destructdisc@lemmy.world to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world · edit-212 hours agoThe Los Angeles Police Department shot an Australian reporter with a rubber bullet while she was live on TV. Zero provocation.video.twimg.comvideomessage-square127linkfedilinkarrow-up1861arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up1854arrow-down1videoThe Los Angeles Police Department shot an Australian reporter with a rubber bullet while she was live on TV. Zero provocation.video.twimg.comdestructdisc@lemmy.world to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world · edit-212 hours agomessage-square127linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareBlackmist@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·6 hours agoWider video here. Genuinely not sure what the fuck he was thinking. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/c98p008kxn1o
minus-squareEmpricorn@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·6 hours agoThinking? He’s a cop. He probably thought she wasn’t “in her place”, or was “disrespecting his authority”. Or he’s a psychopath…
minus-squareBlackmist@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·6 hours agoI mean he clearly sees her all the way through the video. There’s no shouting or warning, or any sign he’s about to do that. It’s like he’s got a quota of people to shoot. “Ooh, it’s 4pm, time to take somebody’s legs out with a baton round!”
Wider video here. Genuinely not sure what the fuck he was thinking.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/c98p008kxn1o
Thinking? He’s a cop. He probably thought she wasn’t “in her place”, or was “disrespecting his authority”. Or he’s a psychopath…
I mean he clearly sees her all the way through the video. There’s no shouting or warning, or any sign he’s about to do that.
It’s like he’s got a quota of people to shoot. “Ooh, it’s 4pm, time to take somebody’s legs out with a baton round!”