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Ryan Van Velzer

@RyanVanVelzer

Jun 17, 2020 • 5 tweets • 2 min read • Read on X

@LMPD

I wrote up a piece on the weapons @LMPD is using against protesters in Louisville. Below are a few quotes from the story: #Louisvilleprotests
wfpl.org/the-weapons-us…

Dr. Ranit Mishori with Physicians for Human Rights says terms like “less than lethal” are misnomers disguising the impacts of crowd control weapons. “When you call something non-lethal you get the wrong impression they are benign... But the fact is they can cause immediate harm.”

“I feel like they’re bringing out all their toys that have been stuck in a warehouse and they are just unleashing them on us and it’s unwarranted,” said Shameka Parrish-Wright, Kentucky Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression co-chair.

On flash bangs: “The police (are) trying to get crowd control. It sounded like they set off a bomb to get the crowd stirred up and maybe some tear gas, but I think someone down there started shooting. “It wasn’t supposed to be like this, but this is where we are now.”

Here’s protester Jorden Ward “So I got about three feet then a cop came out of nowhere around a corner and he shot me with the little pepper balls twice. It hit me in the arm and it busted open and it got in my eyes and everything. I couldn’t see anymore I couldn’t breathe."

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