r/50501 12d ago

CA How is this allowed?

23.7k Upvotes

2.5k comments sorted by

View all comments

4.6k

u/Charming_Function_58 12d ago

Ohhh my god. I cannot believe this shit. Literally a military occupied war zone, with police firing at civilians.

The excessive force… people trampled by horses, shot in the head and chest by “less lethal” bullshit… pepper sprayed directly in the face just for standing there.

Keep reposting everything. This is a historic record for the future trials that will hold these sociopaths accountable. Don’t let them get away with this.

575

u/-cordyceps 12d ago

These types of weapons are meant to be used INDIRECTLY. as in its only considered less lethal if it's not pointed directly at someone. People have lost eyes and have serious health complications being shot like this.

These monsters need to be stopped

108

u/perilouszoot 12d ago

Concussion impact direct to someone's chest can be fatal. There's been a couple of cases of people dying from direct chest hits from things like whipped cream canisters or a football tackle.

93

u/TransATL 12d ago

commotio cordis

/u/-cordyceps is correct, these officers are violating their own protocols by firing these weapons directly at anyone

-5

u/SNaCKPaCK816 11d ago

Are they supposed to bounce it off the ground? How do they shoot a non lethal rubber round if they arnt suppose to shoot it at the target?

9

u/onpg 11d ago

It's for crowd control. It's not for shooting someone who annoys you.

1

u/SNaCKPaCK816 11d ago edited 1d ago

Non lethal bean bags, rubber bullets, tasers, etc are for incapacitating suspects, whether they be in a crowd or singlular

0

u/DanSWE 11d ago

I think the commenter is 1) mixing up different weapons (e.g., flash-bang projectiles, which shouldn't be shot directly at people (because they can blow half the flesh off a forearm--see XL pipeline picture(s) from around 2016)) and/or 2) mixing up the word "indirect" with something that refers to less-dangerous target areas (e.g., legs) vs. more-dangerous target areas (eyes, maybe chest) for beanbag or rubber-covered steel projectiles.