....says Ferguson is one of the more progressive towns and it shows

Just because they are less lethal than regular bullets doesn't mean they can't kill you. Imagine getting shot in the eye with that.

In actuality, a 'Rubber Bullet' consists of a Steel ball with a rubber coating. The rubber is used so that the ball will bounce off of the pavement and strike the protester on the legs. They were never meant to be used as a direct fire weapon.

which are one-piece rubber projectiles (either pellets or foam batons).

If it was a steel coated rubber bullet, like the ones that the Israelis use on the Palestinians, it would have punched through the skin at that range.

Still potentially lethal if she was hit in the eye or throat.

Invent this kind of shit??

Same mindset....

eom

jail. What did they think they were accomplishing?

imposing & bending others to their will... playing with their toys... announcing their authority... putting others in their place... the usual stuff of bullies.

usin' up all kinds of cop equipment they had hangin' around the police officer station. [Arlo Guthrie]

"Shut up, kid."

My second favorite line after "We had never heard of a dump being closed on Thanksgiving before."

Thanks for the sweet memories!

They probably shot this lady to provoke the people she had just settled down. If they got riled up again the report would have stated she got 'caught in the crossfire' /cough... The cops are probably enjoying this de facto martial law

If the world suddenly became everything they wanted: controlled, managed, docile; they will have won nothing but a herd of animals. Not people. Not beings that hope and love and work for a better world; just domesticated creatures.

It would be Hell on Earth.

and who is doing the training?

Actually, I'm probably wrong. If it was Blackwater doing the training, she'd end up on the ground dead from a gunshot wound to the head at point black range. The police in this country are still too brutal regardless though.

Anyway, hope this woman recovers from her injuries ASAP.

I need some assistance.

I know the peace sign and remember Rockefeller using the middle digit salute. I am not up on the rest of the signs.

Help? Even a Pastor is more "street" than me.

They use that when they announce "Peace Out" with the same hand gesture.

Peace is more of an 'up yours' gesture. IMO of course.

I'm working on my fear of spiders. Really I am. I know they're useful creatures.

When I find one in my house I trap it in a jar or something and put it outside.

That's an improvement.

These fucking cops are garbage. I'm at a loss for words.

when the chances of your average American being killed by a terrorist are less likely than being struck by lightning.

Unless you live in Gaza, of course.

a tweet from within the linked source.

I hope she makes a speedy recovery. Would nominate her for a Nobel Peace Prize if it were within my purview.

What they did to her is just rotten.

this should not be just a black white thing
i lived thru the civil rights days in the 60s
got no damn desire to go thru that again

a good woman, she has a beautiful smile too

If enough Whites recognize the humanity of a non-White, then White Supremacy begins to die.
So long as the thought is "that's their problem", nothing will change.

Just like those cowards did in 1963 bombing the church, these Gestapo will make the same mistake in overreach.
What's worse though is that this is the Internet Age not just the Television Age.
Word travels faster than ever before. They will doom themselves & this order will change.

The advantaged have to stick up for the non-advantaged to ensure Justice.
John Lucas

Or are the local police back?