CPH Daily Bulletin 9/29/2025
"In June 2025, Nick Stern, a British photojournalist, was shot by police while documenting protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (#ICE ) in #LosAngeles. A 40mm flashbang embedded in his leg nearly cost him his life."
CPH Daily Bulletin 9/11/2025
DHS cannot assault journalists and protesters during immigration enforcement actions, federal judge orders
https://boyleheightsbeat.com/dhs-ruling-assault-journalists-protesters-immigration/
#LosAngeles #Orange #Riverside #SanBernardino #SanLuisObispo #SantaBarbara #Ventura #AbolishICE #SickOfICE #LAPD #LessLethal
CPH Daily Bulletin 7/12/25
🧵 6/13
Judge rules #LosAngeles police can't use nonlethal weapons against journalists
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/11/lapd-weapons-journalists-00448476
SPD says they "attempted de-escalation, including the use of a less-lethal device." Per the scanner, that was a 40 mm foam-tipped round.
Police assign lethal and less-lethal roles, and they often fire simultaneously or in quick succession in cases like this.
Fearless Grandma REFUSES To Be Arrested
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIh6YLbAfjE
#police #arrests #civilrights #policeBrutality #ACAB #FTP #cops #oklahoma #trafficstop #taser #lesslethal
#Police use of #rubberBullets and other #projectiles against #peaceful #protesters has #increased #worldwide , leading to many #injuries and even #death , #AmnestyInternational said on Tuesday.
The group has called for tighter #international #regulation of the trade and use of such equipment, often known as "#lessLethal " #weapons .
https://www.dw.com/en/amnesty-says-police-use-of-rubber-bullets-on-the-rise/a-64976310
A grand jury indicted 21 Austin police officers on criminal charges stemming from the 2020 protests.
Read why these criminal charges are an anomaly
https://rubberbullets.longlead.com/chapter/austin-police-indicted-2020-protests
#SocialJustice #longform #LongReads #journalism #AustinPD #PoliceReform #LessLethal
Thousands around Fenway Park flooded the streets, and the atmosphere shifted from party to melee. People broke windows. They threw garbage cans. They set the streets on fire.
Boston police declared an "unlawful assembly" and tried to disperse the crowd with smoke rounds deployed from a 40mm launcher.
One person was dead — shot by police wielding "#lesslethal" pepper ball guns. (2/8)
Photo:
Darren McCollester / Getty
Analysis of videos shows protesters with serious injuries consistent with proximity to exploding #stun grenades. These #LessLethal weapons should *not* be used in the #policing of #protests. As the UN Guidance on #LessLethal Weapons notes: "the use of pyrotechnic flash-bang grenades directly against a person would be unlawful”: https://www.ohchr.org/en/publications/policy-and-methodological-publications/united-nations-human-rights-guidance-less
#lesslethal
«On entend souvent : oui mais il vaut mieux ça que des armes plus dangereuses de la lacrymo plutôt qu’un flash ball et un flash ball que des balles réelles, sauf qu’en fait c’est le contraire. Plusieurs chercheurs ont documenté que le flash ball a remplacé la matraque et la lacrymo le dialogue, la mise à distance et la dissuasion statique.» Bon point, à retenir.
