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Article: Some rubber bullets found unsafe for crowd control
- Article from:
- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- May 24, 2002
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Some rubber bullets found unsafe for crowd control
Projectiles seen as so inaccurate that they cause unintended
injuries
Associated Press
Friday, May 24, 2002
London -- 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 ...