#LessLethal

California Politics HuddleCA_Politics_Huddle
2025-09-30

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 ( ) in . A 40mm flashbang embedded in his leg nearly cost him his life."

thetimes.com/video/originals/a

California Politics HuddleCA_Politics_Huddle
2025-09-12

CPH Daily Bulletin 9/11/2025

DHS cannot assault journalists and protesters during immigration enforcement actions, federal judge orders

boyleheightsbeat.com/dhs-rulin

California Politics HuddleCA_Politics_Huddle
2025-07-12

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CPH Daily Bulletin 7/12/25

đź§µ 6/13

Judge rules police can't use nonlethal weapons against journalists

politico.com/news/2025/07/11/l

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.

#Seattle #SPD #Police #PoliceAbuse #LessLethal

2023-03-15

#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 .

dw.com/en/amnesty-says-police-

2023-02-13

A grand jury indicted 21 Austin police officers on criminal charges stemming from the 2020 protests.

Read why these criminal charges are an anomaly
rubberbullets.longlead.com/cha

#SocialJustice #longform #LongReads #journalism #AustinPD #PoliceReform #LessLethal

General Strike Nowstrike@libranet.de
2023-02-09
Colombia had been in the midst of a general strike for more than two weeks, triggered by a series of tax increases handed down in the middle of a ...
The Out-of-Control Spread of Crowd-Control Tech
2022-12-28
Omega Research FoundationOmega_RF
2022-11-22
2022-11-16

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

A crowd celebrates the Boston Red Sox defeating the New York Yankees in Game 7 of the 2004 American League Championship Series.
Omega Research FoundationOmega_RF
2022-11-07

Analysis of videos shows protesters with serious injuries consistent with proximity to exploding grenades. These weapons should *not* be used in the of . As the UN Guidance on Weapons notes: "the use of pyrotechnic flash-bang grenades directly against a person would be unlawful”: ohchr.org/en/publications/poli

Les capsules du prof Lutzlutzray@mamot.fr
2022-06-07

#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.

franceinter.fr/emissions/en-to

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