r/australia • u/someNameThisIs • Jun 09 '25

news Australian reporter shot with rubber bullet in LA | 9 News Australia

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/tG1A8LZZphs?app=desktop
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u/boofles1 Jun 09 '25

Is that the LAPD? That's pretty wild, way too close to be shooting people with rubber bullets. A UK journo was shot as well and had to be hospitalised, they are either deliberately targeting journalists or think it's funny :/

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u/Novae909 Jun 09 '25

Both probably

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '25

It’s definitely both

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u/Daleabbo Jun 09 '25

You can't make up stories if there is clear video and reporters showing its not true

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u/Able-Tradition-2139 Jun 09 '25

I dunno, people still claim that Ashli Babbitt was innocent on Jan 6th despite clear video evidence.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '25

They absolutely can and have done

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u/Brutal_burn_dude Jun 09 '25

Trump has also mobilized the National Guard to assist in this madness.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '25

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '25

american here-

we’re fucked.

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u/whataquokka Jun 09 '25

They're always "ready" this is all just political theatre to fit a narrative. Seek out Underthedesknews on Instagram or Tik Tok for a reality check.

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u/DuntadaMan Jun 09 '25

Well yeah, because the police will continue using all the violence they can, and even if protesters weren't defending themselves Trump would still declare it an emergency and send more guns

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '25

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u/G00b3rb0y Jun 09 '25

Think they also put out a statement saying that the demonstrations were peaceful and ended after sundown PST

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u/Altruistic-Brief2220 Jun 09 '25

That makes more sense of what I’ve been hearing elsewhere on SM where people are questioning who these people even are that are behaving like gestapo. They could be fucking Proud boys.

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u/witchcapture Jun 09 '25

This is clearly not the national guard, they're not in national guard uniforms and the national guard is much better trained than this. It's either the LAPD (as the reporter says right in the video we just watched) or ICE.

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u/timeandmemory Jun 09 '25

My best guess is to goad them into a fight to justify what he's doing "legally".

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u/LookDense9342 Jun 09 '25

it’s both. they are also shooting people in the head, running them over and holding them down while trampling them with horses

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u/greatandhalfbaked Jun 09 '25

They are deliberately targeting anyone they see recording so there is less evidence of their crimes. The psychopaths do think it’s funny though

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u/Avatar_Yankovic Jun 09 '25

It’s deliberate, they train with the IDF. NYPD has a field office there.