Off-Topic III: The Revengening!

[eldargal]

Yup. People in Ferguson are tweeting all the time and the only gunfire has been from the police and at least one 'molotov cocktail' was a tear gas cannister that caught fire and was thrown AWAY from children, not towards police. One journalist has been threatened with being shot at least, some others have been attacked in other ways. Some black journalists were not allowed into the media zone while white journalists were and a white journalist was recorded saying the police needed to shoot some people to stop the riots.

Oh and some protesters broke into a McDonalds toget milk for people affected by tear gas so watch out for that being spun as looting at some point.

[Psychosplodge]

That's insane.As if a journalist won't report that.

[eldargal]

Yup, he tweeted it. It was also police who broke the peace (again), three hours before curfew (which is a disgusting way to enforce order anyway) they charged down the street firing tear gas and rubber bullets when there wasn't even rioting, just people and families out and about.

Learnt something new and horrifying, rubber bullets are actually rubber coated metal bullets.

[Psychosplodge]

That probably depends. I'm sure I've seen one like the army used in NI before and it was more like a hockey puck in large "bullet" form.

[eldargal]

Well the ones in Ferguson are rubber coated metal at least.

[Psychosplodge]

That seems dangerous. or even more dangerous...

[eldargal]

Some people have been tweeting their injuries from them and they are horrific.

[Psychosplodge]

According to the wiki you're supposed to fire them at the ground so they inflict pain to the legs when they bounce.

[40kGamer]

IDK because if you remember the rioting in manchester(iirc?) someone took shots at police but missed, but they were clearly shown on cctv doing so. I don't think the US has the same sort of cctv coverage as the UK though?

Cameras are still rare here and any revealed footage would be completely one sided anyhow if they were government controlled. Maybe it's because I learned how to use a rifle at a young age but completely missing all those cops with 'heavy gunfire' seems ridiculous to me. (Not that I want to see anyone shot on either side.) Plus I don't want to contemplate the severity of the police oppression if an officer is shot.

Every time I see these type of exchanges it firms up my belief that there is a strong undercurrent of anarchy and barbarism behind our thin veneer of civilization.

[Wolfshade]

Yes, :[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber_bullet[/url]

[url]http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/rubber-bullets-in-missouri-clash-highlight-militarization-of-america-s-police/[/url]

If this "non-lethal" approach does not deter protesters one worries how long before non-lethal force is replaced by live rounds