Change.org - Rubber bullets

All over the country, police are using brutal military tactics to suppress anti-racist protests. Videos of rubber bullets being shot from close range at peaceful protestors and reporters have swept social media. A young protestor and a journalist in Minnesota have lost their sight after being shot in the head with rubber bullets at close range. Petition starter Elina is calling for a ban on the use of rubber bullets for crowd control. To tell lawmakers these military-style tactics are being misused by police, add your name. Ban the use of rubber bullets for crowd control 192,112 have signed Elina Rodriguez’s petition. Let’s get to 200,000!

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Rubber bullets are not safe to be used for crowd control. They are made of a metal core and coated in rubber. It is not safe to be firing them into crowds, and we have seen over the past few days many protestors losing eyes or damaging their faces due to a rubber bullet hitting them. These bullets are supposed to be aimed at the ground, but we cannot trust law enforcement to do that as we have seen. Rubber bullets can seriously injure, and even kill people. The damage they cause to protestors is immense, and the costs are unimaginable. Sign the petition in hopes they will see this petition and call for a ban on rubber bullets. Let our people protest and let our people assemble.  Rubber bullets don’t protect or control a crowd, they only add unneeded injury to protestors. This isn’t “crowd control” when it purposely wounds protestors. These rubber bullets are large too. They are about the size of the palm of your hand. They do not need to be that big, and they do not even need to exist. They generate useless violence, as law enforcement officials are harming protestors in the name of crowd control. BAN THE USE OF RUBBER BULLETS NOW! STOP LAW ENFORCEMENT FROM HURTING MORE PROTESTORS IN THE NAME OF CROWD CONTROL. THEY ARE INHUMANE AND CAN PROVE TO BE LETHAL.

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