Current Events > LAPD shoot rubber bullet at homeless man in wheelchair who was not protesting

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These photographs were taken by Photographer FWDSET (fwdset.com)
As I was being arrested for my second day in a row during peaceful protests in support of Black Lives Matter, I decided to continue taking photos until the moment right before handcuffs were put on me. Very risky, but a necessary move to expose LAPD's entirely inexcusable use of aggressive force, especially in the moments before mass arrests of peaceful protestors.
As we were being boxed in on Broadway & 5th Street to be arrested, LAPD decided that a completely unarmed homeless man in a wheelchair that had NOTHING to do with our protest was somehow a threat. They proceeded to inappropriately shoot "non-lethal" rounds directly at his face, which is against the proper procedure for firing rubber bullets.
The last image is exceptionally heart-breaking for me as you can visibly see the homeless man writhing in pain, screaming, as he spews blood from his face moments after getting shot.

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Now, is that good?
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Antifar posted...

Now, is that good?

Can't be too careful. You need to defend yourself when you're 20 officers deep against those dangerous wheelchair types

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Sounds like the LAPD

abolish police

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Pigs

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poor guy...

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these guys must feel really tough for shooting at a guy in a wheelchair...

how pathetic and spineless can you get?? -_-

ZevLoveDOOM posted...

these guys must feel really tough for shooting at a guy in a wheelchair...

how pathetic and spineless can you get?? -_-

This is turning into that shitty I, Robot movie except instead of robots it's just other people.

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Why am I laughing at this insanity? It's not funny, yet here I am laughing my ass off.

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And people wonder why these protests are going on even though Chauvin and his pals were arrested in Mpls.

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Im glad so many shit cops are being exposed.

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hockeybub89 posted...

And people wonder why these protests are going on even though Chauvin and his pals were arrested in Mpls.

but he got a third degree oopsie I killed him charge, that's enough right

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Pigs gonna oink

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from the looks of it he would have trouble even getting to half of them because of the curb. and since he's homeless it's not like he would be able to ram them with olympian level strength, so his top speed would be maybe 2 mph?

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cops using rubber bullets and tear gas

what are the looters and rioters using again? oh right: guns, clubs, molotovs, speeding vehicles for runovers, and 10 on 1 type beatdowns.

yeah im gonna side with cops because mistakes happen but at least they're using non-lethal means while a rioting mob are doing things like lynching a woman and then tends to the husband trying to protect her.

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myzz7 posted...

cops using rubber bullets and tear gas

what are the looters and rioters using again? oh right: guns, clubs, molotovs, speeding vehicles for runovers, and 10 on 1 type beatdowns.

yeah im gonna side with cops because mistakes happen but at least they're using non-lethal means while a rioting mob are doing things like lynching a woman and then tends to the husband trying to protect her.

see here guys, exhibit A


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myzz7 posted...

yeah im gonna side with cops

How's it feel sucking up to someone who does not give one shit about you and would happily abuse you just as much as they abuse everyone else?

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Shooting a defenseless man in a wheelchair is a "mistake"?
Good grief...

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Thompson posted...

Shooting a defenseless man in a wheelchair is a "mistake"?
Good grief...

Rubber bullets are non-lethal, he says

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Funkydog posted...

How's it feel sucking up to someone who does not give one shit about you and would happily abuse you just as much as they abuse everyone else?

so cops keeping the peace in my city, ensuring the building i have a job at isn't going to burned down, is somehow worse than rioters trying to burning it down? wanna try again pal?

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myzz7 posted...

so cops keeping the peace in my city, ensuring the building i have a job at isn't going to burned down, is somehow worse than rioters trying to burning it down? wanna try again pal?

Exhibit B


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Nah, cops deserve everything they get from protesters. This has been a long time coming and they're lucky rocks are the worst thing they're getting.
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myzz7 posted...

so cops keeping the peace in my city, ensuring the building i have a job at isn't going to burned down, is somehow worse than rioters trying to burning it down? wanna try again pal?

Well guess you'd stand up and applaud if 20 cops shot you in the eye with rubber bullets? After all, criminals exist where you live and someone needs to try to keep the peace. You gotta crack a few eggs to make an omelette.

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hockeybub89 posted...

Well guess you'd stand up and applaud if 20 cops shot you in the eye with rubber bullets? After all, criminals exist where you live and someone needs to try to keep the peace. You gotta crack a few eggs to make an omelette.

If he stood up in that wheelchair he'd be resisting arrest, naturally

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The fuck is next? Stomping a puppy? Pepper spraying a baby?

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The_Korey posted...

The fuck is next? Stomping a puppy? Pepper spraying a baby?

I heard puppies and babies are false flags rioters use to get close to the police. Our brave boys in blue must not fall for these tricks. No quarter!

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Sounds about right for the force that violently beat Rodney King.

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myzz7 posted...

so cops keeping the peace in my city, ensuring the building i have a job at isn't going to burned down, is somehow worse than rioters trying to burning it down? wanna try again pal?

Its times like these I'm glad theres a police station in view of my house. Of course I can defend myself but having the police around makes me feel safer because I'm not a criminal or POS anti-cop activist.

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hockeybub89 posted...

I heard puppies and babies are false flags rioters use to get close to the police. Our brave boys in blue must not fall for these tricks. No quarter!

Pepper spray is a non-lethal form of controlling the situation also, I don't understand why anyone would take objection to it

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Obviously he was about to run them all over 2

The_Korey posted...

The fuck is next? Stomping a puppy? Pepper spraying a baby?

Georgia police already threw a grenade into a baby's crib with the baby in it years ago so we're already way past that point.

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Kolibri X posted...

Its times like these I'm glad theres a police station in view of my house. Of course I can defend myself but having the police around makes me feel safer because I'm not a criminal or POS anti-cop activist.

So what was the homeless wheelchair guy about then? Just collateral damage I suppose? Or do we need to go through his criminal history to determine if he robbed a liquor store 8 years ago?

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I hope myzz is just trolling because there's no justification for this.

Buncha cowards in cosplay with no sense of pride in their community or honor within their self.

Also shooting a "less lethal" round at someone's face should be considered attempted murder. Full stop. If it hits them in the face, even if you didn't intend to, attempted murder charge. The only exception to that would be if the whole group is charging but in a case like this? Charge the fuckers. If multiple shot at one man, charge everyone that shot.

Its really fucking hard to give a fuck about the police when they can't even show the most basic of goddamned human decency to their fellow Americans.

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wackyteen posted...

I hope myzz is just trolling because there's no justification for this.

Buncha cowards in cosplay with no sense of pride in their community or honor within their self.

Also shooting a "less lethal" round at someone's face should be considered attempted murder. Full stop. If it hits them in the face, even if you didn't intend to, attempted murder charge. The only exception to that would be if the whole group is charging but in a case like this? Charge the fuckers. If multiple shot at one man, charge everyone that shot.

Its really fucking hard to give a fuck about the police when they can't even show the most basic of goddamned human decency to their fellow Americans.

Imagine if your job was on the line because someone found a photo of you drinking in the office and you turned up to the performance review tribunal drunk out of your mind with a bottle of tequila in one hand and a bag of cocaine in the other

That's basically what they are doing now

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but guys most cops are good this is just another isolated incident
im shocked

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I don't know how anyone can be behind the cops at this point. Maybe if they were using this force on people who are actual threats or trying to destroy shit, but we're seeing that isn't the case. This shit is like spite policing.

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shnangyboos posted...

I don't know how anyone can be behind the cops at this point. Maybe if they were using this force on people who are actual threats or trying to destroy shit, but we're seeing that isn't the case. This shit is like spite policing.

Either trolls, or they hate black people that much.

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shnangyboos posted...

I don't know how anyone can be behind the cops at this point. Maybe if they were using this force on people who are actual threats or trying to destroy shit, but we're seeing that isn't the case. This shit is like spite policing.

They're trolling or totally blind to what exactly these abuses are.

You'd never in a million years hear from me again if I shot at an enemy medic downrange. I'd be butt fucked 69 ways from Sunday with so many war crimes I'd be better off dead.

But Austin PD? That's a Tuesday evening for them.

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myzz7 posted...

cops using rubber bullets and tear gas

what are the looters and rioters using again? oh right: guns, clubs, molotovs, speeding vehicles for runovers, and 10 on 1 type beatdowns.

yeah im gonna side with cops because mistakes happen but at least they're using non-lethal means while a rioting mob are doing things like lynching a woman and then tends to the husband trying to protect her.

Let's stay in topic here they're showing at s homeless man in a wheelchair who has nothing to do with this. This is not an accident you can tell by the officers reactions towards him. They're protesting not rioting, if they were causing problems those cops would be all over them which they aren't.....


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I know it's been said, but where the fuck is the tyrannical government defense team now? This is it, this is what it looks like. You aren't gonna do shit now, but you'll take on the fucking army?

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shnangyboos posted...

I know it's been said, but where the fuck is the tyrannical government defense team now? This is it, this is what it looks like. You aren't gonna do shit now, but you'll take on the fucking army?

Imagine expecting cospatriots to do anything more than lip service

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THeY feLT ThreATEnEd

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Looks like the Comedian from Watchmen was right.

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Dyinglegacy posted...

Why am I laughing at this insanity? It's not funny, yet here I am laughing my ass off.

things are getting ridiculous by the minute, i'd rather just stay calm and wait for a bigger crime at this point

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shnangyboos posted...

I know it's been said, but where the fuck is the tyrannical government defense team now? This is it, this is what it looks like. You aren't gonna do shit now, but you'll take on the fucking army?

I suppose to them tyranny looks like being told off for making racist jokes and losing your job for being a homophobe at your place of work, and not like a gang of Gestapo shooting defenseless people "just in case".

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This isnt tyranny.

Tyranny is me not being able to get a haircut because of the government shutdown.

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It's why I say the left needs to arm themselves so we can actually have an anti tyranny force, but that will sadly never happen.

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DoomsSD posted...

Tyranny is when churches get FORCED to treat gay/lesbian couples like everyone else and allow them to legally marry in their establishment.

I am, of course, being sarcastic.

tyranny is when a bakery is punished for discriminating against a gay couple
many people on this board were not sarcastic with their support of the bakery

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