British photojournalist hit by non lethal rounds during Los Angeles protests
I agree ... but I think law enforcement use the term 'non-lethal' as a bit of public relations and legal wording to make themselves look good.
To me ... both 'non-lethal' and 'less-lethal' mean that they are less likely to kill you ... but still have a good risk of killing you if they hit in the right place. But either terminology also means that if the projectile is small enough and fast enough ... it would be fast enough to destroy your eye and blind you.
Non lethal rounds means that whatever they're shooting will hurt you but won't kill you. So the projectile is moving slow enough that safety glasses would actually protect your eyes.
If they are shooting anything stronger then they are using lethal rounds that could go through your skull and no safety glasses can protect you from that.
The thing here is to protect your eyes ... they don't care if they blind you, to them they can say that they didn't kill you. But I really don't want to see any young person lose an eye to any of this stupidity.
Wear safety glasses ..... if you save your eyes, you can go out there and join movements longer and more often. If you lose an eye or go completely blind, you will wonder about everything you did.
If rubber bullets are going through your safety glasses than they are using lethal rounds that can punch through and into your skin and organs. At that point they aren't using non lethal rubber bullets or pellets, they're firing regular shotgun rounds at you that can kill you let alone endanger your eyes.
If a bullet or projectile can punch through safety glasses .... it can go through your skull.
I'll keep repeating this because I think it's important
Wear safety glasses
Not sunglasses, or shades or prescription glasses
Wear actual industrial rated workers safety glasses.
If you get those shots in your face, you're going to lose an eye or both eyes. Safety glasses are designed for this kind of stuff and they actually work. It will stop those projectiles from damaging your eyes.
Cops all over the world are known to purposefully shoot people's faces and heads. After the fact they will just argue that it didn't happen, it was accidental, it was chaotic, it was dangerous, etc, etc .... it won't matter after the fact if you lose an eye or end up completely blind.
Wear safety glasses, they're easy to find and easy to use.
To add emphasis to this because I really worry about these young people, here's something I wrote in another thread .....
Safety glasses ... any time you join a protest these days ... wear safety glasses ... any kind will do because it will give you a fighting chance at saving your eyesight.
So many protests over the past few years have featured police forces aiming munitions, tear gas and other projectiles at people's faces on purpose. These projectiles won't kill you but if they hit your face can severely wound you or destroy your eyes and blind you.
Wounding people as opposed to killing people is also a psychological tool used by security forces. If they hurt, maim or even cause people to bleed ... then it has a psychological toll on those who see it. An even greater psychological hit for anyone would be to see a healthy strong, vibrant young 20 year old man losing both his eyes and blinded while everyone witnesses it and tries to help. It might only directly hurt one person but the event would psychologically affect dozens or even a hundred people who see it.
One of the saddest stories I ever saw was the story of 20 year old Gustavo Gatica in 2019 who was part of a protest against the government in Chile. Police were actively shooting at protesters' faces on purpose blinding many people in one eye. Gustavo was hit in both eyes and was rendered completely blind.
https://www.amnestyusa.org/gustavo-gatica/
It's one of the saddest and most infuriating images I've seen in a long time ... no matter where you are and you want to join a protest ... wear safety glasses and save your eyes. Police might not try to aim for your face but if they do, they'll just make the excuse that you shouldn't have been there in the first place and blame you for your injuries.
I'll keep repeating this because I think it's important
Wear safety glasses
Not sunglasses, or shades or prescription glasses
Wear actual industrial rated workers safety glasses.
If you get those shots in your face, you're going to lose an eye or both eyes. Safety glasses are designed for this kind of stuff and they actually work. It will stop those projectiles from damaging your eyes.
Cops all over the world are known to purposefully shoot people's faces and heads. After the fact they will just argue that it didn't happen, it was accidental, it was chaotic, it was dangerous, etc, etc .... it won't matter after the fact if you lose an eye or end up completely blind.
Wear safety glasses, they're easy to find and easy to use.
I'll keep repeating this because I think it's important
Wear safety glasses
Not sunglasses, or shades or prescription glasses
Wear actual industrial rated workers safety glasses.
If you get those shots in your face, you're going to lose an eye or both eyes. Safety glasses are designed for this kind of stuff and they actually work. It will stop those projectiles from damaging your eyes.
Cops all over the world are known to purposefully shoot people's faces and heads. After the fact they will just argue that it didn't happen, it was accidental, it was chaotic, it was dangerous, etc, etc .... it won't matter after the fact if you lose an eye or end up completely blind.
Wear safety glasses, they're easy to find and easy to use.
God I wish he were still here. The world was a lot more tolerable when I could hear what he had to say about it.
lol ... beautiful
but ... WALL-E-ST ... sounds better
YSK Trump is doing a rally at Ft Liberty and you can register online -edit to remove name of traitor
Jump
Whatever event or activity that is announced by the government that asks you to register or provide personal information ....
DON'T!
.... pretending the whole time that they have any balls
I generally find most average people, no matter their race, religion, colour, creed or location to be very decent human beings.
It's when you put those same people into groups that they all become a problem because they'll be swayed by the loudest most obnoxious a-holes in the community.
I'm sure she won all or most of her competitions by default
I keep imagining some stock financial ticker tape system that keeps operating on its own even after we're gone and our environment can no longer sustain life.
Nothing is alive any more ... but the ticker tape keeps pumping along, raising the price of the whatever its counting and generating imaginative wealth that no one will ever understand.
The thing is that ... WE .. caused the change ... the negative change that will severely affect all human lives now and into the future.
It's like we started the truck engine inside our enclosed garage and we are arguing with each other that we don't want to turn off the engine, no matter how lightheaded we are getting.
Earth for millions of years was a paradise with a stable climate ... and it would have stayed that way for millions of more years unless it got hit by an asteroid or major geo-tectonic events happened.
But we managed to screw it up in about 100 years
.... and instead of reputable journalists and independent organizations printing our news for us on the television .... ANYONE with a pulse and a grade ten level of writing skill can publish anything for anyone to read .... and the evolution after that will be that ANYONE with access to a computer can use Artificial Intelligence to publish an entire feature news story out of thin air promoting whatever idea, theory, belief or information they want regardless if it is true or not and no one will be able to tell the difference.
From the people I know in Native Canada, there is a lot of hostility against most of Canada and there will be for the foreseeable future .... because we have a lifetime of grievances against everything the government does to make us not trust anyone. Then there is the whole criminal Indigenous fraud and forgery that has been growing over the past few years (it isn't Pretendians, it isn't pretending ... it's outright forgery and criminal behaviour when what you are doing is basically creating an identity for financial or political gain by taking advantage of others). There is also the growing fraudulent Metis movement, especially in Ontario where people with a small percentage of Native blood are claiming left and right that they have rights to everything just like First Nation people when they have no basis for any claim. There is a real identified and historically documented Metis community in the prairie provinces .... but none in Ontario, especially in northern Ontario.
This is all on top of what the government constantly holds back from our communities and then blames us for not having anything and not doing anything.
The best way to ally with First Nations ... is to first identify us as 'First Nation' ... it's become political because the word 'Indigenous' has been co-opted by so many groups to encompass everyone and anyone (especially the Metis community) who wants to identify as First Nation.
Another way to support First Nations is to support and campaign for political parties that actually support First Nations and minority groups ... like the NDP ... less so the Liberals ... but definitely not the Conservatives.
The time to support First Nations is at the election booth .... it almost doesn't matter how you support First Nations after events like Bill 5 happen ... you can support them, join protests and share their grievances but that is almost too little too late ... we all have to stop these things from developing in the first place by not electing conservative right wing nut jobs into power.
Expect first nation protests everywhere and often in the next few years.
Like one chief in the north here said ... Chief Jennifer Constant in Mattagami FN near Timmins .... the government has put all resource development at risk because FNs won't stand for this. There has been years of negotiation and relationship building with FNs and industry, now all that good will is drying up. Now any company that wants to go anywhere near FN lands will have entire communities protesting, blocking and fighting them at every turn. Their projects all just got more expensive because they pissed off the people who live on the land.
I've worked in construction and building for many years and from time to time I had to get safety training.
Basically, any small object that is moving fast enough is dangerous. It's not so bad if it hits your skin but it is absolutely dangerous if it flies anywhere on your head and face. You can lose eyes, teeth, hearing even have objects fly into your mouth and the soft parts of your throat and mouth. Remember that your face is basically an airbag to protect your skull - your brain doesn't care what happens to your face because if anything damages the face or eyes, it will save the brain - so you might survive a shot to the face but does it really matter if you're blind or maimed in the mouth, nose or ears. In war time, soldiers have been known to blow off the entire face, jaw, nose, eyes and all and still survive.
The world is insane .... we have OSHA standards that regulate what can or can't be done in a work zone to keep people safe from harm and even death
But when it comes to dealing with people in a public protest ... all that safety goes out the window as police are allowed to fire small objects at unsafe speeds into people's bodies and faces! Onto unsuspecting people with no training, knowledge or wherewithal to know that they should at least wear safety glasses.