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https://pressfreedomtracker.us/all-incidents/fox-news-crew-chased-park-while-documenting-dc-protests/ https://pressfreedomtracker.us/all-incidents/fox-news-crew

by swebs 6y ago

https://pressfreedomtracker.us/all-incidents/fox-news-crew-chased-park-while-documenting-dc-protests/ https://pressfreedomtracker.us/all-incidents/fox-news-crew-c... Wow, this is scary to think about. I'm glad the reporters didn't die.

bilekas 6y ago
Wow, I wonder where people got the idea to target the media from!
- swebs 6y ago
  In this instance, probably /r/politics or some similar echo chamber.
- mhh__ 6y ago
  https://www.niemanlab.org/2020/06/well-try-to-help-you-follow-the-police-attacks-on-journalists-across-the-country/ https://www.niemanlab.org/2020/06/well-try-to-help-you-follo... The police?
Spooks 6y ago
For sure, also any of the news crews that were shot in the camera with rubber bullets were dangerously close to being seriously injured or death. The below study would also assume not all the shots were head shots, aiming at a camera is the same as aiming at the head. "The injuries in 90 patients caused by rubber bullets are described. There was 1 death and 17 people in the series had permanent disabilities or deformities. In 41 patients the injuries necessitated admission to hospital. One fatality outside this series is known. Injuries to the head and neck were frequent and severe." source: https://archive.vn/20130106045139/http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/112190390/abstract https://archive.vn/20130106045139/http://www3.interscience.w...
- adrianN 6y ago
  How well can you actually aim with rubber bullets? Do they fly in the same way as normal bullets?
  - vorpalhex 6y ago
    You're supposed to bounce them off the street so they lose most of their velocity. More than a few of the police force apparently forgot that part of their training. Note that this only applies to the 35mm/40mm rubber bullets, not the less-than-lethal beanbag/rubber pellet munitions.
polytely 6y ago
It seems like it's only a matter of time before someone dies from a rubber bullet, given how casually they are being used. I've seen enough footage on twitter to get the feeling that the press is speficially being targeted [0] [0]: https://twitter.com/N_Waters89/status/1266670730441379844 https://twitter.com/N_Waters89/status/1266670730441379844
thinkingemote 6y ago
in other parts of the world the news crews stay behind the police lines. Mostly in more repressive regimes, the news are not considered either free or friendly and are targeted during a riot.

by swebs 6y ago

bilekas 6y ago

Wow, I wonder where people got the idea to target the media from!

swebs 6y ago
In this instance, probably /r/politics or some similar echo chamber.
mhh__ 6y ago
https://www.niemanlab.org/2020/06/well-try-to-help-you-follow-the-police-attacks-on-journalists-across-the-country/ https://www.niemanlab.org/2020/06/well-try-to-help-you-follo... The police?

Spooks 6y ago

For sure, also any of the news crews that were shot in the camera with rubber bullets were dangerously close to being seriously injured or death. The below study would also assume not all the shots were head shots, aiming at a camera is the same as aiming at the head. "The injuries in 90 patients caused by rubber bullets are described. There was 1 death and 17 people in the series had permanent disabilities or deformities. In 41 patients the injuries necessitated admission to hospital. One fatality outside this series is known. Injuries to the head and neck were frequent and severe." source: https://archive.vn/20130106045139/http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/112190390/abstract https://archive.vn/20130106045139/http://www3.interscience.w...

adrianN 6y ago
How well can you actually aim with rubber bullets? Do they fly in the same way as normal bullets?
- vorpalhex 6y ago
  You're supposed to bounce them off the street so they lose most of their velocity. More than a few of the police force apparently forgot that part of their training. Note that this only applies to the 35mm/40mm rubber bullets, not the less-than-lethal beanbag/rubber pellet munitions.

polytely 6y ago

It seems like it's only a matter of time before someone dies from a rubber bullet, given how casually they are being used. I've seen enough footage on twitter to get the feeling that the press is speficially being targeted [0] [0]: https://twitter.com/N_Waters89/status/1266670730441379844 https://twitter.com/N_Waters89/status/1266670730441379844

thinkingemote 6y ago

in other parts of the world the news crews stay behind the police lines. Mostly in more repressive regimes, the news are not considered either free or friendly and are targeted during a riot.