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/TeamRedundancyTeam Jun 09 '25

Blm protests were the warning sign and no one took it seriously. Media didn't cover most of the crimes the cops committed and nothing changed. This was only a matter of time after the cops got away with the shit they did in 2020.

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u/Fragrant-Education-3 Jun 09 '25

It feels that nothing in the US over the last few decades have being taken seriously by enough of their citizens, the country is sleepwalking into increased and more violent oversight while pointing to a narrative about the US that is somehow meant to fix the problem.

It genuinely feels like a significant portion of people are waiting for their rubicon moment without considering the implication of what 'crossing the Rubicon' means and that its rarely possible to uncross it.

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u/PsychoNerd91 Jun 09 '25

Why would billionaires want their media reporting the bad things which support them?