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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNews crew fired upon with pepper bullets during live broadcast (Louisville)
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Christopher Bishop @ChrisBishopL1C4
This just happened on live tv. Wow, what a douche bag.
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News crew fired upon with pepper bullets during live broadcast (Louisville) (Original Post)
Dennis Donovan
May 2020
OP
Fucking POS Trumpers on the force taking the whole "enemy of the people" stuff
bullwinkle428
May 2020
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bullwinkle428
(20,630 posts)1. Fucking POS Trumpers on the force taking the whole "enemy of the people" stuff
as far as they think they can get away with.
Jamastiene
(38,187 posts)2. Notice the cop didn't say a word to them first?
He just pointed right at the anchor and shot her, then pointed right at the cameraman and started shooting over and over and over again. Human beings use our voices to speak to each other and communicate usually. At least civilized ones do. is up with that cop? What a fucking asshole.
BGBD
(3,282 posts)3. not rubber bullets
That was a CO2 powered paintball marker with a hopper clearly on top. Probably pepper balls. Like paintballs but filled with capsicum.
Still, clearly no reason to fire on a news crew.
3Hotdogs
(12,408 posts)5. There clearly was a reason. Dear Leader has explained to you that media lies.
They generate fake news. So its the cop's civic duty to get back at them.
Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)8. Corrected
Johnny2X2X
(19,114 posts)4. Trump's hate of the media in action
These thugs want to kill reporters.
lpbk2713
(42,766 posts)6. Their president says the press is their enemy.
This should not be surprising.
dalton99a
(81,570 posts)7. It was clearly intentional: