Tuesday, June 10, 2025

Journalists Aren't Safe Either!

Rubber bullets are non lethal but very painful. They are dangerous instruments. Lauren Tomasi was injured by Los Angeles Police shooting live rounds.

This is America.

Y'all voted for this.

The United States and Israel are on record for violently attacking journalists.

Did you know the Los Angeles Police Department, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department have intelligence agencies in Israel?

The LAPD, Beverly Hills Police, Los Angeles Sheriffs and San Diego Police got training by the Israeli Defence Forces.

The Anti-Defamation League has been involved in spying on American protesters.

About 51% of Black motorists and 46% of Hispanic motorists are stopped by police for allegations of turn signal, stop sign, tail light, license plate and tint violations.

It is not a crime to film police.

Even though, police officers demand you stop filming, you can protest their demands by declaring your rights to film public servants in public places. 

In the state of Florida, they pass a stupid law to require civilians filming to be at least 25 feet away from a police officer. If a civilian gets too hostile with words at a police officer, they could be arrested.

American law enforcement have deliberately attack journalists and civilian without any consequences. It has never been addressed by U.S. lawmakers and it often is swept under the rug.

When an unarmed suspect is killed by police, the far right often justifies it by reminding the public about past criminal history.

Police officers are given the benefit of doubt whereas suspects are guilty as sin and deserving of police violence.

An Australian journalist and a British-American tabloid photographer were injured covering the protests in Los Angeles.

President Donald J. Trump has activated the California National Guard and U.S. Marines to maintain "law and order."

Trump is threatening to arrest Gov. Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles mayor Karen Bass.

In the California city of Paramount, there are tensions between residents and the Immigration Customs Enforcement agency. The ICE agents are randomly apprehending civilians without due process and it lead to a backlash.

Agents were chased out and pelted with rocks.

In Compton, protesters set a vehicle on fire and waved Mexican flags in solidarity with immigrants.

Many of the U.S. lawmakers (mostly Republicans) condemned it. They were calling for arrests of people and demanding loyalty to the American flag. They were upset over people waving thr Mexican and Palestinian flags.

Some U.S. lawmakers have Israeli flags in their offices. Hypocrisy at its best.

Even a tabloid journalist trying to make protesters look bad got hit with rubber bullets.

Toby Canham, who works for the far right tabloid The New York Post was hit in the forehead by a rubber bullet after he was taking photos of protesters on the busy U.S. 101 freeway in Los Angeles. The British photographer was apparently trying to put images of protesters blocking traffic to give an impression that the unrest was continuously violent.

Lauren Tomasi, an Australian reporter for 9News was injured by rubber bullets. Her injuries were mild. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is pissed.

Tomesi was hit in the leg by a nonlethal round Sunday while reporting live from downtown Los Angeles on the large-scale protests over President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown and subsequent deployment of California National Guard troops to the city.

Video of the incident released by 9News shows correspondent Lauren Tomasi, microphone in hand, reporting live when an officer behind her suddenly raises their firearm and fires a nonlethal round at close range. Tomasi, who doesn’t appear to be wearing personal protective equipment, cries out in pain and clutches her lower leg as she and her cameraman quickly move away from the police line.

“You just fucking shot the reporter,” a voice off-camera can be heard shouting.

Tomasi assured her crew she was okay: “Yeah, I’m good, I’m good.”

Australian and U.S. have soured recently. The U.S. once again vetoed a UN resolution calling for an end to the carnage caused by Israel. The U.S. has detained Australians who have U.S. visas. The tariffs that Trump imposed on the country also led to tensions. 

China has ended the imports of U.S. beef and chicken. They are getting it from Australia and Canada.

China is expected to be the global superpower in five years.

Mind you everything the Republicans are crying about has nothing to do with solving gun violence. 

Nothing to do with solving the housing crisis.

Nothing to do with lowering inflation, grocery prices and energy prices.

Nothing to do with protecting the lives of innocent people.

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