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ICE buys $100k worth of ‘non-lethal’ pepper ball rounds days after blinding protester with one (www.independent.co.uk)
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[–] KombatWombat@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I am not sure where the "non-lethal" part is quoted from. The linked order form uses "less-lethal", which is more accurate. It feels like an intentional misquote.

[–] whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago

Aiming at the face of someone and shooting will always do bad damages. It's funny how the guns are the problem in those situations but usually it's the people?