Australian reporter covering Los Angeles immigration protests hit by rubber bullet on live TV
Australian reporter covering Los Angeles immigration protests hit by rubber bullet on live TV
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Australian reporter covering Los Angeles immigration protests hit by rubber bullet on live TV
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/31091610
Since we keep having to remove the video posts, here's an actual article on it:
I really dislike the passive voice in news coverage about this kind of thing. "Reporter hit by rubber bullet"? Fuck that. "Police shoot reporter."
Shoot would imply a lethal bullet.
And this implies she was just coincidentally hit and the police had no involvement in what could have been a fatal shooting. This kind of passive voice helps the villain.
Less lethal is still sometimes lethal
No, it doesn't. You can shoot someone with a water gun.
And even if it did, rubber bullets are lethal. It's why youre supposed to shoot them so they bounce off the ground, which this officer didn't do. This makes them "less-lethal", which is still lethal.