The protester said the rally was peaceful until it suddenly got ugly. Now, as he recovers in the hospital, he's not sure if he'll get his vision back in his right eye.
  • SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    10 days ago

    “A young man who lost his eye with a rubber ball in a street protest, coincidentally meets the riot police who shot the ball in a dinner.”

    Holy shit. This must be a thing that cops do on purpose, then.

    • aidan@lemmy.world
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      10 days ago

      I don’t think so, rubber bullets travel relatively slow, I don’t think they would be accurate enough to aim for the eyes. I do think they’re probably not careful enough about the face of though