you feel like a big man, shooting an unarmed woman from behind? you fucking dickless cur. i hope you drown in your own piss.
you feel like a big man, shooting an unarmed woman from behind? you fucking dickless cur. i hope you drown in your own piss.
US police are tyrannical thugs utterly unlike police from other developed nations.
I had a friend who was a horse jockey, so, incredibly tiny. Went to a protest like this and was shot point blank with a rubber bullet. Now her and everyone that was a witness to it are molested by TSA for every single flight. And as a survivor, I don't say "molested" lightly.
What I'm saying is her, and every single other person shot by a cop today, will be touched when traveling going forward. And that's fucking HORRIFYING
Having been shot with a rubber bullet prevents you from getting scanned at the airport instead of pat down? Why is that?
It doesn't. Your name is in the system so they pull you aside to fuck with you.
Noted! It just sounded like there was something specific about being shot.
Nah. She had to get her shoulder muscle surgically reattached to her.
Scary. I hope she's doing better now.
because you have some kind of "criminal" record?
She's on a list because the Police did a face ID and marked her as a "terrorist."
I gathered that, I just wondered if it was something particular to being shot, as mentioned.
Yep, fkng outrageous. And note the Israelis are killing outright the journalists in Gaza.
Shireen Abu Akleh's Boomerang Solidarity to her and hers
Identify?? She did nothing.
No protestors of any sort within dozens of feet of the cops. No threat to the cops or to property of any sort. My best guess is that the cop was bored.
My best guess is that he's a violent sociopath with a deep hatred of women, and is emboldened by the scrap of tin pinned to his chest that means he'll never face consequences for his actions.
In other words the perfect Trump foot soldier
my strong suspicion is that they're encouraged officially or unofficially to targets reporters whenever possible, because frantic interrupted footage is easier to spin than clear, objective, lengthy footage.
if you let someone film you march down a street unprovoked and bash heads in while someone narrates, that actually looks worse than contextless shakycam snippets of you shooting protesters.
This is Los Angeles though. A not-insignificant number of protestors will be under-employed filmmakers.
...and? they're getting shot at. the point is that the police don't want clear, lengthy footage of what they're doing, so they shoot at anyone filming.
You were suggesting that by clearing out the press the cops hope to prevent clear, explanatory footage. But this is Los Angeles, and some of the protestors will know how to clearly illustrate what's happening.
we'll see, i suppose! i have trouble believing the crowd will have much better luck than the news crews.
like, to be clear, fucking everyone is filming this. there's going to be plenty of footage of brutality. my point is that the cops have a vested interest in preventing anyone from filming things uninterrupted and from a viewpoint that demonstrates in full what they're doing.
so long as footage is broken up, shakycam, and stops shortly after getting shot with rubber bullets, the cops can spin it more easily than they could, say, a nice objective vantage point over the street that shows how unprompted their violence is.
He absolutely goes home and trolls comments about movies where women beat men in fights.
Iβm sure he has a very active Reddit account.
must be one of these rare bad apples you hear about from time to time.
Just like when they thrashed the shit out of the Aussie journo at the Lafayette Square shit during the first Trump term
You know he did. You know he high-fived his equally gutless comrades at the pub afterwards while sharing the story.
he's probably showing the video to his buddies, laughing because it was broadcast internationally.
I've been watching on from Australia - our journalists are doing amazing work bringing us the news from the US. It couldn't be clearer in that moment that she was reporting. What the actual...
They did this to reporters in 2020. And then they whined that the reporters were actually antifa activists.
They will take any and all opportunities to spin it to their advantage. Signature fascist tactics.
I hope Australia goes after us for this shit.
We here in Australia have nothing but empathy for that part of the USA that did not want this. Our politicians are too gutless to call this out for fear of upsetting Trump
No, they should go after the administration, MAGA, and ICE.
Right??? And they think they're tough! They don't realize decent women around the world see them with their assault rifles and think: "fucking pussies".
That man deserves Transportation as the traditional destination we are happy to have that cowardly fuck.
WTF, yo. He just turned and shot at her and then went about his business.
...with badges, guns, assault kits, BearCats, comrades, and commands from Fox News father figures, silhouettes of nostalgic heroism with adrenaline shriveled balls, little boners, and bad intent took their hair-trigger insecurities and fanned out looking for a scornful memory to strike...
The fucking audacity when they can see she's reporting on camera. They feel like they're invincible. That they will never be held to account. I feel useless watching this from Australia. But know most Aussies have your back, LA.
They wouldn't be LAPD if they didn't.
But if the cops can't shoot unarmed people, then there's no incentive to be a cop! Do I need to add a /s? I hope it's obvious...
I hope Australians and their government makes this an international incident. Make the American government and those pigs think twice before attacking journalists.
Americans should also give every single one of the shit for brains responsible for this Hell for the rest of their lives, but God damn the audacity to shoot a foreign journalist is extra BS.
good job America. home of the brave. land of the free
Where does that idiot think he is? Israel?
chaser.com.au/world/la-cop...
Now, now Robert. We want him to be burned and crispy before he drowns in OUR piss as we attempt to put him out ... Fire is the cure
Publish their faces, their names, make them public as individuals for what they're doing.
I was hoping the camera would get a good swing back to the shooter
Identify and doxx.
A good start, but still too charitable by half.
I knew if anyone could put into words the level of hatred I have for these sentient pieces of shit, it would be @iwriteok.bsky.social. Thank you, sir, as always, for the right words for the situation.
Honestly, too good of a fate for that asshole.
@jollygoodginger.bsky.social @tizzyent.bsky.social we need to hold this LEO accountable
Cowardly sack of shit. Channel 9 News might not be the bastion of journalism it used to be, but it still commands a lot of respect, and this shit certainly won't improve Trump's image over here.
Well I suppose this answers the question βWhy are these chickenshits wearing masks?β
You actually see this Fuck Head Shoot at her!
You can see that he had his eye on her waiting for her to finish before deciding 'yup, camera must not be rolling anymore, now's my opportunity!'.
Fucking cowards.
the actual best thing about Portland is that it has fewer cops per capita than basically any city in the U.S. i hate every single one of these gutless cowards. fuck you and your fucking badge. i say this from a position of journalistic objectivity.
This is probably the most objectively right thing I've ever seen commented on the Internet.
He's also fucking stupid, he waited until the camera was pointed right at him to do it. If he was trying to silence the reporter, he failed. If he's trying to intimidate anyone, I'd argue he didn't do a very good job of that either. Just braindead all around.
theyve found him on sm
That was on purpose. They're trying to piss people off, this woman isn't the only journalist who got intentionally shot at on camera yesterday. They want escalation.
He wasn't trying to silence a reporter. And he wasn't trying to intimidate anyone. He wanted to hurt someone, so he did. Simple as that.
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They make up for it by being evil as can fucking be here in Pdx
There's a kind of irony here because Aussie Channel 9 is probably our most centre-right channel. Like, if it was SBS News, I'd get it.
Stokes' 7 is worse, I don't remember 9 hiring a war criminal.
True, but I'm not sure he was an adjudicated war criminal at the time. Ch 9 is the station in every ADF mess. What does that tell you?
Take care of yourself. I know this is probably revisiting real unpleasant memories.
Well said Robert! ππΏππΏππΏππΏ
As a decorated combat veteran, I agree with this man. FTP
Australia should declare war, and air drop a bunch of emus to fuck shit up
Better yet, Cassowarys! animals.howstuffworks.com/birds/cassow...
Amen.
That rage against the machine song is really proving to be evergreen right about now.
It's over 30 years old and so far, never wrong.
Cops arenβt people
This is why I respect you as a journalist more than most. You stand for something.
The only city that surpasses it's shitty capita is Seattle with 1 for every 2000 citizens
The lack of cops in Portland makes it so much easier to live in. You just don't get bothered. But you also have to go shut those piglets down over in downtown when they get too empowered. Milkshake City baby
and are you also still the Pope? because that means journalistic objectivity + infallibility
As far as I know he's *a* pope
Sheβs at least fifteen feet away from him, not facing him, not moving towards him, looks like she weighs 100lbs, and he shot her in the back.
The way he aimed at her was intentional. What an evil bastard. They should be charged and fired. It's so sick.
Cops favorite activity other than murdering unarmed PoC with impunity, is brutalizing unarmed women with impunity.
Is that photo-shot of that police person ,can see taking deliberate aim at her very IDF of him
"Our children are dying from hunger before the bombs even reach them. Please donβt leave us alone."
As a kid, I wanted to be a cop. I wasn't a bully, I wasn't bullied. I had a hero complex. Wanted to be the good guy serving and protecting. I actually got into a PD. It was one of the better ones. It still opened my eyes to what it really was. I went paramedic and photographer. Much better choice
this shit has got to stop!
The Australian gov't should demand that the offending officer receive a "booting"
Fucking freaks man.
Not the point I know but why are all these pigs so fucking fat? If they chased someone they'd suffer cardiac arrest immediately
I mean, 40% of cops etc etc
I hope he gets the Derek Chauvin treatment soon.
Ok.. how or what causes your own piss to enter your lungs? Cause that seems real specific, and would take a series of orchestrated events..
While on fire.
Fucking pigs. Now that they know they won't suffer consequences, they'll act like they always wanted. Disgusting, anti-American, authoritarian, fascist, shit-bags to a man
They were just treating her like a King. Ah, memories of the National Guard on Westwood Blvd.
What Cowards do to start trouble
What The Convicted Felon and Rapist has done to our country with the help of voters
This is a crime, right? Even cops aren't allowed to do this, are they?
For real, I'm 99% certain it goes against the Geneva Convention.
they're allowed to do what we let them do.
Itβs an absolute crime.
What cops are allowed to do bears little resemblance to what cops regularily do.
he literally waited till the camera was pointing towards him. He absolutely wanted this shit to go viral.
WTF is wrong with these people? Who hired a person who would do something like that and how do they sleep at night?
I cannot even begin to express the disgust I have for police officers intentionally firing on reporters, foreign at that, without provocation on camera. If they have ever questioned why people distrust police officers this is it. This will only escalate with this behavior.
Exactly
Possibly inspired by the IDF's policy towards on the ground journalism.
What a scumbag
What can you say man
Thatβs the first thing I thought. Shooting a woman in the back. Holy shit someone dox this motherfucker.
Isn't it a war crime to aim for journalists? I thought it was. Idk, I know it's dangerous to be a journalist overseas, no question, but I thought there were some general overarching rules.
It's also a war crime to use chemical weapons like tear gas, too. They truly don't give a shit.
They've never been held accountable. We're usually the ones who holds others accountable. Perhaps we have forgotten that we, too, have responsibilities to the laws we have created with the rest of the world.
Wait. I forgot that fascist countries don't follow even the Geneva convention. Nevermind
Feels like the rest of the west coast needs to bring that LA energy.
Just in case you're wandering... The Aussie reporter who got shot, Lauren Tomasi, is unharmed albeit sore from the rubber bullet. www.9news.com.au/world/los-an...
And omg 9news - she wasnβt caught in the crossfire. That fucker took aim at her.
Yeah the fking headline, just add that in the fking title ffs! They only mentioned that she was targeted below in the text π΅βπ«. Make it a breaking news story via the fking headline ffs.
For crossfire to exist, both sides need to be shooting. Manipulative reporting.
Maybe also choke on his own shit
Really fucking hope Albo bends Trump over for this, the fucking cunt rag
Piss is too good for him. The tank of a construction site outhouse should do the trick.
There are so many Dead Kennedys lyrics that could apply to this situation, Iβm overwhelmed by option paralysis.
We've got a bigger problem now
Channel 9 is totally mainstream mass-market. This will be on all the news here, it will lead the bulletins, it's not going to win international friends.
But they're already bullshitting about it, failing to defend their female reporter. "crossfire". Fuckers.
Itβs not cross fire β¦ that rifle wielding maniac aimed for her.
He's a fascist bored and bitter he hadn't been able to sit anybody yet, so he did
*shoot. Helpful autocorrect
What an utter failure to stand up for your employee
The fucking bacterial diarrhea foam of humanity, right there. The kind of person who makes the world worse just by waking up.
Well that was very clearly deliberate.
I hope his mother sees this.
Why is it always on women? He's a grown-ass man who is accountable for his own actions.
Clearly, his critical thinking skills are lacking. But I would like to know how a man is raised to think shooting someone, who is clearly not a threat, from behind is acceptable.
Patriarchy + US gun culture + xenophobia.
Piss is too good for him Robert.
This was 1000% deliberate. You can literally see it happening in real time as he aims and fires at her. Problem is heβs just one π of many and will never be identified.
He will be identified and will get the Derek Chauvin treatment soon. He ainβt getting away from this.
So much for hoping LAPD would be the adults in the room of LE and military here, sigh,
Unfair to dickless curs.
THANK YOU
Someone check his hard drive- itβll be under the swastika