Article: Some rubber bullets found unsafe for crowd control

Article: Study concludes rubber bullets too dangerous for ...
AP Worldstream;  May 24, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... Some types of rubber bullets used by police ... safe method of crowd control, new research ... says it uses rubber bullets and tear gas ... lethal methods of crowd control to reduce casualties ... trained to use rubber bullets and sometimes ...

Article: Israel's use of rubber bullets draws protests from ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  October 25, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... groups. "To call these rubber bullets is ridiculous," said ... what they call simply "rubber bullets," the RRNM and the Roma ... We would not say that rubber bullets have no place in crowd control. In general we would ...

Article: Haifa surgeon: Ban rubber bullets in riot control
Jerusalem Post;  May 24, 2002 ;     606 words ... ... studies on the effects of rubber bullets have been carried out abroad ... world. Krausz concludes that rubber bullets are not a safe form of ammunition for crowd control. Rubber bullets were first used by British ...

Article: Israeli legislators, human rights groups call for ban of ...
AP Worldstream;  September 2, 2003 ;     660 words ... ... and dozens wounded by rubber bullets at the time. The commission ... Justice Theodor Or, said rubber bullets are not appropriate for use (in crowd control) due to their risk and ... not address the use of rubber bullets by the Israeli military ...

Article: Israeli Groups Want Ban on Rubber Bullets
AP Online;  September 2, 2003 ;     654 words ... ... army must remove rubber bullets from its arsenal ... too deadly for crowd control. The Israeli ... dozens wounded by rubber bullets. The commission ... Theodor Or, said rubber bullets are not appropriate for use (in crowd control) due to their ...

Article: STUDY SUGGESTS BANNING RUBBER BULLETS
United Press International;  May 23, 2002 ;     694 words ... ... suggests banning rubber bullets HAIFA, Israel ... COMTEX) -- Rubber bullets used during ... a method of crowd control, according ... injuries by rubber bullets. Krausz said ... options in working crowd control, such as water ...

Article: Study: Rubber Bullets Too Dangerous
AP Online;  May 23, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... Some types of rubber bullets used by police ... safe method of crowd control, new research ... says it uses rubber bullets and tear gas ... lethal methods of crowd control to reduce casualties ... trained to use rubber bullets and sometimes ...