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Protester shot in chest by live police round during Hong Kong protests

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628 points nodea2345 | 1 comments | 01 Oct 19 11:19 UTC | HN request time: 0.2s | source
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dx87 ◴[01 Oct 19 13:15 UTC] No.21124948[source]▶
Not to defend what the police have been doing overall during this protest, but in this specific incident you can see the protestors beating a police officer on the ground, and the protestor who got shot was swinging a metal pipe at the police officer that shot him.
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vnchr ◴[01 Oct 19 14:40 UTC] No.21125783[source]▶
The police are allowed to shoot someone in the leg. Lethal force is not the only option with a firearm.
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1. kube-system ◴[01 Oct 19 14:49 UTC] No.21125886[source]▶
Any use of a firearm is potentially lethal and should be treated as such. The precision necessary for the scenario you are proposing is not physiologically possible during an active conflict.