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This cannot be overstated. (Original Post) sheshe2 May 2021 OP
And they walked away... SheltieLover May 2021 #1
or just protesting... stillcool May 2021 #2
Yep... sheshe2 May 2021 #3
This sheshe2 May 2021 #4
Even scarier Sucha NastyWoman May 2021 #5
Very true. Pepsidog May 2021 #6
This message was self-deleted by its author hamsterjill May 2021 #7
All these organizations, candidates, & arms of the Democratic Party that keep asking for donations - NBachers May 2021 #8

SheltieLover

(57,073 posts)
1. And they walked away...
Fri May 28, 2021, 05:32 PM
May 2021

Surreal.

I sure wish they'd been treated as if they were robbing a bank... (Use your imagination here.)

stillcool

(32,626 posts)
2. or just protesting...
Fri May 28, 2021, 06:00 PM
May 2021


Fractured skulls, lost eyes: Police break their own rules when shooting protesters with ‘rubber bullets’
Liz Szabo, Jay Hancock, Kevin McCoy, Donovan Slack and Dennis Wagner, USA TODAY and Kaiser Health News
Published 5:00 AM EDT Jun. 19, 2020 Updated 9:00 PM EDT Sep. 11, 2020
https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/nation/2020/06/19/police-break-rules-shooting-protesters-rubber-bullets-less-lethal-projectiles/3211421001/

Photos and videos posted on social media show protesters with large bruises or deep gashes on the throat, hands, arms, legs, chest, rib cage and stomach, all caused by what law enforcement calls “kinetic impact projectiles” and bystanders call “rubber bullets.”

At least 20 people have suffered severe eye injuries, including seven people who lost an eye, according to the American Academy of Ophthalmology.

Photographer Linda Tirado, 37, lost an eye after being hit by a foam projectile in Minneapolis. Brandon Saenz, 26, lost an eye and several teeth after being hit with a “sponge round” in Dallas. Leslie Furcron, 59, was placed in a medically induced coma after she was shot between the eyes with a “bean bag” round in La Mesa, California.

Twenty-seven-year-old Derrick Sanderlin helped defuse a confrontation at a protest in San Jose, California, on May 29. While he was trying to protect a young woman from police, he was hit with a projectile that ruptured a testicle and his doctor said may leave him infertile.

Response to sheshe2 (Original post)

NBachers

(17,117 posts)
8. All these organizations, candidates, & arms of the Democratic Party that keep asking for donations -
Fri May 28, 2021, 07:55 PM
May 2021

Donate

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