Doug Holland@lemmy.world to THE POLICE PROBLEM@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoBean-bag rounds, billed by cops as 'less-than-lethal', killed an Australian woman named Krista Kach last weekwww.abc.net.auexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up1190arrow-down18file-text
arrow-up1182arrow-down1external-linkBean-bag rounds, billed by cops as 'less-than-lethal', killed an Australian woman named Krista Kach last weekwww.abc.net.auDoug Holland@lemmy.world to THE POLICE PROBLEM@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square8fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareStuka@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down5·edit-21 year agoIf they had used live ammo people would be asking why they didn’t use beanbags, tazers etc. There’s a reason these weapons were rebilled like 15 years ago in the US as less lethal from less than lethal. Totally justified use of beanbags, and like you said it’s a shame it turned out the way it did.
If they had used live ammo people would be asking why they didn’t use beanbags, tazers etc.
There’s a reason these weapons were rebilled like 15 years ago in the US as less lethal from less than lethal.
Totally justified use of beanbags, and like you said it’s a shame it turned out the way it did.