Cop casually shoots Australian reporter with rubber bullets at close range

She's holding a massive and obvious microphone (let alone the cameraperson), and that cop very clearly turns to her and shoots her. I don't think there can be any doubt about what's happening here.

I'll keep repeating this because I think it's important
Wear safety glasses
Not sunglasses, or shades or prescription glasses
Wear actual industrial rated workers safety glasses.
If you get those shots in your face, you're going to lose an eye or both eyes. Safety glasses are designed for this kind of stuff and they actually work. It will stop those projectiles from damaging your eyes.
Cops all over the world are known to purposefully shoot people's faces and heads. After the fact they will just argue that it didn't happen, it was accidental, it was chaotic, it was dangerous, etc, etc .... it won't matter after the fact if you lose an eye or end up completely blind.
Wear safety glasses, they're easy to find and easy to use.
- I use this face visor for practicing with a gun. I like how it covers the whole face, can accommodate my glasses, and isn't heavy. It can also be paired up with a forestry helmet I have, which means two impact barriers. Plus, the earmuffs if you need to preserve your ears. I can also stack on a basic carbon filter dust mask to deal with light smoke, though obviously a more rigorous (but expensive/unergonomic) solution would be better if things get serious.
  
  I might invest in a pair of motorcycle pants, to provide protection for my legs and especially the knees. An LAPD jackass shot an Australian reporter in the leg with less lethal munitions.
- Copying info from another thread:
  Anything ANSI Z87+, sometimes written Z87.1+ (note the plus) rated or CSA Z94.3 rated are ensured to safely withstand a direct high energy strike.
  ANSI Z87 (Z87.1) is a lesser qualification only meant for lighter duty. Use them if you can't find Z87+ or Z94.3.
  I checked my local hardware stores and while Z87+ is fairly hard to find outside of places that directly supply contractors, CSA Z94.3 ratings are common under $10 but are less loudly marketed. Check the packaging carefully.
  3M is a common and high quality supplier, but anything with an official rating is risking pretty severe penalties from OSHA and commercial liability, so really you should be able to trust them.

That’s what happens when our police are trained by the IDF. And we have zero accountability for cops, to the point that they feel perfectly comfortable committing crimes on camera.

April 26 1992, there was a riot on the streets, tell me where were you?
- Kindergarten.
- I was probably on the 27th, given timezones
- It was about a fucked up situation and the fucked up police
  It's about comin' up and stayin' on top
  And screamin' 1-8-7 on a mother fuckin' cop
  It ain't in the paper, it's on the wall
  National guard
  Smoke from all around

Oh NO! Who could have EVER seen this Coming from Trump's SECOND Term? FORTUNATELY if you Try to MURDER the Police he'll Pardon you!

Is she one of the “insurrectionists”? Must be, right? Otherwise why would a jackbooted thug shoot her? I mean she did provoke him, by ya know, showing the world what these fascists are doing. I hope there ends up being an honest to god revolution, and I hope all of these pigs are the first to go. Fuck them.

They consider these "non lethal", and thus will not be very restrained in their use.