G20 police shot rubber bullets, woman says

[CHIMO]

Police claimed the shots were "muzzle blasts" — harmless blanks meant to scare protesters, not hurt them. They deny using rubber bullets.

But photographs of Gray's wounds taken by an emergency room doctor show she was indeed injured in the chest and arm.
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2010/07/24/g20-rubber-bullets.html
Sunday, July 25, 2010 | 5:52 PM ET



A picture of Natalie Gray showing a wound on her elbow that she said was from a rubber bullet. (Submitted by Natalie Gray)


Natalie Gray shows a wound to her chest that she said was also caused by a rubber bullet. (Submitted by Natalie Gray)

[EmilyKent]

1. They boasted ahead of time that they had them.

So of course they'd use them.

[daleo]

2. I recall seeing photos of rubber bullet wounds

Those look like the real thing.

[JohnyCanuck]

3. Cops now admit to a 2nd use of rubber bullets (after lying about it first)

If it wasn't bad enough that the Toronto police lied to the public about a new 'security law' - passed down by the Government of Ontario - giving them new policing powers during the G20 Summit only to have to later admit that no such law ever existed.

Now, Toronto police are backtracking on another statement they made claiming that rubber bullets were not fired into the crowd outside the Eastern Avenue Detention Centre on Sunday June 27, 2010.

Police spokesperson, Mark Pugash, first told QMI Agency (the Toronto Sun) on Monday July 26, 2010, that no rubber bullets were fired outside the Eastern Avenue Detention Centre only to contact QMI the next day to correct his statement; claiming he had received the wrong information.

Originally, the police would only admit to using rubber bullets on G20 protesters at Queen's Park.

As the record now stands, the Toronto police admit to using rubber bullets on the crowd of demonstrators performing prisoner justice solidarity in front of the Eastern Avenue Detention Centre on Sunday June 27, 2010.

The correction in statement comes after Natalie Gray of British Columbia went public alleging she was struck by rubber bullets while at the detention centre that Sunday. Along with photographic evidence of the wounds she claims were the result of being struck by rubber bullets twice to her body - once just above the elbow and once to the centre of her chest - Gray informed the media that she intends to sue the Toronto Police Services.

http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/statica/2010/07/g8g20-communiqu%C3%A9-police-finally-admit-using-rubber-bullets-g20-protes