Never seen that, and a Luc Besson movie at that! I know what I’m doing next!

Imagine having this in your car on a card and when ICE asks for your ID you pull this out.

I would bet money they used that language to make them seem less dangerous than they are.

I thought they were all supposed to be at the ground as well, so I learned too!

Nah, it’s the non lethal rounds they fire, but it sounds like there are newer ones as well that can be fired directly.

Originally, they were intended to be bounced off the ground when the British designed them.

Looks like LAPD now use some that are intended to be bounced off the ground, and some that are meant to be fired directly at the target.

https://www.reuters.com/graphics/USA-MIGRATION/PROTEST-LOSANGELES-WEAPONS/zdpxalxkyvx/

In fact, the LAPD does not use rubber bullets, the department told Reuters.

Instead, the LAPD uses foam rounds, a condensed sponge projectile that resembles a hard Nerf ball.

One version, which has a plastic body with a hard foam nose, is fired from a 40mm launcher and is usually aimed directly at a target.

A second version, fired from a 37mm launcher, disperses five foam baton rounds toward the ground in front of a hostile crowd once an unlawful assembly has been declared, before bouncing up into the crowd. It is not to be fired directly at individuals, the LAPD said.

However in the past, even with ones that are meant to be targeted at the ground, police have often been found aiming them at people. So I wouldn’t be surprised if/when the LAPD fires the 37mm versions directly at people either.

You’re also supposed to bounce them off the ground. Never a direct hit.

In the WORLD?

WTF lol.

I think it comes down to did waymo freely provide it (article doesn’t say up to where it wants me to sign up) or did the police have a warrant.

If they have a warrant, I think that’s legitimate. I don’t think Waymo should be responding to police requests without a warrant though, otherwise it will breed distrust, and rightfully so.

The police have been known to demand footage from Tesla’s in the area of crimes as well, again as long as its with a warrant, or the individual owner decides to provide it, I think that’s fine. I want to make the distinction that if an owner of a car that has cameras wants to provide it, i think that’s okay, but as a corporation, with a fleet of vehicles, that should never happen without a warrant.

Ya, wtf, I opened it up and was like that dude shot her on purpose. Standing there with a film crew around her. Should charge that cop with assault.

I’d love to see proof that Waymo is providing live footage to the police to help manage the protests if you have it. That’s pretty fucked up if true. (edit: Burning is still bad, but I’d be down for defacing (e.g throwing paint on it) if so.)

The answer might be no today, but always seems like a stretch.

I’m annoyed the pieces are bottom adjusted…

Okay, but could ChatGPT be used to vibe code a chess program that beats the Atari 2600?

I never said they were violent, I haven’t heard of anything violent (edit: from the protesters) yet personally. There’s a difference between peaceful, not peaceful, and violent.

If there’s enough bad actors doing things like setting cars on fire, then it warrants a larger police presence (but not the national guard at this level or ever the military)

Edit: Just to add clarity, it warrants a larger police presence, because they are in fact no longer peaceful. Sure most people are, but the protest itself isn’t.

Agreed that the national guard shouldn’t have been deployed as well. I’m just saying they aren’t peaceful.

These are California marines, could the state of California prosecute them?

I don’t condone deploying the military, its illegal, but burning waymo’s isn’t peaceful.

I was nodding along until

Not even the destitute want pickled cauliflower.

It’s great!

We still haven’t reaped the full outcome of that. Still plenty of parents to be who haven’t had kids yet who fell for that BS.

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