles, which is what saved his eye. pic.twitter.com/AoZz0iULql

— Chad Loder (@chadloder) June 1, 2020

I just got hit by a rubber bullet near the bottom of my throat. I had just interviewed a man with my phone at 3rd and Pine and a police officer aimed and shot me in the throat, I saw the bullet bounce onto the street @LAist @kpcc OK, that’s one way to stop me, for a while pic.twitter.com/9C2u5KmscG

— Adolfo Guzman-Lopez (@AGuzmanLopez) June 1, 2020

I retweeted this earlier but I decided to share it again.

Cops are beating up a protester while looking around to see if anyone can see them doing it. pic.twitter.com/XeKovHb3nM

— 🦋 Sheila 🦋 (@sdr_medco) June 3, 2020

Meanwhile this sort was escorted without incident. SWAT officers moments ago arrested Wesley Somers, 25, on charges of felony arson, vandalism, & disorderly conduct for setting fire to Nashville's Historic Courthouse Saturday night. No scratches or bruises on this one. pic.twitter.com/BHGuwa7XdD

— Vote Trump Out (@AmazonianGal127) June 1, 2020

Trump Finally Builds His Wall

The border wall with Mexico will have to wait. First it's a wall going up around Fortress White House. pic.twitter.com/tHrEHWZ98V

— Alex Jay (@AlexJayZA) June 2, 2020

What a statesman. What a leader. https://t.co/dVlWa3PbcQ

— digby (@digby56) June 2, 2020

Nothing says "Transition to Greatness!" quite like having to erect an 8-foot-tall fence to protect you from your own citizens.

— Katie S (@your_mominlaw) June 2, 2020

The Real Looters

No tear gas, rubber bullets, pepper spray or jail time for: The. Biggest. Looters. In. America: https://t.co/0OhIXp1YNT

— Warren Gunnels (@GunnelsWarren) June 2, 2020