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In reply to the discussion: The effin a**holes are shooting at the PRESS! [View all]cayugafalls
(5,639 posts)2. Everywhere.
Looks the same in almost all cities with protest. News media is getting blasted as well as protesters.
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Sorry, Malaise, but they weren't targeting PRESS. They were firing pepper balls toward protesters,
Hoyt
May 2020
#40
If press were targeted, I'm really ticked. If they were standing with a crowd that was advancing
Hoyt
May 2020
#23
I'm referring to the OP who was referring to Velchi. Velchi was TARGETED, he was just there behind
Hoyt
May 2020
#37
I saw him getting hit by a rubber bullet on the side of his left knee. n/t
Lock him up.
May 2020
#16
I saw that. I was watching him on MSNBC, he was tear gassed then shot with a rubber bullet
katmondoo
May 2020
#12
A news photographer posted on Twitter that she's now blind in one eye from being shot
catrose
May 2020
#5
I was just reading about this. Awful, but she is amazingly steady about it. nt
crickets
May 2020
#19
Here's a good video, MSNBC makes it pretty clear they were targeting protesters, not PRESS.
Hoyt
May 2020
#27
OP was about Velchi. In your video, the reporter states "she's behind lines [of protesters]."
Hoyt
May 2020
#36
They hate video cameras and will count on those who will excuse their un-Constitutional conduct!
Lock him up.
May 2020
#39
Last night I watched mostly Atlanta news. The police were very accommodating to PRESS.
Hoyt
May 2020
#41