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Article: Study: Rubber Bullets Too Dangerous
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- May 23, 2002
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LONDON (AP) _ Some types of rubber bullets used by police to restrain
unruly protesters kill and maim too often to be considered a safe
method of crowd control, new research concludes.
Rubber-coated bullets are intended to inflict superficial painful
injuries to deter rioters. But a study of their use by Israeli security
forces has found police often fire from too close and aim poorly.
Even when fired properly, it said, the bullets are so inaccurate that
they can cause unintended injuries.
The study, published this week in The Lancet medical journal, examined
the effects of rubber-coated bullets used by the Israeli police force
during riots by Israeli Arabs in ...